The Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital, successfully conducted KSHEMA GASTRO UPDATE 2026, a scientific update program on advances in gastroenterology and endoscopy, on 21st June 2026 under the guidance of Prof. (Dr) Chandrashekar Sorake, HoD & Sr. Consultant in Gastroenterology.
The program featured distinguished faculty, Dr. Mahesh Menon, Sr. Consultant Gastroenterologist, Aster MIMS Hospital, Kottakkal and Dr. V K Vineeth, Asst. Professor & Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Yenepoya Medical College. The scientific sessions included live case demonstrations, expert lectures on advances in third-space endoscopy, EUS-guided therapeutic interventions and vaccination protocols in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
A major highlight was the successful performance of EUS-guided coiling for fundal varices, a cost-effective, minimally invasive procedure introduced for the first time in the institution, along with a complex Caecal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) that enabled curative removal of a large caecal tumour in an elderly patient while avoiding major surgery in a six-hour procedure that was expertly supported by the Dept. of Anaesthesiology led by Dr. Avanish Bhandary and Dr. Sripad Mehandale.