M.B.B.S.
M.D. (General Medicine)
D.M. (Hepatology)
5+ years of experience
Liver Biopsy: Percutaneous/USG-guided liver biopsy
Endoscopic Procedures:
Diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy
Diagnostic side-viewing upper GI endoscopy
Endoscopic variceal ligation (banding)
Endoscopic variceal glue injection
Therapeutic endoscopy (injection therapy, argon plasma coagulation)
Snare polypectomy
Endoscopic foreign body removal
Biliary stent removal
Fluid Drainage & Interventional Procedures:
Ascitic tapping (paracentesis) – therapeutic & diagnostic
Pleural fluid tapping (thoracocentesis) – therapeutic & diagnostic
Liver abscess drainage (percutaneous)
Liver Transplant & ICU Management:
Liver ICU care (pre- and post-liver transplant)
Post-transplant OPD management (immunosuppression)
Pre-liver transplant evaluation (donor & recipient)
Acute & Chronic Liver Conditions:
Acute liver failure (including rat poison toxicity)
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)
Alcohol-associated hepatitis & alcoholic liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD/NASH)
Autoimmune hepatitis
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) & primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
Cirrhosis of the liver
Portal hypertension & hepatic encephalopathy
Ascites & spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)
Hepatorenal syndrome
Advanced Therapies & Rare Disorders:
Therapeutic plasma exchange
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Wilson’s disease & hemochromatosis
Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction
Porto-sinusoidal vascular disorders
Dr Bhargav's research focuses on plasma exchange in liver diseases, fecal microbiota transplantation, and liver regeneration, aiming to advance hepatology and transplant medicine.
Epstein-Barr virus mucocutaneous ulcer: A rare cause of drug-induced lower gastrointestinal bleed. (Case Report, Co-author) Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2022.
Hyperacute liver failure masquerading as acute-on-chronic liver failure. (Case Report) Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice.
Immunosuppression: Induction and Immediate Maintenance in Liver Transplant Recipients. (Co-author) Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice, 17 June 2021.
Wilson disease presenting as ACLF: A mystery yet to be solved. (Letter to the Editor, Co-author) Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Sep-Oct 2020, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 529-530.
Clusters and components of metabolic syndrome (MeS) as a predictor for fatty liver: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Diabetes, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 434-441, Jan 2022.
A study of plasma Nesfatin-1 in obese and non-obese individuals in relation to diabetes mellitus. Global Journal for Research Analysis, Vol. 7, Issue 10, Oct 2018.
A study of serum apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B, and lipid profile in stroke patients. Global Journal for Research Analysis, Vol. 7, Issue 9, Sep 2018.
Small bowel adenocarcinoma masquerading as ileocolic intussusception. (Case Report, Co-author) Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy Practice.
Chapter 17: Pulmonary manifestations of chronic liver disease (in Pulmonary Disorders in Women). Co-authored with V. Jayanthi.
Complicated Cases of Jaundice – Volume 2, Case 10: Cholestatic jaundice: A conundrum of drug-induced liver injury, uncontrolled diabetes, and Hepatitis B surface antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Co-authored with Sandhya S & Jayanthi Venkataraman. Edited by Akash Shukla.
