Dr B Vishwanath Tantry

Professor and Head of the Department

Department of Gastroenterology

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • B Vishwanath Tantry teaches MBBS and postgraduate students. He is involved in clinical work at KMC hospitals.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Gastroenterology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
DM (Doctorate of Medicine) Gastroenterology Institute of Medicine Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi 1985
MD (Doctor of Medicine) General Medicine Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi 1983
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi 1978

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
KMC, Mangalore Professor & Head of Department May 2011
Department of Gastroenterology, KMC Mangalore Professor May 2005 till date
Department of Gastroenterology, KMC Mangalore Associate Professor March 2000- May 2005
NMC Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE Gastroenterologist November 1992- February 2000
Al Arab University, Libya Lecturer November 1991- April 1992
KMC, Manipal Associate Professor March 1990- October 1991
KMC, Manipal Assistant Professor November 1986- March 1990
IGIMS, Patna Lecturer May 1986- October 1986
IMS Pool Officer July 1985- May 1986
IMS Senior Resident March 1983- January 1985
IMS Junior Resident January 1980- January 1983

Leucocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) in hepatic malignancies

1982-01-01 Gupta S Gupta JP Jain AK Agarwal BK

proceedings of 23rd ISG conference, pp 80, Kashmir, 1982.

Ascities in viral hepatitis

1983-01-01 Agrawal BK Gupta S Gupta JP Jain AK

proceedings of 24th ISG conference, pp 30, Hyderabad, 1983.

Glutamate dehydrogenase in liver disorders

1983-01-01 Jha A Gupta JP Gupta S

proceedings of 24th ISG conference, pp 90, Hyderabad, 1983.

Monilial oesophagitis - the spectrum of the disease

1985-01-01 Gupta S Yadav SK Jain AK Agarwal AK

proceedings of 26th ISG conference, pp 8, Madras, 1985.

Seroepidemiology of amoebiasis in suburban communities around Varanasi

1985-01-01 Gupta JP Gupta SP Gupta VM Srivastava VK

proceedings of 26th ISG conference, pp 73, Madras, 1985.

Erosive mucosal disease - a clinicopathological study

1985-01-01 Yadav SK Gupta S Gupta JP Jain AK

proceedings of 26th ISG conference, pp78, Madras, 1985.

Endoscopic sclerotherapy and non-shunt surgery in portal hypertension

1985-01-01 Jain AK Gupta JP Gupta SK Khanna AK

proceedings of 26th ISG conference, pp93, Madras, 1985.

Irritable bowel syndrome - A clinical study

1986-01-01 Agarwal AK Gupta JP Yadav SK Jain AK

proceeding of 27th ISG conference, pp47, Patna, 1986.

Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage- A clinical study

1985-01-01 Jain AK Gupta JP Gupta VK Agarwal AK

proceedings of 26th ISG conference, pp166, Madras, 1985.

Effect of sclerotherapy in survival in variceal bleed

1986-01-01 Yadav SK Gupta JP Jain AK

proceedings of 27th ISG conference, pp81, Patna, 1986.

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Area of Expertise

Chronic Liver Diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Area of Research

Stem Cell therapy in Cirrhosis, Chronic Liver Disease

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Joint Organising Secretary, 27th ISG Conference, Patna.
  • Gold Medal in Preventive and Social Medicine, 1978.
  • Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 1985.
  • Association of Physicians of India, Mangalore, 2000.
  • Indian Medical Association, 2011.

Evaluation of leukocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) test in primary and secondary hepatic malignancies

1984-01-01 Jain AK Gupta S

Clinical, ultrasonographic and cholangiographic (PTC and ERCP) evaluation in obstructive jaundice

1985-01-01 Gupta SK Gupta JP Jain AK Agarwal AK

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the diagnosis of amoebiasis

1986-01-01 Gupta JP Sen PC Babu R Jain AK

Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes in the differential diagnosis of cholestasis

1986-01-01 Jain AK

Esophageal candidiasis

1987-01-01 Jain AK Gupta JP Gupta S Yadav SK

Sonography in Caroli’s disease

1988-01-01 Kumar V Ghosh MK Subbalakshmi Murthy V Yadav SK

Brunner's gland hamartoma and hyperplasia

2010-01-01 Kini JR Sandeep GK Pai M Kini H

The inside out appendix- Report of 2 cases

2010-01-01 Hemakini Rao HT Rau AR Khadilkar U

Brunner's gland hamartoma and hyperplasia

2011-01-01 Sandeep GK Kini JR Kini H Pai M

The quest for a needle in a haystack- Report of an unusual case”,

2011-01-01 Vijay Ramachandran Sonali Ullal

Case report- hepatitis- Associated aplastic anaemia

2011-01-01 Damodar Shenoy Chakrapani M N Pai

JIACM, 2011

Prevalence and significance of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy in stable cirrhotics

Dr Srinivasu DS

A Colonoscopic study of lower Gastrointstinal diseases in a South Indian tertiary care hospital

Dr Abul Fazil

Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV

Dr Sridhar

Prevalence of extra intestinal manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr Srikant

To study the efficacy of anti-reflux therapy on pulmonary function in chronic bronchial asthma - A double blind study

Dr Vinoth