Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

Name :

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

Address  :

6-3-661, Somajiguda,

Town  :

Hyderabad

State  :

Telangana

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

500 082

Phone  :

91 40 2337 8888

Fax  :

91 40 2332 4255

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

aigindiainfo@yahoo.co.in

Description

The aim is to offer world class patient care in Gastroenterology related disorders To achieve this the institute is well equipped with advanced technology and dedicated faculty sub specialized in different areas in Gastroenterology

Another objective of the institute is to produce dedicated competent specialists in the field of Gastroenterology To achieve this the institute offers a structured teaching and training program in Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology disciplines leading to the award of DNB degree In addition the institute offers PhD in different areas of Gastroenterology The institute conducts regular workshops and CME programs and also takes part in various national and international workshops It has the credit of training many national and international doctors in acquiring advanced endoscopic skills

Another goal of the institute is research in the field of Gastroenterology to find answers to many gastroenterology disorders To achieve this the institute has established high quality research lab with dedicated and experienced scientists The institute is collaborating with various national and international research centers to achieve this objective

The fourth goal of the institute is preventive gastroenterology to prevent various preventable gastrointestinal and liver disorders To achieve this the institute offers health care to the rural public under the auspices of charitable trust Asian Health Care Foundation Initially this will cover the State of Andhra Pradesh The specialist gastroenterology health care is offered at the door step of the patients by means of fully equipped mobile gastroenterology units In addition to this various epidemiologic data is collected regarding various gastrointestinal and liver diseases This epidemiologic data will help the research wing in targeting the research towards these areas so that the research output can be fruitfully translated to clinical benefit to suit our patients

History

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology was established as a new concept of day care unit where major Endoscopic surgical procedures could be done on an outpatient basis without resorting to hospitalization Since then the institute has become one of the largest referral centers in Asia for Therapeutic Endoscopy Patients are referred from not only most cities in India but also from surrounding countries like Sri Lanka Bangladesh Malaysia Nepal etc

It has the credit of doing the largest number of ERCP procedures in the world In addition to routine gastrointestinal procedures like Endoscopy Colonoscopy ERCP Diagnostic amp Therapeutic Our institute is one of the few centers in the country doing Endoscopic Ultra Sonography Endoscopic Sewing Capsule Endoscopy and E S W L Extra corporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology then evolved in to a full fledged 250 bedded single specialty hospital with all Gastroenterology subspecialties It has stateoftheart operation theatres to perform all major and minor surgeries related to Gastroenterology and Liver diseases and also backed up by well equipped dedicated medical and surgical intensive care units The hospital also has excellent facilities for advanced interventional radiological procedures

The hospital then evolved in to a single specialty institute with the addition of full fledged Research wing and Community gastroenterology wing

The research wing which is well equipped with latest gadgets has dedicated scientists undertaking basic and advanced research in gastroenterology Asian Institute of Gastroenterology has tied up with Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology CCMB and foreign universities like North Western University of Chicago and University of Texas Medical branch for Genetic Research in many areas like Stem cell Vaccine for Hepatitis E and Gene mutation etc

The Institute also offers education and training in Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology leading to the award of DNB degree It is also offering PhD in various Gastroenterology subspecialties In addition to this the institute has the reputation of conducting the most popular International Endoscopic workshop every two years

The Institute is headed by Dr D Nageshwar Reddy who has been the recipient of several national and international awards including the prestigious DR B C Roy Award given by the Indian Medical Council and Padmasri Award by Government of India Dr D Nageshwar Reddy is also the visiting Professor to the Harvad Medical School USA Era Same Hospital Brussels and Fujigoka Hospital Tokyo