Dr U S UMASHANKAR
M.D, D.M MEDICAL GASTRO ENTEROLOGY
Consultant – Medical Gastroenterology & Hepatology
About Doctor
Dr. Umashankar U.S M.D., D.M., is an exceptional academician with excellent academic accolades. He did his M.D., General Medicine from prestigious Vardaman Mahavir medical college and Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi and secured the Gold Medal for M.D.,. His interest in Medical Gastroenterology lead him join at Kilpauk medical college, Chennai where he completed his D.M., in Medical Gastroenterology with Gold Medal.
core strengths
- Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Complicated ERCP
- Colonoscopy
- Palliative interventions for GI malignancy
- Double Balloon Enteroscopy
- IBD
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Liver Diseases
Accomplishments
- Distinction during MBBS
- First place in paper presentation in OSMECON-2011, national level conference of undergraduate students.
- First place in paper presentation in APICON-2019
- Gold medalist in MD general medicine in GGSIP university, New Delhi
- Won George Frederick Stanley Gold medal – Medal exam held at Government Stanley medical college for final year post graduates including all DM and DNB pgs across Tamilnadu participated by 40 postgraduates.
- Gold medalist in DM Gastroenterology in TN- MGR University
- Awarded Abott Medal for Highest Scorer in DM gastroenterology at TN-ISGCON-23
Research Studies done
- Undertook STS (Short Term studentship) project during under-graduation period under ICMR - Assessment of quality of life in bronchial asthma patients.
- MD thesis- Cystatin C and microalbuminuria in patients with metabolic syndrome, done under the guidance of Dr M Narang, Prof of medicine
- Assessment of Dengue, malaria and chikungunya coinfections and relation to their severity in a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi
- Sarcopenia and its correlation with minimal hepatic encephalopathy among patients with chronic liver disease
- Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and correlation with hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B