Hepato-Pancreatic Disorders
Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Gastrointestinal (GI) Emergencies Like Gastrointestinal bleeding, Pancreatitis
Liver Failure And Cirrhosis
Hepatitis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

MBBS from Mysore Medical College in 2001
MD (Internal Medicine) from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. in 2005
DM (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. in 2008

1. Resident Internal medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and reearch (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
2. Senior Resident Gastroenterology and nutrition, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and reearch (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
3. Pool officer Gastroenterology and nutrition, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and reearch (PGIMER), Chandigarh.

Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopist of India (SGIE)

1. Poornachandra KS, Bhasin DK, Nagi B, Sinha SK, Rana SS, Shafiq N, Greer K, Gupta R, Kang M, Malhotra S, Singh K. Clinical, biochemical, and radiologic parameters at admission predicting formation of a pseudocyst in acute pancreatitis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2011 Feb;45(2):159-63.
2. Dutta U, Poornachandra KS. Heparanase and gallbladder cancer: new insights into understanding tumor growth and invasion. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Mar; 23(3):343-4.
3. Dutta U, Poornachandra KS. Gallbladder polyps: How to pick up the sinister ones. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2009: 24:175-8.
4. Kochhar R, Dutta U, Poornachandra KS, , Vaephei K, Bhagat S, Nagi B, Singh K. Clinical profile and outcome of aluminium phosphide-induced esophageal strictures. J Med Toxicol. 2010 Sep;6(3):301-6.
5. Kochhar R, Poornachandra KS, Puri P, Dutta U, Sinha SK, Sethy PK, Wig JD, Nagi B, Singh K. Comparative evaluation of nasoenteral feeding and jejunostomy feeding in acute corrosive injury- A retrospective analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Nov;70(5):874-80
6. Kochhar R, Poornachandra KS, Dutta U, Aggarwal A, Singh K.. Early endoscopic balloon dilation in caustic-induced gastric injury. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Apr;71(4):737-44.
7. Kochhar R, Poornachandra KS. Intralesional steroid injection therapy in the management of resistant gastrointestinal strictures. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Feb 16;2(2):61-8.
8. Rajagopala S, Dutta U, Chandra KSP, Bhatia P, Varma N, Kochhar R. Visceral leishmaniasis associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis--case report and systematic review. J Infect. 2008 May;56(5):381-8. Review.
9. Singla V, Galwa RP, Khandelwal N, Poornachandra KS, Dutta U, Kochhar R. Wandering spleen presenting as bleeding gastric varices. Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun; 26(5):637.e1-4.
10. Doley RP, Yadav TD, Wig JD, Kochhar R, Sing G, Bharathy KGS, Kudari A, Gupta R, Gupta V, Poornachandra KS, Dutta U, Vaishnavi C. Enteral nutrition in severe acute pancreatitis. J Pancreas (Online) 2009; 10(2):157-162.
11. Bhadada SK, Kochhar R, Bhansali A, Dutta U, Kumar PR, Poornachandra KS, Vaiphei K, Nain CK, Singh K. Prevalence and clinical profile of celiac disease in type 1 diabetes mellitus in north India. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Feb;26(2):378-81
12. Wig JD, Gupta V, Kochhar R, Doley RP, Yadav TD, Poornachandra KS, Bharathy KG, Kalra N. The role of non-operative strategies in the management of severe acute pancreatitis. JOP. 2010 Nov 9;11(6):553-9.
13. Poornachandra KS, Dutta U. Vampires of Gut. Accepted as an image for publication in American journal of Gastroenterology.

1. Dutta U, Poornachandra KS, Kocchar R, Radhika S, Nagi B, Singh K. To avoid missing gallbladder cancer in patients with gallstones: look at the wall rather than the lumen alone. Poster presented at Bangalore ISG, 2007.
2. Poornachandra KS, Ibrahim M, Dutta U, Kocchar R, Nagi B, Singh K. GI bleed as a predictor of stricture formation in caustic injury. Poster presented at New Delhi APDW, 2008.
3. Kochhar R, Poornachandra KS, Puri P, Dutta U, Sinha SK, Sethy PK, Wig JD, Nagi B, Singh K. Comparative evaluation of nasoenteral feeding and jejunostomy feeding in acute corrosive injury. Poster presented at New Delhi APDW, 2008
4. Kochhar R, Dutta U, Poornachandra KS, , Vaephei K, Bhagat S, Nagi B, Singh K. Clinical profile and outcome of aluminium phosphide-induced esophageal strictures. Oral presentation at the 7th annual Congress of Asia Pasific Association of Toxicology 2008, Chandigarh.
5. Bhasin DK, Rana SS, Poornachandra KS, Nanda M, Chandail VS, Masoodi I, Kang M, Kalra N, Sinha SK, Nagi B, Singh K. Pancreatic pseudocysts at atypical locations- endoscopic management. Free paper presented at International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association annual meeting 2009, Bangalore
6. Poornachandra KS, Bhasin DK, Nagi B, Sinha SK, Rana SS, Shafiq N, Gupta R, Kang M, Malhotra S, Singh K. Pseudocyst formation in Acute Pancreatitis (AP): Prediction at admission by clinical, biochemical and radiological parameters. Poster presented in DDW 2009, Chicago, USA.
7. Poornachandra KS, Usha Dutta, M Ravikiran, Anish Bhattacharya, GR Verma#, Sanjay Chaudhuri, Prashant Shah, Rakesh Kochhar, B Nagi, Kartar Singh. Multiple Gallstones are more likely to be associated with Gallbladder stasis. Submitted to APDW 2009, Thaipei.
8. Poornachandra KS, Bhadada S, Kochhar R, Dutta U, Ravikiran P, Singh K, Nain CK, Malhotra P, Varma S Bhansali A. Prevalence of celiac disease among patients of type 1 diabetes mellitus in North India. Submitted to GASTRO 2009 – London.
9. Poornachandra KS, Kochhar R, Nagi B, Singh K. Duodenal stricture – clinical profile and Management. Poster ISG 09

1. Stood first in final MBBS ( University Of Mysore. Mysore.India) and won 13 gold medals and 6 cash prizes.
2. Won the Rotary Aditya Adhikari award for securing highest marks in first MBBS
3. Scored highest marks in Anatomy, Physiology, Medicine Surgery and Obstetrics and gynecology in MBBS
4. Won bronze medal in MD examination (Post Graduate Institute Of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. India)
5. Won cash prize for the posters presented at APDW 2008, New Delhi.
6. Won the best free paper award for “Pancreatic pseudocysts at atypical locations- endoscopic management.” at Indian chapter of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association annual meeting 2009, Bangalore.
7. Received ISG travel grant for attending APDW 09 at Taipei, Taiwan.
8. Won the 2nd prize at the SGIE, ISG 09 poster session for - Poornachandra KS, Kochhar R, Nagi B, Singh K. Duodenal stricture – clinical profile and Management.