Dr. Sachin Palnitkar is well-versed in the management of various gastrointestinal emergencies such as gastrointestinal bleed, medical management of all acute abdominal conditions, liver failure, biliary and pancreatic problems. He has managed many liver transplant patients since the time of his training at Global Hospitals. He is proficient in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures including banding, electrocoagulation, dilatation, foreign body removal, feeding tube placement, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. He is also adept in colonoscopy and retrograde ileostomy (diagnostic, snare polypectomy). Dr. Palnitkar is well acquainted with the newer gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary imaging techniques viz. magnetic resonance imaging, angiography, spiral and three-dimensional CT, and virtual endoscopy.
