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Dr. Shailesh Kumar

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Speaks: English, Hindi and Urdu
Clinics: HealthHub - Silicon Oasis,
Dr. Shailesh Kumar copy

Dr. Shailesh Kumar

Speaks: English, Hindi and Urdu

Clinics: HealthHub - Silicon Oasis,

Core Expertise

  • Hepatology – Fatty liver disease, Viral Hepatitis, Acute Liver Failure, Liver cirrhosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases- Crohn’s disease/ Ulcerative colitis
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome and functional GI disorders
  • GERD, Peptic ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori, GI bleeding
  • Pancreatobiliary diseases- Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis, Bile duct stone/ stricture
  • Diagnosis and management of early-stage GI cancer
  • Endoscopic Retrograde Chaolangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound (Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS- Elastography, Contrast-enhanced EUS, Interventional EUS)
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
  • Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
  • Advanced GI Imaging (Dye based and Virtual Chromoendoscopy-NBI) for detection of early cancers in GI tract
  • GI tract Stenting (Esophagus, Pylorus, Duodenum and Colon)
  • GI tract Dilatation (Esophagus, Pylorus, Duodenum and Colon
  • Endoscopic management of Obesity (Balloon placement and removal)
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG tube placement)
  • Removal of Foreign bodies from GI tract
  • Video Capsule endoscopy
  • Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy

Summary

Dr. Shailesh Kumar graduated in 2002 from Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, in Guwahati, India. He worked as a Resident in the Department of Medicine of Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi. In 2005, he moved to Singapore and completed Internal Medicine training from National University Hospital, Singapore attached to National University of Singapore and passed Membership examination of Royal College of Physicians of The United Kingdom in 2010. Following this, the doctor worked as a Registrar in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital attached to National University of Singapore and DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School. He also completed Advanced Specialist Training in Gastroenterology in 2014. He is certified as a Specialist in Gastroenterologist by Specialist Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore. He is Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Dr. Shailesh obtained Specialty Certification in Gastroenterology by Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom and British Society of Gastroenterology. He also passed Certificate examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology by European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (EBGH) in 2014. The doctor is also Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK.

Dr. Shailesh worked as Associate Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital from July 2014 to May 2015.He was appointed as Clinical Tutor and Clinical Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine (YLL School of Medicine) of National University of Singapore from 2010 to 2015. He has completed one year fellowship in Advanced Interventional Endoscopy from Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has also training in advanced interventional endoscopy from Austria, Portugal and Germany. He is working as a Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Interventional Endoscopist in Thumbay University Hospital and Gulf Medical University, Ajman

He has written a book chapter on “Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Fistula and Leaks” in the book “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology- Second edition 2018 published by Springer, USA.

Primary Location

HelathHub – Silicon Oasis
Lynx Tower, No. G 06,
Silicon Oasis,
Dubai
Parking: RTA parking available
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