Dr. Raj Vigna Venugopal

Dr Raj Vigna Venugopal is a renowned Medical Gastroenterologist based in Bangalore. With 29 years of expertise in gastroenterology, he currently serves as the Head of Department and Consultant at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

He is a pioneers in performing Third-space Endoscopy Procedures in the region and holds the distinction of having completed the highest number of Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedures. He has the largest single-center Experience in ‘peroral endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia Cardia’.

Dr Raj Vigna specialises in the following procedures are:

1. Endoscopy
2. Ultrasonography
3. Therapeutic Endoscopy
4. EUS-guided therapeutic work
5. Therapeutic ERCP Per-oral
6. Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia Cardia
7. ESD EMR for Early Gastric Cancer

Following his MBBS graduation from TD Medical College, Alappuzha in 1995, Dr Venugopal pursued his:

• DNB in General Medicine from Kasturba Medical College, 1998
• DM in Gastroenterology from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow in 2003

His research focuses on distinguishing between Crohn's disease and tuberculosis, providing palliative care for gastric outlet obstruction in advanced gallbladder carcinoma, and evaluating the effectiveness of endoscopic therapy in managing recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis linked to pancreas divisum.

Dr Raj is a member of:

• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
• Indian National Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (INSLD)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Dr Vigna has a significant teaching background, having educated both undergraduate and postgraduate students during his time as an assistant professor at AIMS, Kochi.

Since 2013, he has been involved in the DNB - Gastroenterology course at Manipal, mentoring numerous students on their thesis projects. Additionally, he played a key role in administering the national DNB exit examination in 2020. He is proficient in multiple languages, including English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil.

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