About Me

Dr. Balaji Laxminarayanshetty is an expert in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and is considered one of the best doctors in Bangalore. He works as a Consultant in Medical Gastroenterology at Manipal Hospital, Whitefield, in Bangalore. Dr. Balaji has experience of 16+ years in this field. He is interested in intervention endoscopy, general gastroenterology, and the treatment of various liver diseases. He speaks many languages, like Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, and English. Dr. Balaji has a life membership of the Indian Society Of Gastroenterology. He has experience in performing procedures like diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy. He also has a Senior Research Associateship at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh. He has trained in advanced endoscopy at the institute for 1 year. He is also a lifetime associated member of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India. He did his MD in General Medicine and his DM in gastroenterology at the same institute. He completed his MBBS from Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Research in 2007. He developed an interest in gastroenterology and worked on treating patients with liver diseases, acute and chronic pancreatitis, malignancy, and CBD stones. He got a travel grant to attend the Asia Pacific Digestive Disease Week conference in Seoul, South Korea, 2018 and presented his paper there. He was also a faculty at the 3rd PGI-GI emergency update 2019 for practical training in advance endoscopy. He has also treated many diseases of the Pancreaticobiliary system. He has handled patients suffering from abdominal tuberculosis and various Inflammatory bowel diseases. Dr. Balaji is the best gastroenterologist in Whitefield, Bangalore. He has written a comparative analysis of EUS guided vs percutaneous catheter drainage for managing symptomatic walled-off necrosis for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2019. He has written in the same journal on EUS Miniprobe and its use in predicting and endotherapy outcomes in patients suffering from benign oesophagal strictures. In 2019, he conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of using steroids in treating abdominal tuberculosis. He was part of an expert review of Anti-infective Therapy in 2020. He also participated in a randomised, controlled pilot study about the Efficacy of tranexamic acid in haemoptysis in October 2016. He has completed his senior residency at the reputed AIIMS and PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has expertise in IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) treatment, ulcerative colitis treatment, gastric ulcer treatment, gall bladder stone treatment, and haemorrhoid treatment. He has been registered with the Karnataka Medical Council since the year 2007. He is an expert in performing complex types of Endoscopy like ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) and EUS (endoscopic ultrasonography).