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Best Gastroenterologist in PCMC, Pune - Dr. Vikrant Kale

Dr. Vikrant Kale
Director of Kaizen Gastro Care, Hepatologist & Interventional Endoscopist

Dr. Vikrant Kale is a practicing consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Interventional Endoscopist with experience of more than 17 years. At present, he is the Director and head of the Department of Medical Gastroenterology at the Kaizen Gastro Care Clinic, PCMC, Pune. He has expertise in managing various GI disorders (which include intestine, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas) at a very advanced level.

He pursued his MBBS in the year 2003 from Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education & Research (MIMER) Talegaon Dabhade, Pune. He completed his Fellowship In Upper & Lower GI Endoscopy in the year 2018 from Oxford University (UK). Dr. Vikrant Kale has also done M.R.C.P.I. from The Royal College Of Physicians Of Ireland in 2009 & CSCST-Gastro from The Royal College Of Physicians Of Ireland in 2017. Dr. Vikrant Kale is a consultant in Gastroenterology and liver diseases at Dr. Kale’s Gastro Clinic PCMC Pune. He is one of the best stomach doctors and liver doctors in PCMC Pune.

Dr. Vikrant Kale completed a Fellowship in Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from Oxford University (UK) in 2018 and has experience in treating various IBD diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. These things make an IBD Specialist in Pune or a Crohn’s & Colitis specialist in Pune. He has over 16 years of experience practicing medicine in various hospitals and clinics. In his experience, He has done around 3200 gastroscopies, 2000 colonoscopies, and 700 ERCPs until now. This includes a wide variety of therapeutic procedures like management of GI bleed, variceal banding, endo-luminal dilatation/stenting, radiofrequency ablation, and endoscopic mucosal resections (for early cancers of intestines) among others. He has been actively involved in the endoscopy training of junior gastroenterologists for the last few years

  • Irish Medical Council No. : 281680 (Specialist registration)
  • GMC Registration No. : 6139624
  • MMC Registration No. : 2005/02/0647
  • M.B.B.S. from Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education & Research (MIMER) Talegaon Dabhade, Pune in 2003
  • M.R.C.P.I. from The Royal College Of Physicians Of Ireland in 2009
  • G.P.T. in GIM (General Professional Training)from Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2009
  • R.T.P. in Gastro (Registrar Training Programme) Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2012
  • CSCST-Gastro from The Royal College Of Physicians Of Ireland in 2017 
  • Fellowship in Upper & Lower GI Endoscopy from Oxford University (UK) in 2018
  • Fellowship in Inflammatory bowel disease from Oxford University(U.K.) in 2018

(15+ Years’ Experience)

  • S.H.O. in General Medicine at St.Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny (1.5 Years)
  • S.H.O. Rotation in General Medicine at University Hospital, Waterford (2 Years)
  • Registrar in Gastroenterology at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny (2 years)
  • Registrar in Gastroenterology at St Vincent’s Univ Hospital, Dublin-4 (1 Year)
  • Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology at Tallaght Hospital(AMNCH), Dublin-24 (1 Year)
  • Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin-9 (2 Years)
  • Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology/GIM at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland. (1 Year)
  • Senior Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK (1 Year)
  • Founder and Head of Gastroenterologist, Heaptologist department at Dr. Kale's Gastro Clinic, PCMC, Pune
  • Founder and Head of Gastroenterologist, Heaptologist department at Kaizen Gastro Care, Wakad, Pune

Dr. Vikrant Kale special interest in the following topics:

  • Inflammatory bowel disease (Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, Microscopic colitis)
  • Advanced Liver disorders (Cirrhosis, PBC, PSC, Fatty liver/NASH, Hepatitis)
  • Biliary disorders (CBD stones, Biliary cancers), Pancreatic disorders (Chronic pancreatitis IgG4 disordersPancreatic cancers)
  • Barrett’s esophagus (Diagnosis and management of dysplasia/cancer)
  • Irritable bowel syndrome / Functional GI disorders
  • Upper GI disorders (GORD, Gastroparesis, Neuro-endocrine tumors)
  • Coeliac disease, Lower GI disorders (Chronic diarrhoea/constipation, Colonic polyps, Haemorhoids)
  • Familial GI Cancers (Lynch syndrome/HNPCC, FAP)
  • Professional Development Programme (Feb,09) 
  • Audit course/ Research methods (2011)
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), (2016)
  • Train the Trainers courses (ALERT/ COMPASS) 
  • Mastering Communications (2012) 
  • Endoscopy Skills (2014/2016) 
  • RCPI Leadership course (2016) 
  • Post graduate courses UEGW (Barcelona, 2010) / AASLD (Boston, 2016)
Diagnostic procedures:- 
  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Push-enteroscopy
  • Capsule endoscopy
  • Chromo-endoscopy (IBD, Barrett’s oesophagus)
  • Familial GI Cancer surveillance
Therapeutic procedures:-
  • Oesophageal dilatation
  • Endoluminal stenting (for benign and malignant conditions)
  • Oesophageal variceal banding
  • Food bolus obstruction - removal, use of Over-tubes
  • Argon plasma coagulation-APC (GAVE, Radiation proctitis)
  • Management of Upper GI bleed (clips, APC, thermal probe, haemospray)
  • Polypectomy (Upper and Lower GI)
  • Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
  • ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography)
  • RFA (Radio-frequency Ablation)
  • PEG tube insertion (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy)