Gastroenterology and Hepatology,KIMS

A. Overview of Department :

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KIMS is headed by Prof Anil C Anand (MD, DM, DNB). The mission of the department is to provide comprehensive high end clinical care as well as emergency services for patients suffering from disorders of digestive tract and liver through a team of highly experienced Gastroenterologists supported by state of art technology.

It provides routine OPD as well as round the clock emergency services for all disorders of digestive system, liver and pancreato-biliary system including both basic and advanced endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

The department has been instrumental in starting the following therapeutic modalities in the state of Odisha which were lacking earlier and patients used to travel out of the state for the same.

B. Vision Till 2025 :

• To be the foremost healthcare service provider of the highest standards focusing on accessible, safe, ethical, and research based medical practice in a patient friendly atmosphere.


• To provide state of art healthcare services especially to the poor and socially backward people at an affordable price with all modern support facilities in an eco-friendly integrated hospital campus


• To provide state of art healthcare services related to Digestive Science by :
1.   Caring for our patients in a safe, compassionate manner and by practicing evidence-based medicine


2.   To create an environment that supports and rewards caring and compassion, excellence, innovation, teamwork and trust, mutual respect and cost effective/ethical behaviour


3.   Attracting great talent by actively promoting a professional, satisfying work environment and unmatched educational platform


4.   Providing leadership by defining clinical standards through research, in conjunction with available scientific knowledge, best practice and innovative treatment

C. Research :

The department has been crucial in research and publications. It has hosted the consensus meetings for Acute Liver Failure in April and July 2019 which were attended by liver experts across the country for formulating guideline for management of acute liver failure (ALF). Besides, it has organized workshops for hands on training in third space endoscopy and a national conference [KPLD 2019 (KIMS perspective on Liver and Digestive diseases 2019)].

The faculties of the department have published their research in peer review international and national journals.

D. Services Provided :

• Diagnostic Upper G.I. endoscopy & Colonoscopy.
• Very thin endoscope (paediatric endoscopy) for small children
• Therapeutic endoscopy like sclerotherapy, variceal banding, coagulation, hemoclip application to stop ongoing Gl bleeding
• Dilatation (widening) of narrowed food passage.
• Removal of small tumour by endoscope without surgery (polypectomy).
• Liver biopsy. [Both USG guided percutaneous liver biopsy & trans-jugular liver biopsy (TJLB)]
• Fibroscan [for noninvasive (painless) assessment of liver fibrosis]
• Breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and H pylori infection
• Enteroscopy (endoscopy of small intestine) to find out the cause of unexplained anemia, obscure GI bleeding, diarrhoea
• Pneumatic balloon dilatation of Achalasia Cardia
• Per-Oral Endoscopy Myotomy (POEM)
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
• ERCP with removal of bile duct stone, dilatation & plastic stent placement for benign biliary stricture.
• Pancreatic ERCP for removal pancreatic duct stones and plastic stent placement for pancreatic stricture
• Metallic biliary, esophageal, pyloric, enteral & colonic stenting
• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopic ultrasound
• Endoscopic cystogastrostomy (for pancreatic pseudocyst) & endoscopic necrosectomy (for walled of pancreatic necrosis (WOPN)
• Capsule endoscopy
• Radiologic angioembolization of bleeding vessel for uncontrolled gastro-intestinal bleeding
• Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for patients with obstructive jaundice due to bilio-pancreatic tumours
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction, refractory variceal bleeding and refractory ascites in cirrhosis of liver
• Loco-regional treatments for liver cancer such as trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE)

E. Equipment Available :

• Olympus endoscopy processors (150, 170 & 190 series)
• Olympus diagnostic video gastroscopes (150,170, 190 series)
• Olympus diagnostic ultrathin pediatric video gastroscopes (150, 170series)
• Olympus therapeutic video gastroscope (190 series)
• Olympus video colonoscopes (150,170, 190 series)
• Olympus thin video pediatric colonoscope (170 series)
• Olympus therapeutic video duodenoscopes (150 & 180 series)
• Olympus Echoendoscope (ME2 prime)
• Olympus Single balloon enteroscope
• Automatic Endoscopy reprocessors (for automatic washing of endoscopes by machine)
• Fibroscan (Echosens 502 touch)
• Bedside trans-abdominal Ultrasound machine for indoor patients
• Breath analyzers (for hydrogen and ammonia)

F. Faculty List :

Sl.No	Photo	Name of The Doctor	Designation	Qualifications	Number of Publications
1.		Prof. Anil C Anand	Professor & Head	MBBS, MD, DM, FICP, FSGEI, FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburg), FACP, FACG, FAMS	352
2.		Prof. Subrat Kumar Acharya	Professor	MBBS, MD, DM, FNA, FnASc, FASc	377
3.		Prof. Yogesh Kumar Chawla	Professor	MBBS, MD, DM	616
4.		Dr. Sarat Chandra Panigrahi	Associate Professor	MBBS, MD, DM, DNB	12
5.		Dr. Preetam Nath	Assistant Professor	MBBS, MD, DM	31
6.		Dr. Bipadabhanjan Mallick	Assistant Professor	MBBS, MD, DM	29
7.		Dr. Dibyalochan Praharaj	Associate Professor	MBBS, MD, DM	15

G. Courses Offered :

DM (Gastroenterology): The department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, KIMS has been offering DM (Gastroenterology) course from the year 3 year with an annual intake of 3 students.