Dr. Raj Vigna Venugopal

Consultant – Medical Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road,Banglalore - Bangalore, India

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Qualification

MBBS - TDMC Alappuzha MD (General Medicine) - KMC Manipal DM (Gastroenterology), SGPGI Lucknow

Languages

English Hindi Malayalam Kannada Tamil

Work Experience

28 Years Experience Overall (20 years as specialist)

Awards & Achivements

• Training in EUS & Therapeutic Endoscopy Paolicalmettes
• Regional Cancer Center
Marseilles
France
• EUS training in Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam
Netherlands
• Therapeutic endoscopy and EUS training in University of Alabama
USA
• Advanced endoscopy training Medical University of South Carolina
USA
• EUS training Selyang University Hospital
Kuala lumpur
Malaysia
• Observership in liver unit Asan Medical Center
South Korea
• European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy certification on Advanced Endossopy Athens Greece
• First Gastroenterologist in Bangalore to set up Endosonography unit
• Has an experience of 1500 cases in Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endosonography
• Largest single centre Experience in Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia Cardia in Karnataka
• Has published articles in various National & International journals.

Memberships

• Karnataka Medical Council

Area of Interest

• EUS-guided therapeutic work. Therapeutic ERCP
• Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia Cardia.
• ESD EMR for early gastrointestinal cancer

Dr. Raj Vigna Venugopal is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist from Bangalore and consults at the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore. He is also the head of the Department of Gastroenterology here. He pursued his DM in Gastroenterology from the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Post Graduate Sciences, Lucknow after having completed his MBBS. He has also done his MD in Internal Medicine from the Kasturba Medical College. He has a sound knowledge of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Liver Diseases. He is also widely experienced in handling Endoscopy, Ultrasonography, Therapeutic Endoscopy, and Medical Gastroenterology. Dr. Raj Vigna has been in the field for many years and his contributions to the field of medicine are commendable. He is considered one of the best Gastroenterologists in Bangalore and was the first doctor from Bangalore to have set up an Endosonography Unit. His wide experience is noteworthy and he has been involved in more than 700 cases in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endosonography.