Dr Jatin Yegurla

Medical Gastroenterologist

MBBS (Osm), MD (PGIMER Chandigarh), DM (AIIMS New Delhi), FAGIE (AIIMS New Delhi), ESEGH (London, UK); Gold Medalist

9 years experience overall

Apollo Health City, Road No 72, Opp. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500033, Hyderabad

Info
Location

Specialities

UGI Endoscopy - Both diagnostic & therapeutic
Colonoscopy - Both diagnostic & therapeutic
EUS
ERCP
Achalasia Balloon dilatation
Esophageal structure dilatation
PEG placement
Intragastic Balloon Placement
Esophageal stenting
Luminal stenting
Esophageal manometry
Focused IBD clinics
Liver clinics
Management of Acute & Chronic Pancreatitis

Experience

Fellow in Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at AIIMS, New Delhi [2022 - 2023]
Senior Resident (DM) Gastroenterology (AIIMS, New Delhi) [2019 – 2022]
Junior Resident (MD) Medicine (PGIMER, Chandigarh) [2016-2018]

Members ship

European specialty examination for gastroenterology and hepatology (ESEGH)
World endoscopy organization (WEO) since 2022 (Membership ID: jatin_yegurla_mIPUv)
Indian society of Gastroenterology (ISG) - Life member since 2022 (LM003052)
Society of Gastrointestinal endoscopy of India (SGEI)- Life member since 2023 (Y18/1848)
Indian National association for study of liver disease (INASL)- Life member since 2023 (157)
Indian Pancreas club – Life member since 2023 (IPC0224)
Crohn’s and colitis federation-India (CCF-I)- Life member since 2023 (LM-C-CCF-238)

Certifications

Gold-Medal in Obstetrics & Gynecology in Final MBBS-Part 2
All India Rank 1 in DM Gastroenterology (2019) & Advanced GI endoscopy fellowship (2022)
1st Prize in Endoscopy quiz at ENDOCON-2023 (Indore) & 3rd Prize in endoscopy quiz at ISGCON-2022 (Kolkata)
Awarded ICMR Grants twice for Short term scholarship award (2012 & 2014)
All India Rank 10 and selected for MD Internal Medicine course at PGIMER, Chandigarh
2018: 2nd Rank in S D Deodhar All India Rheumatology Quiz 2018 organized by Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA), PGIMER, Chandigarh
Vaidya Ratna award by mother foundation and Prof.K.Subbaorao
2nd rank in Final MBBS-Part II at Osmania Medical college, Hyderabad among 200 students

Jatin Y, Sharma S, Singh N, Qamar S, Agarwal S, Gopi S, et al. An open-label randomized controlled trial of early initiation of nasogastric feeding after endotherapy in variceal bleeding: A proof-of-concept study. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2023
Yegurla J, Sharma S, Singh N, Gunjan D, Saraya A, Duration of Fasting During Acute Variceal Bleeding in Chronic Liver Disease: Perceptions and Practices of Gastroenterologists. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatolo1ogy. 2021 June; 11(1)
Gopi S, Singh N, Yegurla J, Tabish M, Agarwal S, Qamar S, Gunjan D, Saraya A. Diagnostic performance of fecal Elastase-1 in detection of steatorrhea in chronic pancreatitis: Real world experience. Pancreatology 2023
Bajaj JS, Choudhury AK, Xie Q, Kamath PS, Topazian M, Yegurla J, et al. Global disparities in mortality and liver transplantation in hospitalised patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study for the CLEARED Consortium. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul 1;8(7):611–22.
Jagannath S, Agarwal A, Gunjan D, Mohindra S, Sharma V,
Chowdhury SD, Yegurla J, et al. Mandatory preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 for all-comers may not be required for resuming endoscopic services amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Gut. 2021 Sep;70(9):1805–6.
Gopi S, Qamar S, Singh N, Agarwal S, Yegurla J, Rana A, et al. Malnutrition by GLIM criteria in chronic pancreatitis: Prevalence, predictors, and its impact on quality of life. Pancreatology 2022 Apr;22(3):367–73.
Shalimar, Vaishnav M, Elhence A, Kumar R, Mohta S, Palle C, Yegurla J, et al. Outcome of Conservative Therapy in Coronavirus disease-2019 Patients Presenting with Gastrointestinal Bleeding. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2021 Jun;11(3):327–33.
Samanta J, Mahapatra SJ, Kumar N, Elhence A, Dhar J, Gupta A, Yegurla J, et al. Virus-related acute pancreatitis and virus superinfection in the “Dual disease” model of acute pancreatitis and SARS-Co-V2 infection: A multicenter prospective study. Pancreatology 2022 Apr;22(3):339–47.
Choudhury A, Xie Q, Kamath PS, Topazian M, Sarin SK, Hayes P, Yegurla J, et al. Availability and affordability of services affects outcome in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis-results from CLEARED consortium. J Hepatol. 2023 Jun 1;78: S274–5.
Yegurla J, Sharma S, Singh N, Qamar S, Gunjan D, Saraya A. Impact of early nasogastric tube feeding after endotherapy for acute variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 July 77: S633
Bajaj JS, Kamath PS, Wong F, Hayes P, Yegurla J, et al. Risk factors for short-term post discharge clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with decompensated chronic liver disease: interim results from Global CLEARED study. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 July; 77: S19
Bajaj JS, Kamath PS, Wong F, Hayes P, Yegurla J, et al. CLEARED Global consortium results highlight regional variation and need for equity in inpatient outcomes in hospitalized patients with Chronic Liver Disease. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 July; 77: S49-S50
Lohani N, Gopi S, Qamar S, Yegurla J, Chopra A, Singh N, Kanga U, et al. Su1131: Understanding the mechanism of skeletal muscle wasting in chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology. 2022. 162(7) :S-514
Qamar S, Yegurla J, Saini A, Singh N, Sharma S, Gunjan D, Saraya A, et al. Measuring resting energy expenditure and substrate utilization in patients with cirrhosis presenting with acute variceal bleeding. Journal of Clinical and
Experimental Hepatolo1ogy. 2022 January; 12: S24-S25
Agarwal S, Sharma S, Anand A, Bansal R, Yegurla J, et al. Do Patients with Viral Cirrhosis and Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension After Effective Viral Suppression Really Have Better Outcomes in Comparison to Those with Non- viral Cirrhosis? A Pragmatic Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2022 January; 12: S14-S15

Services

UGI Endoscopy - Both diagnostic & therapeutic
Colonoscopy - Both diagnostic & therapeutic
EUS
ERCP
Achalasia Balloon dilatation

Languages spoken

English,Tamil,Telugu

Gender

male

Apollo Health City Jubilee Hills

Apollo Health City, Road No 72, Opp. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500033, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500033