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Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Interventional Endoscopist

Dr. Vikrant Kale

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

Dr. Vikrant Kale is one of the Senior and Qualified gastroenterologists in PCMC, Pune has more than 15 years of experience in managing various GI disorders (which include intestine, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas) at a very advanced level. At present, he is the Director & Head of the Department of Medical Gastroenterology at the Kaizen Gastro Care Clinic, PCMC, Pune. He is an enthusiastic and energetic professional with healing hands and expert knowledge. He is also working as a Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Interventional Endoscopist at Ruby Hall Hospital, Hinjewadi, Pune. He has expertise in managing various GI disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disorders, cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, and colon, viral hepatitis, fatty liver, liver disease, alcoholic liver disorder, inherited liver disorder, and liver cancer, cholestasis, and various digestive diseases.

Dr. Vikrant Kale is also renowned as IBD Specialist in Pune, India, and has experience in treating various IBD diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. He had the opportunity to work with clinicians and researchers who are at the global forefront in the field of IBD, advanced endoscopy, and other GI disorders. He has done around 5000+ gastroscopies, 3000+ colonoscopies, and 1000+ ERCPs until now. This includes a wide variety of therapeutic procedures like management of GI bleeding, variceal banding, endo-luminal dilatation/stenting, radiofrequency ablation, and endoscopic mucosal resections (for early cancers of intestines) among others. He efficiently performs endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, and ERCPs procedures. He has been a trainer in endoscopy for GI trainees for the last 3 years in Ireland..

Dr. Vikrant Kale is a leading Best Gastroenterologist in PCMC, Pune, Hepatologist, and Endoscopist from Pune who seeks to understand patient’s gastroenterology symptoms and problems at all levels and offers innovative, safer, and effective methods of treatment. His extensive practice also includes affiliations with Ruby Hall Clinic (Pune), Symbiosis University Hospital (Pune), Maxcare Hospital, and Savedi (Ahmednagar).

  • 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 the 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
  • Founder and Head of Gastroenterologist, Heaptologist department at Kaizen Gastro Care, Wakad, Pune
  • Founder and Head of Gastroenterologist, Heaptologist department at Dr. Kale's Gastro Care, PCMC, Pune
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist & Liver Specialist at Ruby Hall Clinic (2 Years)
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist & Heaptologist at Symbiosis University Hospital, Pune (2 Years)
  • Visiting Consultant Gastroenterologist & Heaptologist at Maxcare Hospital, Savedi, Ahmednagar
  • 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)

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 diarrhea/constipation, Colonic polyps, Hemorrhoids)
  • 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)
  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Push-enteroscopy
  • Capsule endoscopy
  • Chromo-endoscopy (IBD, Barrett’s esophagus)
  • Familial GI Cancer surveillance
  • 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)
  • The success of electrical cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation.
  • Safety of PEG tube placement
  • CLO test audit – compare new with standard CLO
  • EUS-FNA Audit – re-audit to complete the audit cycle
  • Optimal use of early morning endoscopy lists
  • Adherence to guidelines for OGD referrals for dyspepsia
  • Flu vaccination uptake in healthcare workers
  • Compare outcomes of CT colonography with sigmoidoscopy
  • The chapter on ‘Diagnostic Evaluation of Anaemia’ ‘Anaemia’ by In Tech publishers in Jan 2012 (Kale V & Aftab AR)
  • Abstracts on Gastro journals, Hospital Doctors in July 2011 (Kale V & Aftab AR)
  • Papillitis at ERCP - what's the relevance?’, Digestive Endoscopy in Sept 2012 (Slattery E & Kale V.)(PMID: 22925308)
  • 'Role of long-term stenting in choledocholithiasis’ Dig Endo in July 2013 (Slattery E & Kale V)(PMID: 23808949)

  • Presentations: ISG - 2011 (Irish Society of Gastroenterology), Dublin, Ireland. 

    • ‘Papillitis at ERCP: What’s the relevance?’  (Eoin Slattery, Vikrant Kale, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab)
    • ‘Is transillumination really necessary for safe insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube?’ (Vikrant Kale, Eoin Slattery, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab) 
    • ‘Cost-effectiveness in CLO test: but at what cost?’  (Vikrant Kale, Eoin Slattery, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab)

    ISG – 2012 (Dublin, Ireland) 

    • ‘Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: What does the Short Health Scale measure?’ - Edel McDermott, Vikrant Kale, Stephen Patchett, Hugh Mulcahy

    ISG/BSG - 2013 (Belfast, UK) 

    (Winner of First prize for best poster in Belfast) 

    • ‘Patients with intestinal inflammation require more sedation during colonoscopy’ Vikrant Kale, Cara Dunne, Hugh Mulcahy, Garret Cullen, Glen Doherty

    ISG – 2014 (Dublin, Ireland) 

    • ‘EUS guided FNA – Are slides necessary?’ Vikrant Kale, Niall Breslin, Michael Jeffers, Barbara Ryan

    ISG -2015 (Naas, Ireland) 

    • ‘Radio-frequency Ablation for dysplastic Barrett’s Oesophagus’ Vikrant Kale, Shweta Shinde, Wendy Hickey, Stephen Patchett

    ISG -2016 (Dublin, Ireland) 

    • ‘Review of endoscopy in patients with dyspepsia’ Vikrant Kale, AS Afridi, Fayyaz Janjua, Faisal Zeb, Garry Courtney 
    • ‘Vaccination in IBD patients on biologic agents- compliance with guidelines’ Fayyaz Janjua, Hamid Yousuf, Vikrant Kale, AR Aftab 

    DDW-2012 (Washington, USA) 

    • ‘Role of long-term stenting in choledocholithiasis’ Eoin Slattery, Vikrant Kale, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab

    DDW-2013 (Orlando, USA) 

    • ‘Patients with intestinal inflammation require more sedation during colonoscopy’ Vikrant Kale, Cara Dunne, Hugh Mulcahy, Garret Cullen, Glen Doherty 
    • ‘Time to first surgery in IBD; his bowel, her bowel’ Cara Dunne, Vikrant Kale, Garret Cullen, Billy Bourke, Hugh Mulcahy, Glen Doherty

    ECCO-2013 (Vienna, Austria) 

    • ‘Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: What does the Short Health Scale measure?’ - Edel McDermott, Vikrant Kale, Stephen Patchett, Hugh Mulcahy

Dr. Vikrant Kale has been actively involved in teaching medical students at the bedside, inwards, in clinics, and in tutorials. He enjoys being proactive with students and has had good feedback from them. He was a trainer and was the medical lead for the ALERT course in Kilkenny (Acute Life-threatening Event Recognition and Treatment). He also organized ‘Train the trainers’ courses for ALERT and Along with Prof Courtney he was involved in the process of rolling out the COMPASS course, which is a part of the Acute Medical Programme in Ireland.

Dr. Vikrant Kale has done the trainers course for the same. He is a trainer for the PEG management course for all the medical and allied health care staff in St Luke’s, Kilkenny, and also involved with the training of colorectal ANPs (Advanced Nurse Practitioners) in University College, Dublin.