Overview
The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at KIMS, headed by Prof Manoj Kumar Sahu, is dedicated to providing exceptional care and advanced treatment for a wide range of gastrointestinal and liver disorders. The team includes highly experienced Gastroenterologists offering services in state-of-the-art facilities, ensuring that patients receive the best in diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Services offered include comprehensive high-end clinical care and emergency services to patients suffering from disorders of the digestive tract, liver, and pancreato-biliary system, including both basic and advanced endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
More Details
The Department has been instrumental in starting the following therapeutic modalities in Odisha, which were unavailable earlier, forcing patients to travel outside the State.
- The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KIMS,also offers a robust educational program, with three DM (Doctorate of Medicine) seats available annually for aspiring gastroenterologists, providing them with the opportunity to train under the guidance of experienced and knowledgeable faculty.
- The Department has remained focused on research and publications. It has hosted the consensus meetings for Acute Liver Failure in April and July 2019. The meetings were attended by liver experts from across the country to formulate guidelines for the management of Acute Liver Failure (ALF). The faculties of the department have published their research in peer-reviewed international and national journals, being one of the forefront departments in publication at KIMS.
- The department also conducts its annual conference, Kalinga Perspective in Liver and Digestive Diseases (KPLD), continuing its tradition of bringing together leading experts in hepatology, gastroenterology, and endoscopy. This conference is focused on engaging discussions, groundbreaking research, and invaluable clinical insights that will shape the future of digestive and liver diseases.
- The department conducts 3-4 hands-on workshops and CMEs/year on advanced endoscopic procedures like ERCP and EUS to train endoscopists from across India.
Services
The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides services like
- Diagnostic Upper G.I. endoscopy & Colonoscopy
- Very thin endoscope (pediatric endoscopy) for small children
- Therapeutic endoscopy, like sclerotherapy, variceal banding, coagulation, hemoclip application to stop ongoing Gl bleeding
- Dilatation (widening) of the narrowed food passage.
- Removal of small tumors by endoscope without surgery [polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), and endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR)].
- Liver biopsy [USG-guided percutaneous liver biopsy, transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB), and endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy].
- Fibroscan [for noninvasive (painless) assessment of liver fibrosis]
- Breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and H pylori infection
- Esophageal and anorectal manometry for evaluation of motility disorders
- Enteroscopy (endoscopy of the small intestine) to find out the cause of unexplained anemia, obscure GI bleeding, diarrhoea
- Pneumatic balloon dilatation of Achalasia Cardia
- Per-Oral Endoscopy Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia Cardia
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
- ERCP with removal of bile duct stone, dilatation & plastic stent placement for benign biliary stricture
- Pancreatic ERCP for removal of pancreatic duct stones and plastic stent placement for pancreatic stricture
- Cholangioscopy for diagnosis and treatment of bile duct disorders
- Metallic biliary, esophageal, pyloric, enteral & colonic stenting
- Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopic ultrasound
- Endoscopic cystogastrostomy (for pancreatic pseudocyst) & endoscopic necrosectomy (for walled of pancreatic necrosis (WOPN)
- Capsule endoscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA)/ biopsy (FNB) from mediastinal and abdominal lesions
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for bile duct blockage due to cancer
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided angioembolization for arterial pseudoaneurysm and gastric varices
- Radiologic angioembolization of bleeding vessel for uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding
- Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for patients with obstructive jaundice due to bilio-pancreatic tumors
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction, refractory variceal bleeding and refractory ascites in cirrhosis of the liver.
- Loco-regional treatments for liver cancer such as trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE)
Biological treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology has state-of-the-art equipment for better diagnosis and providing the latest medical services on the subject.
- Olympus endoscopy processors (150, 170, 190 series, X1 series)
- Olympus diagnostic video gastroscopes (150,170, 190 series, X1 series)
- Olympus diagnostic ultrathin pediatric video gastroscopes (150, 170 series)
- Olympus therapeutic video gastroscope (190 series)
- Olympus video colonoscopes (150,170, 190 series, X1 series)
- Olympus thin video pediatric colonoscope (170 series)
- Olympus therapeutic video duodenoscopes (150 & 180 series)
- Olympus Echoendoscope (ME2 prime)
- Olympus Single balloon enteroscope
- Automatic Endoscopy reprocessors (for automatic washing of endoscopes by machine)
- Fibroscan (Echosens 502 touch)
- Bedside trans-abdominal Ultrasound machine for indoor patients
- Breath analyzers (for hydrogen and ammonia)
- Spyglass cholangioscope (Boston Scientific)
Cutting Edge Technology /Research
The Department is at present conducting several single centre and multi-centre projects on key areas of Gastroenterology and Hepatology such as:
- ICON D study of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
- Impact of NAFLD on COVID 19 outcomes
- Acute Chronic Liver Failure
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Cirrhotic ascites
- Sepsis in Cirrhosis of liver
- Terminal ileal ulcer
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutics
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
The Department has laid enhanced focus on research and publications. It has hosted the consensus meetings for Acute Liver Failure in April and July 2019, followed by a meeting for liver cancer (HCC) in 2022. They were attended by liver experts across the country to formulatethe guidelines. The faculties of the department have published their research in peer-reviewed international and national journals.
Achievements
- Times Health Icon Award for Best Department in Gastroenterology and Hepatology for the years 2021 and 2022
- Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya, Prof. Dr. Yogesh Kumar Chawla, and Prof. Dr. Anil C Anand are among the world’s top 2% scientists as per the list by Stanford University, USA
Faculty
| Name | Designation | Qualifications | Number of Publications |
| Prof. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sahu | Professor & Head | MBBS, MD, DM, MNAMS, FSGEI | 125 |
| Prof. Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya | Pro-chancellor & Professor Emeritus | MBBS, MD, DM, FNA, FnASc, FASc | 377 |
| Prof. Dr. Yogesh Kumar Chawla | Chairman of Academics & Professor Emeritus | MBBS, MD, DM | 616 |
| Prof. Dr. Anil C Anand | Professor Emeritus | MBBS, MD, DM, FICP, FSGEI, FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburg), FACP, FACG, FAMS | 352 |
| Prof. Dr. Sarat Chandra Panigrahi | Professor | MBBS, MD, DM, DNB | 12 |
| Prof. Dr. Preetam Nath | Professor | MBBS, MD, DM | 70 |
| Prof. Dr.Bipadabhanjan Mallick | Professor | MBBS, MD, DM | 68 |
| Dr. Dibyalochan Praharaj | Associate Professor | MBBS, MD, DM | 82 |
| Dr. Saroj Kanta Sahu | Associate Professor | MBBS, MD, DM | 25 |
| Dr. Suprabhat Giri | Associate Professor | MBBS, MD, DM | 94 |
