Dr. Rajendra Patel, Consultant Gastroenterology

Qualifications:

MBBS: Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad

DNB (GENERAL MEDICINE): Basappa Memorial Hospital, Mysore

DrNB (GASTROENTROLOGY): Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore

Experience:

• Junior Consultant- Dept of Gastroenterology- Vikram Jyoth Hospital, Mysore- Nov 2015-Nov 2016
• Registrar- Dept of Gastroenterology- Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysore- Dec 2016-Nov 2017
• Senior Resident- Dept of Gastroenterology- Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore
• Junior Consultant- Dept of Gastroenterology- Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad- Oct 2021-Jan 2022
• Consultant- IBD division, Dept of Gastroenterology, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad- Jan 2022- Present

Areas of Interest:

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
• Therapeutic endoscopy in IBD
• Enteroscopy
• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)
• Intestinal bowel USG (IBUS)

Membership:

• INASL (Indian National Association for Study of Liver)
• ISG (Indian Society of Gastroenterology)

Publications/Presentation:

• Poster presentation: “Efficacy and outcomes of ERCP in chronic liver disease patients”-ENDO 2017, Hyderabad. Digestive Endoscopy 2017; 29 (Suppl 1): 29–261 (Poster no-P029).
• Oral presentation: NASH in clinical practice- Medicine Update CME- API chapter, Mysore.
• Oral paper presentation: “Does sarcopenia in patients with chronic liver disease predispose to sepsis?”- APDW 2019, Kolkata. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2019; 34 (Suppl. 3): 72–582 (PP 0278).
• E-poster: “Unusual occurrence in a rare disease” – APDW 2019, Kolkata.
• E-poster: “Prevalence and predictive factors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients with cirrhosis of liver” – APASL 2021, Bangkok. Poster no- F-03.
• E-poster: “Microscopic alert for an ischemic colon”- IDEN 2021, Seoul. Poster no-
• BMJ Case report- “D-Penicillamine induced fibroadenoma of breast in Wilson’s disease- an enigma” – Under review