Dr. Bharath Kumar Ayapati

OP Timings

Education

• MBBS – Sri Venkateswara Medical College
• MD (Internal Medicine) – Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad
• DM (Gastroenterology & Hepatology) – Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore
• FAGIE – Fellowship in Advanced GI Endoscopy, CMC Vellore

Clinical Experience

• Senior Consultant – KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad (2026–Present)
• Consultant Gastroenterologist – Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills (2023–2026)
• Consultant Gastroenterologist – Yashoda Hospital, Malakpet (2016–2023)
• Fellow (Advanced GI Endoscopy) – CMC Vellore (2015–2016)
• Assistant Professor (Gastroenterology) – CMC Vellore (2014–2015)
• DM Residency – CMC Vellore (2011–2014)
• Senior Resident – ASRAM Medical College (2010–2011)
• Senior Research Fellow – AIIMS New Delhi (2009–2010)

Areas of Expertise

• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) – diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Pancreatic fluid drainage, biliary drainage, gastrojejunostomy
• Celiac plexus neurolysis, RFA procedures
• ERCP and complex biliary interventions
• Management of large bile duct stones and strictures
• Third space endoscopy (POEM for Achalasia)
• GI endoscopy and colonoscopy
• GI bleed management, polypectomy, tumor stenting
• Liver diseases – hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver
• Liver transplant evaluation
• Capsule endoscopy and balloon enteroscopy

Research & Publications

• EUS Guided Gastro-Jejunostomy with NAGI Stent – Endoscopy Journal (2016)
• A Rare Cause of Acute Liver Failure – Med E Journal (2014)
• Image-enhanced endoscopy study – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (2022)
• Chronic Pancreatitis study – Tropical Gastroenterology