Dr. Venkatesh Pabbisetti

OP Timing:

Educational qualification:

• MBBS (2005-2011) from Mamatha Medical College, Khammam
• MD (2012-2015) in General Medicine from Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
• DM (2016-2019) in Gastroenterology from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

Clinical Experience:

• I had done my DM Gastroenterology from Gandhi medical college, one of the best medical schools in the country. The gastroenterology department at Gandhi medical college is busy and a high-volume center. We did 3000-4000 upper GI endoscopies, 800-1200 colonoscopies, and 260-280 ERCP procedures per year at our institute. We have a dedicated Liver intensive care unit to treat our sick patients. We have great exposure to hands-on training for all basic general Gastroenterology procedures at our program.
• Worked for the duration of one the year 2019-2020 at Yashoda, Somajiguda hospital with very good diagnostic and therapeutic work. Experience in all procedures both elective and advanced; Excellence inpatient approach and clinical research during this one year.
• Performed diagnostic and therapeutic procedures even in covid positive patients during this pandemic.

Diagnostic Endoscopy Procedures:

• I have performed and reported more than 2000 diagnostic Upper GI endoscopies.
• I have done about 120 proctosigmoidoscopies and more than 300 colonoscopies.

Therapeutic Endoscopy Procedures:

• I have managed over various presentations of upper and lower gi bleeds, both electively and emergently. All modalities of management with EVL, Glue injection, APC, Hemospray, Local adrenaline injection, Hypertonic saline submucosal injection, Hemoclip application, sclerotherapy, and balloon tamponade.
• Good experience with management of strictures esophageal, gastric, and biliary with good outcomes
• Advance procedures of EMR, Polypectomy both snare and band are done on a routine basis.

ERCP and Other Procedures:

• I have done over 100 ERCP in our center for various indications like choledocholithiasis, biliary pancreatitis, carcinoma head of the pancreas, cholangiocarcinoma, pancreatic ascites, etc.
• I have performed more than 50 liver biopsies, 35 ultrasound-guided liver abscess drainage (25 pig-tail placements), and 25 ultrasound-guided FNAC of the liver.

EUS – Diagnostics & Therapeutics:

• I have assisted in 50 EUS procedures both diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
• Good experience in 3rd space endoscopic procedures of POEM, ESD, STER
• Independent experience in performing EUS-FNAC, Cystogastrostomy 

Academic Awards:

• Best academic outgoing student award in final year MBBS - 2010
• Gold Medalist in Ophthalmology in MBBS
• Gold Medalist in Pediatrics in MBBS
• 2nd best plenary paper presentation at AP APICON 2014 Conference, Kakinada
• 2nd in position in state entrance DM examination 2016
• State 1st Gold Medalist in DM examination 2019

Conferences, Courses, and CME's attended:

• INASL 2018, New Delhi
• ISGCON 2018, Kochi
• ISGCON 2017, Bhubaneshwar
• AIG- Master Class 2019
• AIG- IBD Summit 2018
• WGO- ENDOCON 2017
• Best of DDW - 2018, Hyderabad

Paper & Poster Presentation:

Poster presentation at 26th Annual Scientific Meeting Indian National Association for Study of the Liver held at New Delhi; INASL 2018, August.

• Topic- A case report on primary hepatic amyloidosis- poster id 231
• Topic- A rare case of congenital hyperbilirubinemia in pregnancy- Criggler Najjar Syndrome Type II

Poster presentation at 59th Annual conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology held at Kochi; ISGCON 2018, November.

• Topic-“ Pancreatic pleural fistula-Case series in a tertiary center”

Poster presentation at 58th Annual conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology held at Bhubaneswar; ISGCON 2017, November.

• Topic-“ Duodenal Neuroendocrine tumor our experience in tertiary care.”

Best paper award: Paper presentation at 42thAnnual state conference held at Kakinada; AP APICON 2014

• Topic- the prevalence of failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients and the significance of association of ART, gender and baseline CD4 count

Poster presentation at Zonal CME at Guntur medical college, 2014

• Topic: A case of Ataxia Telangiectasia in a child.

Publications:

• Prevalence of Failure of First-Line Anti-Retroviral Therapy in HIV Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of Six Districts of Andhra Pradesh Over One Decade. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS) J. App. Med. Sci., 2015; 3(2C):705-709
• CLINICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASES. Volume: X, Issue: VIII, August – 2020: IJAR

Memberships:

• Indian Society of Gastroenterology
• Indian Medical Association
• American Society Of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India