Dr Deepak Ganga is a well known Clinician, medical gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and interventional endoscopist in Bangalore. He has over 16 years of experience as a clinician including 8 years in the field of gastroenterology. After finishing his masters in internal medicine he worked as assistant professor in Critical care division wherein he gained immense experience in nuances of managing critically ill patients. Therafter he pursued superspecialization in Medical Gastroenterolgy and hepatology programme as a DM fellow at the internationally renowned St John's medical college and hospital, Bengaluru and gained valuable experience in this field. He joined as a consultant at Shri Shankara cancer center and Maniplal hospitals(Previously Columbia Asia), Hebbal,Bangalore. Having worked in an oncology centre of repute, he has an added interest in gastrointestinal cancers with emphasis on advanced therapeutics.He is adept at performing complex, highly skilled and technically demanding endoscopic procedures and has performed over 10000 endoscopic procedures of various kinds. He is well-versed in managing luminal endoscopy, pancreatico-biliary disorders, liver and inflammatory bowel disease, functional GI disorders, acid-peptic disorders, and emergency gastroenterological procedures including acute GI bleeding, Foreign body removal amongst others. Dr Deepak's range of skills and knowledge, his ability to coordinate and closely work with other departments, passion to make a differrence allows him to provide holistic, personalised and ethical care to patients with gastrointestinal disorders, ensuring the highest medical treatment and support standards.He stays updated in recent advances and has attended both, national and international conferences. He can communicate in English, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi.
Past Experience
- Feb 2020- Nov23 Consultant-Medical Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist Shri Shankara cancer and research center (Charitable)
- Manipal hospital, hebbal (Previously Columbia Asia Hospitals), Bangalore, India
- Sept 2019-Jan 2020 Junior Consultant in Gastroenterology with special Interest in therapeutics ,Department of Gastroenterology, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
- Jul 2016- July 2019 DM Resident (Fellow) in Gastroenterology .Department of Gastroenterology, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
- March 2016-June 2016 General practice Self- employed
- July 2015-Feb 2016 Registrar in Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
- Jan 2014- June 2015 General practice and voluntary teaching of General Medicine to Dental undergraduates, Self-employed
- Dec 2011-Dec 2013 Assistant Professorin General medicine with special interest in critical care,M S Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India
- May 2008-May 2011 MD resident in General Medicine GR Medical College Hospital, Gwalior, IndiaJun 2007-
- Apr 2008 General practice, Self-employed
- April 2006-April 2007 House officer(Internship) M S Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Area of Expertise
- Endoscopy, Colonoscopy Gastrointestinal bleeds
- polypectomy
- Endoscopic mucosal resection
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection
- POEM
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography
- Endoscopic Ultrasound- Diagnostic and therapeutic
- Percutaneous Endoscopic tube placement.
- Liver diseases
- Pancreatico-Biliary disorders
- Gastrointestinal malignancies
- Gastritis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Inflammatory Bowel diseases-Crohn's and ulcerative colitis
- Constipation
- Diarrohea
- Weight loss
- Stent placement- Esophageal, Enteric/pyloric, colonic and Biliary
Clinical Research
- A prospective study to determine the frequency, etiology, and mortality of extreme or massive elevations of serum aminotransferases.
- Dengue Hepatitis with Acute Liver Failure: Clinical, biochemical, Histopathological Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome.
- Marked Elevation of Serum Transaminase Levels >1,000 IU/ml in Children- Causes and Outcome.
- Study of Clinical Profile of Patients of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and its Association with Metabolic Syndrome.
- Involved in collating data for ongoing studies in the department for the APASL ACLF group, INDlLI group and maintaining registries of patient with DILI, Wilson’s disease, Severe alcoholic hepatitis, Cystic lesions in the pancreas and pancreatitis.
Publications
- Dengue Hepatitis with Acute Liver Failure: Clinical, Biochemical, Histopathological Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome (Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology).
- Devarbhavi H, Patil M, Reddy VV, Singh R, Joseph T, Ganga D. Drug-induced acute liver failure in children and adults: Results of a single-centre study of 128 patients. Liver Int Off J IntAssoc Study Liver. 2018;38(7):1322–9.
- Gaharwar R, Trikha S, Margekar SL, Jatav OP, Ganga PD. Study of Clinical Profile of Patients of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and its Association with Metabolic Syndrome. J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Jan;63(1):12–6.
- Sahai S, Mishra V, Ganga D, Jatav OP. Viral Hepatitis in Pregnancy--A study of its Effect on Maternal and Foetal Outcome. J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Jan;63(1):28–33
Abstract/Poster presentations.
- Deepak Ganga, Harshad Devarbhavi, Tarun S Joseph, Mahesh Menon, Mallikarjun, Balaji, Rajvir Singh. Marked Elevation of Serum Transaminase Levels >1,000 U/L in Adults: Etiology and Frequency (Accepted for oral/poster presentation at Asia pacific digestive week 2019)
- Mahesh Menon, Harshad Devarbhavi, Tarun S Joseph, Deepak Ganga P, Mallikarjun. Acute Kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis: Causes, course, outcome, and predictors of mortality (Accepted for oral/poster presentation at Asia pacific digestive week 2019).
- Harshad Devarbhavi , Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Sujata Raj, Rajvir Singh, Tarun Joseph, DeepakGanga, Mahesh Menon and Mallikarjun Patil. Concurrent Drug‐Induced Liver Injury (DILI) and Skin Injury (DISI): Implicated Drugs, Phenotype Including Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), and Predictors of Severity and Outcome. HEPATOLOGY 2018;68,:Suppl abstract 37
- Harshad Devarbhavi, Deepak Ganga, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy and Tarun Joseph Dengue Hepatitis Presenting as Hyper Acute Liver Failure Based on an Analysis of 36 Patients from a Single Center and Literature Review of 63 Dengue Hepatitis with Acute Liver Failure. HEPATOLOGY 2018; 68,:Suppl abstract 290.
- Poster presentation at ISG CON 2018: An Unusual presentation of dysphagia-A case report of esophageal duplication cyst. Need for high index of suspicion and discretion against use of EUS-FNA.
- Reddy VV, Joseph TS, Ganga D, Shafiq S, Balaji G, Mallikarjun P, et al. A Sinister Cause of Extreme Hepatitis. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2017 Jul 1;7: S10
- Deepak Ganga P, Reddy V, Joseph TS, Balaji G, Shafiq S, Mallikarjun, et al. Role of Steroids in Cholestatitc Viral Hepatitis A and E. J ClinExpHepatol. 2017 Jul 1;7: S30-1.
- Poster presentation at AASLD 2016: Harshad Devarbhavi, Deepak Ganga, N Sunil Kumar, Tarun S. Joseph, Vishnu V. Reddy. Marked Elevation of Serum Transaminase Levels >1,000 IU/ml in Children- Causes and Outcome.
Affiliation and Membership
- Member of Indian Medical Association.
- Indian Society of Gastroenterology
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