KIMS Gastroenterology Dr. Pritam Nath

Overview

The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KIMS is headed by well-known physician Prof Anil C Anand.

The team includes highly experienced Gastroenterologists offering services in state of art facilities.

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.

    • Transjugular liver biopsy
    • Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)
    • Trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) for liver cancer
    • Pancreatic ERCP for chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic duct disruption
    • Fibroscan

  • The Department has remained focussed 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 for formulating guidelines for the management of Acute Liver Failure (ALF). The faculties of the department have published their research in peer review in international and national journals.

  • The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KIMS is offering DM (Gastroenterology) course with an annual intake of three students.

KIMS Gastroenterology

Services

The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides services like

  • Diagnostic Upper G.I. endoscopy & Colonoscopy
  • Very thin endoscope (paediatric endoscopy) for small children
  • Therapeutic endoscopy like sclerotherapy, variceal banding, coagulation, hemoclip application to stop ongoing Gl bleeding
  • Dilatation (widening) of narrowed food passage.
  • Removal of small tumour by endoscope without surgery (polypectomy).
  • Liver biopsy. [Both USG guided percutaneous liver biopsy & trans-jugular liver biopsy (TJLB)]
  • Fibroscan [for noninvasive (painless) assessment of liver fibrosis]
  • Breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and H pylori infection
  • Enteroscopy (endoscopy of 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)
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
  • ERCP with removal of bile duct stone, dilatation & plastic stent placement for benign biliary stricture
  • Pancreatic ERCP for removal pancreatic duct stones and plastic stent placement for pancreatic stricture
  • 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
  • Radiologic angioembolization of bleeding vessel for uncontrolled gastro-intestinal bleeding
  • Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for patients with obstructive jaundice due to bilio-pancreatic tumours
  • 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)

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)
  • Olympus diagnostic video gastroscopes (150,170, 190 series)
  • Olympus diagnostic ultrathin pediatric video gastroscopes (150, 170 series)
  • Olympus therapeutic video gastroscope (190 series)
  • Olympus video colonoscopes (150,170, 190 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)
KIMS Gastroenterology Ward

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

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. They were attended by liver experts across the country for formulating guideline for management of acute liver failure (ALF). The faculties of the department have published their research in peer review international and national journals.

Faculty

Name Designation Qualifications Number of Publications
Prof Anil C Anand Professor & Head MBBS, MD, DM, FICP, FSGEI, FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburg), FACP, FACG, FAMS 352
Prof Subrat Kumar Acharya Professor MBBS, MD, DM, FNA, FnASc, FASc 377
Prof Yogesh Kumar Chawla Professor MBBS, MD, DM 616
Dr Sarat Chandra Panigrahi Associate Professor MBBS, MD, DM, DNB 12
Dr Preetam Nath Assistant Professor MBBS, MD, DM 31
Dr Bipadabhanjan Mallick Assistant Professor MBBS, MD, DM 29
Dr Dibyalochan Praharaj Assistant Professor MBBS, MD, DM 15
KIMS Gastroenterology Department Doctors