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Dr Krishna Bharadwaj Pegatraju

Dr Krishna Bharadwaj Pegatraju

MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology – CMC, Vellore), ESEGH (UK)

Department : Gastroenterology
Exp: 9 yrs
Designation: Consultant Gastroenterologist, Pancreatologist and Advanced Endoscopist
Languages: Telugu, English, Hindi and Tamil
Med Reg No: TNMC 154569

Day time OPD:
MON-SAT : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Hitec City
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About the Doctor

Dr Krishna Bharadwaj is a highly trained gastroenterologist with over nine years of experience in managing complex gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic disorders. He completed his DM in Medical Gastroenterology at Christian Medical College, Vellore, and holds the European Speciality Examination in Gastroenterology & Hepatology (ESEGH) from the Royal College of Physicians.

His expertise includes ERCP, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), management of acute and chronic pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, fatty liver disease, chronic liver disease, and advanced endoscopic procedures such as EMR and endoscopic bleeding control. He has also received focused EUS training at Universitario Rio Hortega, Spain.

Dr Krishna is actively involved in research, has multiple national and international publications, and has received several academic awards for excellence in gastroenterology. He is committed to delivering evidence-based, ethical, and patient-centred care.

Educational Qualifications

  • 2025: ESEGH, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom Sep-Oct 2025: EUS Training, Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
  • 2020-2023: D.M. in Medical Gastroenterology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
  • 2016-2019: M.D. in General Medicine, Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati, India
  • 2009-2015: M.B.B.S, Kurnool Medical college, Kurnool, India

Experience

  • 2023 Jan-2026 Dec: Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology, Christian Medical College, Vellore
  • 2020-2023: Senior Resident (DM) in Department of Gastroenterology, Christian Medical College, Vellore
  • 2019-2020: Senior Resident in Department of General Medicine, SV Medical College, Tirupati.

Services offered

  • Management of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Chronic Liver disease
  • Hepatitis
  • Fatty Liver and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Plasma exchange for Liver failure
  • Gas and Bloating
  • Chronic Constipation

Special Interest and Expertise

  • Pancreatic disorders
  • Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
  • Severe acute pancreatitis, including biomarkers for prognosis & prediction
  • Advanced endoscopic techniques: Magnification Endoscopy, ERCP & EUS
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic UGI endoscopy and colonoscopy
  • ERCP
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Diagnostic and FNAC/Biopsy
  • EUS-guided glue and Coil Insertion for Gastric varices
  • Double Balloon Enteroscopy
  • Endoscopic nasogastric and nasojejunal tube placement.
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
  • Stricture dilatation SG and CRE
  • Direct glue injection
  • Endoscopic band ligation
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Foreign body removal
  • Endoscopic bleeding management (Haemoclip application, electrocautery, gold probing), Argon plasma coagulation application, Endoloop application, ultrasound-guided liver biopsy
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  • Awarded the prestigious Sir Rata Tata Trust “Professional Enhancement Grant” in 2025 for advanced training at University of Valladolid, Spain
  • Awarded the “Reviewer appreciation award” for the year 2025 from Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Honoured to be one among 40 clinicians from >20 countries to review European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation's Ulcerative Colitis Guidelines 2026
  • Peer reviewer for Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Pancreatology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, ACG Case reports, and Clinical Translational Gastroenterology
  • Honoured to review ECCO 2026 Stockholm Abstracts
  • Awarded the Editorial Fellowship of the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (IJG) for the year 2025 in recognition of academic and research excellence.
  • Awarded Prof. VI Mathan Award for the best publications in 2025 by ISG-Tamil Nadu chapter in Yercaud, Jan 2026.
  • Recipient of the Best DM/DNB Thesis Award from the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) in 2025, acknowledging an outstanding research contribution during super-speciality training.
  • Honoured with the Dr B. S. Ramakrishna Award for Best Research Work in D.M. Gastroenterology/Hepatology for the year 2024 at Christian Medical College, Vellore.
  • Won First Prize in Oral Presentation at PANCREAS 2025, the annual conference of the Indian Pancreas Club.
  • Secured Third Prize in the Best Oral Paper (Faculty Category) at the Annual Research Day 2025, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore.
  • Awarded the SGEI Travel Grant to attend ESGE Days 2025, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Recipient of a Travel Grant Award to attend UEG Week 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  • During D.M. Medical Gastroenterology Training
  • Won first prize in the quiz competition at Mid-Term TNISGCON 2022, CMC, Vellore.
  • Secured second prize in the best plenary session at TNISGCON 2023, Trichy, India
  • Won second prize in the Best Oral Paper at Annual Research Day 2023, CMC, Vellore.
  • During M.D. General Medicine Training
  • Won first prize in the inter-college quiz on diabetes conducted on World Diabetes Day 2017 at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad.
  • Secured third prize in the quiz on infectious diseases conducted at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, in 2017.
  • Received the Academy of Respiratory Medicine Certificate in the postgraduate quiz competition conducted during 23rd NESCON 2017 at SVIMS, Tirupati.
  • During M.B.B.S. Training
  • Awarded the Dr K. Venugopal Rao Memorial Medal in Ophthalmology for the year 2013.
  • Received the late Smt Vankadavi Veeramma Memorial Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the year 2014.
  • Received a Certificate of Merit from the Department of ENT, Kurnool Medical College, in 2013.
  • Received a Merit Certificate in the 26th IAP Paediatric Quiz (Undergraduate Zonal Round) held at Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, in 2013.
  • Awarded Distinction in Forensic Medicine (2012) and Distinction in Biochemistry (2010) during undergraduate medical training
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
  • Life Member, Indian National Association of Study of Liver (INASL)
  • Life Member, Indian Pancreas Club (IPC)
  • Life Member, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, India (CCF India)
  • Member, European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO)
  • Member, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
  • Life Member, ISG-Tamil Nadu Chapter
  • Bharadwaj PK, Simon EG, Dave RG, Geevar T, Nair SC, Abraham A, Joseph AJ, Dutta AK, Chowdhury SD, Jaleel R, John A, Thomas A. Utility of Rotational Thrombo-Elastometry as an Objective Measure of Hypercoagulability in Ulcerative Colitis. Indian J Gastroenterol. April 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s12664-025-01759-7.
  • Kumar SE, Sithamparapillai K, Choudhury AK, Bharadwaj PK, Trebicka J, Karvellas C, Arab JP, Premkumar P, Eapen C, Goel A. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Improves Survival – An Updated Meta-analysis. Liver International. May 2025 DOI: 10.1111/liv.70018.
  • Bharadwaj PK, Kumar SE, Chowdhury SD, Simon EG, Keshava SN, Joseph AJ, Kurien RT, Zachariah UG, Goel A. In an era of EUS-guided interventions, direct glue injection remains relevant in the management algorithm for bleeding isolated gastric varices. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2024 Jul 11.
  • Bharadwaj PK, Simon EG, Dave RG, Geevar T, Nair SC, Abraham A, Joseph AJ, Dutta AK, Chowdhury SD, Jaleel R, John A, Thomas A. Rotational Thromboelastometry Reduces Fresh Frozen Plasma Requirement in Patients without Liver Disease Undergoing Therapeutic Endoscopic Procedures with Deranged Screening Coagulation Tests—A Pilot Study. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy. 2023 Nov 15.
  • Kumar SE, Selvarajan S, Varghese T, Bharadwaj PK, Lakshmi KS, Hanmantgad S, Joseph AJ, Dutta AK, Mathews V, George B. Faecal calprotectin as a biomarker for early diagnosis and prediction of steroid response in acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Blood cell therapy. Feb 2026.
  • Dutta AK, Rao NV, Bharadwaj PK, Benny S. Frequency and characteristics of synchronous gastric cancers: the need for improved awareness and better detection. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2026 Feb 15;18(2):113508.
  • Biswas S, Kumar SE, Gupta S, Bharadwaj PK, Swaroop S, KB SB, Sharma A, Aggarwal A, Arora U, Saxena S, Chavan A. Endovascular interventions for the secondary prophylaxis of gastric varices prevent rebleeding but may not improve overall survival: A real-world cohort from two centres. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2025 Nov 21:10:34:16.
  • Viswanath A, Simon EG, Varghese K, Pulimood A, Dutta AK, Karuppusami R, Joseph AJ, Bharadwaj PK, Thomas A, John A, Jaleel R. Eosinophilic oesophagitis in patients with chronic reflux symptoms: A single-centre study from South India. Curr Med Issues 2025;23:246-52.
  • Alexander V, Chellaiya GK, Gnanadeepam S, David VG, James E, Kandasamy S, Abhilash KPP, Varughese S, Nair SC, Kumar S, Bharadwaj PK, Akilesh S, Kumar SE, Daniel D, Jayaraman S, Zachariah U, Eapen CE, Goel A. On-treatment decline in MELD score predicts one-month transplant-free survival in rodenticidal hepatotoxicity patients treated with low-volume plasma exchange. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2024 Jul 13.
  • Sreedevi A, Kala TS, Bharadwaj PK. Assessment of risk factors, awareness, and educational intervention in various types of cancer. Int J Med Sci Public Health 2020;9(10):604-11.
  • Padmaja N, Bharadwaj PK. Suicide attempts and their outcome: elderly vs lower age groups. Paripex: An Indian journal of research. 2020;9(1):31- 2.

Posters/Papers/Oral Presentations

  • Delivered an oral presentation titled “Early and Transient Hypercoagulability on Thromboelastography in Acute Pancreatitis” at PANCREAS 2025, Vellore, India.
  • Presented a moderated poster titled “Association of fatty liver and post-ERCP pancreatitis in patients with biliary stone disease” at ESGE Days 2025, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Presented a poster titled “Higher Serum CA 19-9 levels may predict unresectability in pancreatic adenocarcinoma" at ISGCON 2024, Varanasi, India.
  • Delivered an oral presentation titled “Comparison of Efficacy of Various Antibiotic Regimens for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection" at APDW 2024, Bali, Thailand.
  • Presented a poster titled “Clinical Presentations, Endoscopic Findings, and Outcomes of Acute Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly People” at UEG Week 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  • Presented a Poster of Distinction titled “Coagulation Status as measured by Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) in patients with Acute Pancreatitis” at PANCREAS 2024, Hyderabad, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “Utility of Rotational Thromboelastometry as an Objective Measure of Hypercoagulability in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis – A Prospective Case Control Study” at the ECCO Conference 2024, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Delivered an oral presentation titled “In the context of an algorithmic approach, direct glue injection is comparable to EUS-guided interventions (coil ± glue) for the management of bleeding isolated gastric varices-1" at TNISGCON 2023, Trichy, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “Rotational Thromboelastometry reduces fresh frozen plasma transfusion in patients without liver disease undergoing therapeutic endoscopic procedures with deranged screening coagulation tests” at ISGCON 2023, Jaipur, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “EUS-guided interventions (coil ± glue) have lower early rebleeding than conventional glue injection in the management of gastric variceal bleed” at INASL 2022, New Delhi, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “Interesting case of pancreatic malignancy: All battles are not lost” at the Mid-Term TNISG Conference 2022, Vellore, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “A case of acute venous thromboembolism due to thrombophilia” at the 73rd Annual National Conference of Physicians (APICON 2018), Bengaluru, India.
  • Presented a poster titled “A Case of Deep Venous Thrombosis due to Isolated Protein S Deficiency" at the 45th AP State Annual Conference (AP APICON) 2017, Visakhapatnam, India.
  • Delivered an oral presentation titled “Suicide attempts and its outcome: elderly vs lower age groups” at the 14th International Conference on Geriatric Care and Gerontology (GSICON 2017), Tirupati, India.
  • Paper Presentations:
  • Faculty for Panel Discussion at YGCON 2025 in Hyderabad, India
  • Talk on “Utility of Global tests of Coagulation in Gastroenterology-Endoscopy, IBD and "Pancreatitis" at International Coagulation Masterclass, 2024, in Vellore, India
  • Talk on “Infections in Acute Pancreatitis” at International Pancreatico-Biliary Conference (PBCON 2025), April 2025, at Jaipur, India
  • Talk on “Diagnosis of IBD: When to suspect, How to Manage, When to Refer?" at annual conference of API-Andhra Pradesh Chapter, September 2025, at Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

FAQ's

    Dr Krishna Bharadwaj holds the following qualifications: MD (Medicine), DM (Gastroenterology – CMC, Vellore), ESEGH (UK)

    Dr Krishna Bharadwaj specialises in managing complex gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic disorders. His expertise includes ERCP, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), management of acute and chronic pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, fatty liver disease, chronic liver disease, and advanced endoscopic procedures such as EMR and endoscopic bleeding control.

    Dr Krishna Bharadwaj practises at Yashoda Hospitals, Hitec City.

    You can schedule an appointment with Dr Krishna Bharadwaj for both an online video consultation and an OPD consultation by visiting his profile on Yashoda Hospitals.





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