Dr. Ravikiran S K - SPARSH Hospital
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Dr. Ravikiran S K

Consultant & Head, Hepatology and Liver transplantation

Qualification:

MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology), MRCP (UK) (Gastroenterology), Fellowship in Liver Transplantation

Years of Practice:

20

Specialities:

Liver Transplant and HPB Surgeries

Location:

SPARSH Hospital, Yeswanthpur

Languages Spoken:

Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu

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Dr. Ravikiran S K, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Transplant Physician at Sparsh Hospital, Bangalore. He completed a clinical fellowship in Transplant hepatology at the prestigious Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, and later established the Hepatology and Liver Transplant Program at Narayana Health. He also worked as a Consultant at Ramaiah Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore, in the department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

  • Treatment of viral hepatitis
  • Treatment of chronic liver disease
  • Pre-Liver transplant optimization of the patient.
  • Post Liver transplant treatment and follow up
  • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
  • Treatment of liver diseases

  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Fatty liver/NASH

Oral Paper Presentations: 

  • Sex Disparity in Liver Transplant and Access to Living Donation at MCLD conference, Chennai, India (2021)
  • Development of a model to predict survival in recipients of liver transplantation for NASH at ILTS Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada (May 2019)
  • Early post-ERCP Cholecystitis – Severity, Incidence, and Risk Factors at Asia Pacific Digestive Disease Week, Hong Kong (November 2017)

Poster Presentations:

  • Disseminated Histoplasmosis post-liver transplantation masquerading as graft rejection at European Society of Organ Transplantation Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2019)
  • Hepatitis and Pregnancy at Global Hepatitis Summit, Toronto, Canada (June 2018) 

Original Articles:

  • Impact of living donor liver transplantation on long-term cardiometabolic and graft outcomes in cirrhosis due to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Clinical Transplantation (May 2023) [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15008]
  • Predicting the outcome of liver transplantation in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis: The NASH LT risk-benefit calculator. Clinical Transplantation (February 2023) [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14930]
  • Divergent trajectories of lean vs obese non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients from listing to post-transplant: A retrospective cohort study. World Journal of Gastroenterology (July 2022) [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i26.3218]
  • Early Post Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Cholecystitis – Incidence, Risk Factors, Severity, and Surgical Implications. The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy (September 2021) [DOI: 10.24871/2222021164-166]
  • Sex Disparity in Liver Transplant and Access to Living Donation. JAMA Surgery (August 2021) [DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3586]
  • Comparison of Transient Elastography and Liver Biopsy in Assessing Fibrosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Renal and Hepatic Disorders (May 2021) [DOI: 10.15586/jrenhep.v5i1.90]
  • Predicting Long-term Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With NASH Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (January 2021) [DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.01.021]
  • Editorial: Effect of Exercise on Physical Frailty in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (December 2019) [DOI: 10.1111/apt.15534]
  • Tuberculosis – The Usual Suspect. Indian Journal of Medical Research (April 2015)
  • Tumor of the Lowest Probability. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy (September 2019) [DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.189148]
  • An Unusual Case of Gastrointestinal Bleed. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (August 2014) [DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.138160]
  • Factors that predict mortality in children with Wilson disease associated acute liver failure and comparison of Wilson disease specific prognostic indices. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (August 2013) [DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12356]
  • Acute Liver Failure in Pregnancy – It’s Causative and Prognostic Factors. Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology (January 2015)

Travel Grants:

  • Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2017)
  • AST Fellows Symposium (2019)
  • EASL (2020)

Case Reports & Abstracts:

  • Dieulafoy’s Lesion Masquerading as Gastric Erosion. ISGCON (2016)
  • Glucose Breath Test for Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth – A Retrospective Analysis. ISGCON (2016)
  • Adenocarcinoma in Chronic Fistula in Ano: A Case Report. ISGCON (2016)
  • Checkpoint for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding Using Band Ligator – Outstanding Efficacy at Low Cost? ISGCON (2016)
  • Consultant vs Resident – Gastrointestinal Bleed Differences. ISGCON (2016)
  • Lymphoepithelial Cyst Mimicking Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm with High Carcinoembryonic Antigen: Report of a Case. ISGCON (2016)
  • An Unusual Case of Gastrointestinal Bleed. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2014)
  • Clinical Demographic Characteristics and Outcome in 65 Patients with HCC: A Prospective Study. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (December 2014)
  • Incidence, Course, and Outcome of Community-Acquired and Nosocomial Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (March 2013)
  • Outcome of Hepatitis B and Delta Virus Infection in Children Undergoing Chemotherapy for Hematological Malignancies: An Eight Years Single Centre Experience. AASLD Abstract (November 2013)
  • Factors that Predict Mortality in Children with Wilson’s Disease Associated Acute Liver Failure and Comparison of Wilson Disease Specific Prognostic Indices. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (February 2014)
  • Kidney Biopsy Changes in Patients with Ethanol-Related Cirrhosis and Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (November 2013)
  • Splenic Infarct in Acute Malaria. Journal of Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine (2010)
  • Estimating GFR Using Serum Creatinine in Type 2 Diabetes. RSSDI Abstract Book (2009)
  • Tuberculosis: An Unusual Suspect. Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Tumor with Lowest Probability – NET of Ampulla. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy

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