The Department of Gastroenterology at Ramaiah Memorial Hospitals (RMH) aims at preventing, diagnosing and treating digestive tract and liver disorders. These mainly include conditions involving the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon. WHAT WE TREAT RMH Gastroenterology essentially addresses diseases of the oesophagus , stomach , small intestine , colon, rectum , pancreas , gall bladder , bile ducts and liver . The functioning of the entire digestive system, both related to the passage of food through the digestive canal and to the physiological process of food digestion, absorption, and elimination come under the purview of this speciality. 

It includes the medical and surgical treatment of diseases such as pancreatitis, reflux, peptic ulcer disease, cirrhosis of the liver, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and cancer. HOW WE TREAT We aim to make recovery from the disease quick and easy with the help of an expert team of gastroenterologists and surgeons who work together as a team with the available advanced diagnostic technologies. We perform, on average, more than 1000 diagnostic and more than 1000 therapeutic endoscopy, colonoscopy, and ERCP procedures in a year.