About Our Doctor

Dr.M.Ganesan is an experienced and renowned Gastroenterologist with special skills in Interventional endoscopic and colonoscopic procedures. He is an expert in dealing with all rare cases relating to endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, Viral hepatitis and pancreatic diseases.

He was a Consultant Gastroenterologist for Sheffield University teaching Hospital,United Kingdom.

He completed his 5 year specialty training program (CCST) in UK bagging the best research paper award for the Northwest Deanery (2004) United Kingdom .He was fully trained in various top university hospitals in United Kingdom gaining exposure to all kind of therapeutic endoscopic procedures, ERCP , Endoscopic Ultrasound. He has done more than 15000 endoscopic procedures including many challenging ERCP and EUS procedures.

Dr. Ganesan completed his under graduate and Post graduate training in India successfully securing many distinctions and medals during the same period.

He is now a full time CONSULTANT at the SG Gastro Care & ENDOSCOPY CENTRE

He was the chief Gastroenterologist for KMCH for 3 years and established the department of interventional endoscopy unit.

He is an expert in dealing with

  • complicated inflammatory bowel disease – crohn’s and ulcerative colitis
  • viral hepatitis – HBV and HCV
  • chronic liver disease – cirrotic liver disease, portal hypertension.
  • Gastroesophageal disease
  • Gastric and duodenal ulcers
  • Irritable bowel syndrome.
  • Malabsorption disease
  • Detection of gastro intestinal malignancies.

He was a senior lecturer for Past test and Fast Paces in United Kingdom for doctors preparing for MRCP examinations.

Expertise in following endoscopic procedures

Endoscopic

  • Gastroscopy (ogd)
  • Colonoscopy
  • Therapeutic gastroscopy
  • Therpeutic colonoscopy
  • Glue injection for gastric varices
  • Foreign body removal
  • Polypectomy
  • Endoscopic mucosal resection (removal of flat polyps)
  • Adrenaline injection – bleeding ulcer
  • Oesophgaeal dilatation – stricture , malignancy
  • Oesophageal and pyloric stenting
  • Colonic stenting
  • Endoclip placement,
  • Argon plasma coagulation for vascular malformations,
  • Baloon dilatation for pyloric stricture/gastric outlet obstruction,
  • PEG insertions,
  • Botulinum toxin injection for achlasia cardia,
  • Gastro-duodenal stent insertions.

ERCP

  • CBD stone removal
  • Spincherotomies,
  • stent placement [plastic and metallic],
  • balloon pull through, basket/lithotripsy common bile duct stone removal,
  • balloon dilatation for stricture,
  • Pre-cut papillotomy

Endoscopic ultrasound

  • Therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound.
  • Wide experience in Pancreatic cystogastrostomy,
  • FNA pancreatic mass and
  • FNA mediastinal and celiac lymph nodes
  • FNA adrenal gland mass
  • Celiac ganglion block for intractable pancreatic pain
  • hepatic cystogastrostomy

Capsule Endoscopy