Dr. R. Ramalingam

Education Qualifications

• • D.M., Medical Gastroenterology

Institute: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry.

Academic Years: January 2020 to December 2022.

University: JIPMER (Autonomous).

• • M.D. Internal Medicine

Institute: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.

Academic Years: January 2014 to December 2016.

University: PGIMER (Autonomous).

• • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S)

Institute: Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai.

Course: Academic Years: August 2005 to March 2012.

University: Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Publications And Presentations

• Kumar H, Mohan & Mishra, Kundan & Rajendiran, Ramalingam & Jain, Arihant & Sharma, Navneet. (2019). The Double Doughnut Sign on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Caused by Japanese Encephalitis. The Journal of emergency medicine. 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.03.045.
• Senthamizhselvan, Kuppusamy MD, DM; Ramalingam, Rajendran MD; Mohan, Pazhanivel MD, DM; Kavadichanda, Chengappa MD, DM; Badhe, Bhawana MD; Hamide, Abdoul MD. De Novo Crohn’s Disease Triggered After COVID-19: Is COVID-19 More Than an Infectious Disease?. ACG Case Reports Journal 8(8):p e00652, August 2021. | DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000652
• TNISGCON 2022 – Won 3rd prize in QUIZ
• JIPMER Scientific society 2021: Safe removal of large colonic polyp in a child – how we do it?
• ISGCON 2021: Comparison of Mayo endoscopic score and Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity score with histological activity in Ulcerative Colitis
• TN-ISGCON-2022: Prevalence and type of gastrointestinal lesions in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy of patients with anemia
• ENDOCON 2022: Effect of premedication with glycopyrrolate on tolerance and procedure outcomes in patients undergoing unsedated upper gastrointestinal endoscopy – a randomized placebo-controlled trial
• Midterm TN-ISG-2022: An uncommon complication following rigid esophagoscopy for food impaction in a child

Endoscopic Expertise (3 Years)

• Upper GI endoscopy (Diagnostic)
• Upper GI endoscopy (Therapy – Foreign body removal, Band ligation (EVL), Endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST), Glue injection, Hemoclip)
• Colonoscopy (Diagnostic)
• Colonoscopy (Therapy – polypectomy, clipping)
• Endoscopy-guided Nasogastric / Naso jejunal tube placement
• PEG tube placement
• Achalasia cardia pneumatic dilation
• Argon plasma coagulation (GAVE, SRUS, Radiation proctitis)
• Esophageal/pyloric/colonic stricture dilation
• Esophageal/duodenal/colonic stenting
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Endoscopic ultrasonography (Observed)
• Esophageal and Anorectal manometry (HRM)
• Impedance and pH studies
• Capsule endoscopy