Dr. Deepak Ganga P

OP Timing:

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences)
• MD (General Medicine) – GR Medical College, Jiwaji University, Gwalior
• DM (Gastroenterology) – St. John’s Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore (Rajiv Gandhi University oh Health sciences)
• Advanced training in Endoscopy & Therapeutics – St. John’s Medical College & subsequent national-level  and International workshops
• Short-term training in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) under Dr. Malay Sharma (2023) and Dr. Rakesh Adi (2024)

Areas of Expertise:

• Advanced Interventional Endoscopy (ERCP, EUS, third-space endoscopy)
• Complex endoscopic procedures (Foreign body removal, GI bleeding management)
• Hepatology: Acute  and chronic liver disease, drug-induced liver injury, Alcoholic liver disease)
• Pancreatic(Acute and chronic pancreatitis) and biliary disorders (strictures, malignancies, CBD calculi)
• Gastrointestinal oncology and minimally invasive therapeutics
• Inflammatory bowel disease and functional GI disorders

Clinical Interests:

• Gastrointestinal cancers and advanced endoscopic therapeutics
• Pancreatico-biliary interventions
• Liver disorders with emphasis on drug-induced liver injury and viral hepatitis
• Expanding multidisciplinary gastroenterology care in oncology setups

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Kauvery Hospitals, Marathahalli, Bangalore
• Consultant & Endoscopist – Shri Shankara Cancer & Research Centre (Charitable) and Manipal Hospital, Hebbal (formerly Columbia Asia), Bangalore
• Junior Consultant – Department of Gastroenterology, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore
• Registrar – Department of Gastroenterology, St. John’s Medical College Hospital
• Assistant Professor – General Medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bangalore

Procedural Expertise:

• Performed over 10,000 diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, and stricture dilatation
• More than 2,500 ERCPs for biliary and pancreatic disorders
• Hands-on experience with Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and therapeutic applications
• Advanced management of GI bleeding, perforations, stent placements, and third-space endoscopy
• Skilled in performing foreign body retrievals and complex therapeutic endoscopy in oncology patients

Clinical Research:

1. A prospective study to determine the frequency, etiology, and mortality of extreme or massive elevations of serum aminotransferases.
2. Dengue Hepatitis with Acute Liver Failure: Clinical, Biochemical, Histopathological Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome.
3. Marked Elevation of Serum Transaminase Levels >1,000 IU/ml in Children- Causes and Outcome.
4. Study of Clinical Profile of Patients of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and its Association with Metabolic Syndrome.
5. 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:

1. Dengue Hepatitis with Acute Liver Failure: Clinical, Biochemical, Histopathological Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome (Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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:

1.  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)

2.  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).

3. 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

4.  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.

5.     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.

6.  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

7.  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.

8.  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.

Memberships:

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)

Languages:

• English
• Kannada 
• Hindi 
• Tamil