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Dr. Vikrant Kale Research:

Dr. Vikrant Kale is one of the most qualified and efficient Stomach Specialists in PCMC Pune. He is currently working as a consultant gastroenterologist at Ruby Hall Clinic Pune. Being a part of and responsible for organizing many national & international conferences & CMEs, he is well-known in the international world of medicine and surgery. He has written and published many studies, international journals, and publications. Dr. Vikrant Kale, a well-known gastroenterologist in Pune has relentlessly worked hard to gain in-depth knowledge in his specialization.    

  • The success of electrical cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • Safety of PEG tube placement
  • CLO test audit – compare new with standard CLO
  • EUS-FNA Audit – re-audit to complete the audit cycle
  • Optimal use of early morning endoscopy lists
  • Adherence to guidelines for OGD referrals for dyspepsia
  • Flu vaccination uptake in healthcare workers
  • Compare outcomes of CT colonography with sigmoidoscopy
  • The chapter on ‘Diagnostic Evaluation of Anaemia’ ‘Anaemia’ by In Tech publishers in Jan 2012 (Kale V & Aftab AR)
  • Abstracts on Gastro journals, Hospital Doctors in July 2011 (Kale V & Aftab AR)
  • Papillitis at ERCP - what's the relevance?’, Digestive Endoscopy in Sept 2012 (Slattery E & Kale V.)(PMID: 22925308)
  • 'Role of long term stenting in choledocholithiasis’ Dig Endo in July 2013 (Slattery E & Kale V)(PMID: 23808949)

Presentations: ISG - 2011 (Irish Society of Gastroenterology), Dublin, Ireland. 

  • ‘Papillitis at ERCP: What’s the relevance?’  (Eoin Slattery, Vikrant Kale, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab)
  • ‘Is transillumination really necessary for safe insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube?’ (Vikrant Kale, Eoin Slattery, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab) 
  • ‘Cost-effectiveness in CLO test: but at what cost?’  (Vikrant Kale, Eoin Slattery, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab)

ISG – 2012 (Dublin, Ireland) 

  • ‘Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: What does the Short Health Scale measure?’ - Edel McDermott, Vikrant Kale, Stephen Patchett, Hugh Mulcahy

ISG/BSG - 2013 (Belfast, UK) 

(Winner of First prize for best poster in Belfast) 

  • ‘Patients with intestinal inflammation require more sedation during colonoscopy’ Vikrant Kale, Cara Dunne, Hugh Mulcahy, Garret Cullen, Glen Doherty

ISG – 2014 (Dublin, Ireland) 

  • ‘EUS guided FNA – Are slides necessary?’ Vikrant Kale, Niall Breslin, Michael Jeffers, Barbara Ryan

ISG -2015 (Naas, Ireland) 

  • ‘Radio-frequency Ablation for dysplastic Barrett’s Oesophagus’ Vikrant Kale, Shweta Shinde, Wendy Hickey, Stephen Patchett

ISG -2016 (Dublin, Ireland) 

  • ‘Review of endoscopy in patients with dyspepsia’ Vikrant Kale, AS Afridi, Fayyaz Janjua, Faisal Zeb, Garry Courtney 
  • ‘Vaccination in IBD patients on biologic agents- compliance with guidelines’ Fayyaz Janjua, Hamid Yousuf, Vikrant Kale, AR Aftab 

DDW-2012 (Washington, USA) 

  • ‘Role of long term stenting in choledocholithiasis’ Eoin Slattery, Vikrant Kale, Garry Courtney, AR Aftab

DDW-2013 (Orlando, USA) 

  • ‘Patients with intestinal inflammation require more sedation during colonoscopy’ Vikrant Kale, Cara Dunne, Hugh Mulcahy, Garret Cullen, Glen Doherty 
  • ‘Time to first surgery in IBD; his bowel, her bowel’ Cara Dunne, Vikrant Kale, Garret Cullen, Billy Bourke, Hugh Mulcahy, Glen Doherty

ECCO-2013 (Vienna, Austria) 

  • ‘Quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: What does the Short Health Scale measure?’ - Edel McDermott, Vikrant Kale, Stephen Patchett, Hugh Mulcahy