Dr. C. Bharath Kumar

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Qualifications & Education:

• DM (Gastroenterology) – Christian Medical College, Vellore
• MD (General Medicine) – RNT Medical College, Udaipur
• MBBS – Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya
• Trained in advanced gastroenterology procedures including endoscopy, ERCP, EUS and GI physiology

Areas of Expertise:

• Gastroscopy – Diagnostic & Therapeutic
• Colonoscopy – Diagnostic & Therapeutic
• ERCP
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Manometry (Anal & Esophageal) / Biofeedback
• Enteroscopy – Single & Double Balloon
• PEG Tube Insertion

Clinical Interests:

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Pancreatobiliary Disorders
• GI Physiology
• Complex Endoscopy and Therapeutic Procedures

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – Medical Gastroenterology, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Associate Professor – Gastroenterology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences
• Assistant Professor – Gastroenterology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences
• Consultant Gastroenterologist – Columbia Asia Hospital, Bengaluru
• Consultant Gastroenterologist – CIIGMA Hospitals, Aurangabad
• Assistant Professor – Gastroenterology & Hepatology, CMC Vellore
• Senior Resident – Gastroenterology, CMC Vellore
• Senior Resident – General Medicine, Acharya Bhikshu Government Hospital, New Delhi
• Senior Resident – Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
• Tutor – Pharmacology, Adichunchanagiri Medical College

Teaching Experience:

• Teaching DM Gastroenterology postgraduates at CMC Vellore
• Trained residents during MUHS-recognized endoscopy fellowship program
• Academic teaching roles at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences

Publications:

• Bharath Kumar C, Goel A, Jaleel R, David D, Zachariah U, Ramachandran J, Eapen C. Prevalence of risk factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in middle-aged and elderly patients with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2021.05.008.
• Kumar CB, Simon B, Simon EG. An unusual case of steatorrhea. Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine. 2020 Jan 1;6(1):57.
• Kumar CB, Chowdhury SD, Ghatak SK, Sreekar D, Kurien RT, David D, Dutta AK, Simon EG, Joseph AJ. Immediate and long-term outcome of corrosive ingestion. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2019 Aug 1;38(4):356-61.
• Kurien RT, David D, Sajith KG, Joseph AJ, Chowdhury SD, Simon EG, Chandrashekaraiah BK, Ayapati BK, Rajeev SA, Chatterjee K, Chacko A. Endoscopic Ultrasonography Reveals Occurrence of Chronic Pancreatitis in Patients with Idiopathic Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2019 Apr 26;39(2):57-61.
• Bharath Kumar, Crohn’s disease with gastric, vulvoperineal and orofacial involvement, a rare presentation, University Journal of Medicine and Medical Specialities 2019, Vol. 5(8).
• Yadav AS, Kulkarni UB, Kumar BC, Takalkar UV. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among dyspepsia patients with a mucosal lesion in tertiary care hospital. International Surgery Journal. 2018 May 24;5(6):2264-7.
• Takalkar U, Dodmani K, Kulkarni U, Kumar B. Colonoscopy as a High Yielding Diagnostic Tool for per Rectum bleeding–An Overview. Int J Cur Res Rev. 2018 Mar;10(6):14.
• David D, Raghavendran A, Goel A, Kumar CB, Kodiatte TA, Burad D, Abraham P, Ramakrishna B, Joseph P, Ramachandran J, Eapen CE. Risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are common in patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma in India. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017 Sep 1;36(5):373-9.
• Kuldeepsingh Dodmani, Bharat Kumar, Umesh Kulkarni, Unmesh Takalkar. Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy in Patients Presenting with Per Rectum Bleeding at a Tertiary Care Centre. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 6(12), December 2017, 51–54.
• Chowdhury SD, Kurien RT, Ramachandran A, Joseph AJ, Simon EG, Dutta AK, David D, Kumar B, Samuel P, Balasubramaniam KA. Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: Comparing fecal elastase 1 with 72-h stool for fecal fat estimation. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2016 Nov 1;35(6):441-4.
• Chowdhury SD, Kurien RT, Bharath AK, Dutta AK, David D, Bharath CK, Joseph AJ. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastrojejunostomy with a Nagi stent for relief of jejunal loop obstruction following hepaticojejunostomy. Endoscopy. 2016;48(S 01):E263-4.

Professional Memberships:

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL)
• Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
• Indian Pancreas Club
• Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India (GISI)

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil