Dr. Shailesh Kumar graduated from Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, India in 2002. He worked as a Resident in the Department of Medicine of Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi. In 2005, he moved to Singapore and completed Internal Medicine training from National University Hospital, Singapore attached to National University of Singapore and passed Membership examination of Royal College of Physicians of The United Kingdom in 2010. Following this, he worked as a Registrar in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital attached to National University of Singapore and DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School and completed Advanced Specialist Training in Gastroenterology in 2014. He is certified as a Specialist in Gastroenterology by Specialist Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore. He is Fellow of the Academy of Medicine and College of Physicians, Singapore.
He obtained Specialty Certification in Gastroenterology by Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom and British Society of Gastroenterology. He also passed Certificate examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology by European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (EBGH) in 2014.
Dr. Shailesh worked as Associate Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital from July 2014 to May 2015. He was appointed as Clinical Tutor and Clinical Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine (YLL School of Medicine) of National University of Singapore from 2010 to 2015. He has completed one year fellowship in Advanced Interventional Endoscopy from Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has also training in advanced interventional endoscopy from Austria, Portugal and Germany. He is working as a Consultant Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Interventional Endoscopist in Thumbay University Hospital and Gulf Medical University, Ajman
He has written a book chapter on “Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Fistula and Leaks” in the book “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology- Second edition 2018 published by Springer, USA
Educational Qualification:
- MBBS, MRCP (London, UK), FAMS (Singapore), FRCP (Edinburgh, UK)
- Specialist Accreditation in Gastroenterology (Ministry of Health, Singapore)
- Specialty Certification in Gastroenterology (United Kingdom)
- European Board Certification in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Fellowship in Advanced Interventional Endoscopy (Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Fellowship and Membership:
- Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- Fellow, College of Physicians, Singapore
- Member, Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom, London, UK
- Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Member, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
- Member, American College of Gastroenterology
- Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Member, American Gastroenterology Association
- Member, American Association of Study of Liver Diseases
- Member, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Member, European Association of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, and Nutrition
Area of interest:
- Hepatology – Fatty liver disease, Viral Hepatitis, Acute Liver Failure, Liver cirrhosis
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases- Crohn’s disease/ Ulcerative colitis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome and functional GI disorders
- GERD, Peptic ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori, GI bleeding
- Pancreatobiliary diseases- Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis, Bile duct stone/ stricture
- Diagnosis and management of early stage GI cancer
- Advanced Interventional Endoscopy:
- Endoscopic Retrograde Chaolangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS- Elastography, Contrast-enhanced EUS, Interventional EUS)
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
- Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) therapy for Barrett’s esophagus
- Advanced GI Imaging (Dye based and Virtual Chromoendoscopy-NBI, BLI) for detection of early cancers in GI tract
- GI tract Stenting (Esophagus, Pylorus, Duodenum and Colon)
- GI tract Dilatation (Esophagus, Pylorus, Duodenum and Colon
- Endoscopic management of Obesity (Balloon placement and removal)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Gastrojejunostomy and Direct Jejunostomy (PEG, PEG-J, DPEJ)
- Single Balloon and Double Balloon Enteroscopy for a complete examination of small bowel
- Variceal and Non-Variceal GI tract bleeding
- Removal of Foreign bodies from GI tract
- Video Capsule endoscopy
- Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Urdu