Dr. Chalapathi Rao Achanta

A well experienced and dynamic gastroenterologist and liver specialist with special interest in pancreatic diseases and therapeutic endoscopy including ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound. We do advanced endoscopy and narrow band imaging to detect early cancers in gastrointestinal tract thereby offering endoscopic resection of early cancers. We provide latest cure to hepatitis C infections and extend liver transplantation to the terminally ill patients with liver cirrhosis. For the first time in Andhra Pradesh, we started doing endoscopic ultrasound and diagnose pancreatitis, bile duct blocks, GI cancers. We do FNAC from lymphnodes and pancreatic tumors and also do highly specialized treatments like celiac plexus neurolysis, cystogastrostomy by EUS. We remove bile duct and pancreatic duct stones and place stents in the bile and pancreatic ducts by ERCP. We use elastography/fibroscan technology to detect liver diseases at a very stage and offer expert treatment for the effective control of the same. We offer compassionate treatment for the patients suffering from various GI ailments.