DR. B. J. GOKUL

MD (Medicine), DM (Gastro), FAGIE, ESEGH (UK)

Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist

Dr. B. J. Gokul, MD (Medicine), DM (Gastro), FAGIE, ESEGH (UK) is an Associate Consultant Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist at MedIndia Hospitals, Chennai

A recipient of Prof. N. Madanagopalan Gold Medal for standing first in DM Gastroenterology examination (2010) conducted by the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University. After his DM, he completed his ‘Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy’, a program affiliated to The Tamil Nādu Dr MGR Medical University in 2016. In pursuit of his passion for advanced endoscopy, he won a Fellowship in third-space endoscopy from the Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai under the mentorship of Prof. Pinghong Zhou. Also, he successfully passed the European Specialty Examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ESEGH) conducted by the General Medical Council (GMC), UK, in 2020. 

A decade of association with Padmashree awardee Dr T. S. Chandrasekar, FRCP, FACGE, DSc has equipped him with some of the finest skills in therapeutic endoscopy to deal with the most complex challenges in gastroenterology (GE). Apart from regular GE practice, his expertise includes advanced therapeutic ERCP techniques for various hepato-biliary pancreatic disorders, diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS), and third-space endoscopy procedures including Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for achalasia cardia.

His academic works were published in various national and international journals and has authored book chapters in medicine and gastroenterology.

He is a member of various national and international professional organizations including World Endoscopy Organisation (WEO), World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), ISG – Tamil Nadu chapter, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI), Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL), Association of Physicians of India (API) and Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association (IMFDA)

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS:

  • Governing Council Member, TNISG, 2017-2019.
  • Invited speaker, TNISG, Pondicherry, 2017
  • Invited speaker on ‘ERCP’ at TAPICON, on 22nd JULY 2017.
  • Panellist/chairperson on ‘recurrent acute pancreatitis’ held at TNISG meet, Madurai.
  • Panellist/chairperson at ISGCON, Bhubaneswar, Dec 14-17, 2017
  • Panellist/chairperson at 21st Mumbai Live Endoscopy, Mumbai on 5th Jan 2018
  • Panellist/chairperson at TNISG, Coimbatore, March 2020
  • Invited speaker, April 24-25, 2021, Sundaram Medical Foundation (SMF) on Hepatitis C – the beginning of the end’
  • Co-ordinator, India Live Endoscopy, Chennai chapter, Sept 25-26, 2021, Chennai.
  • Trainer for advanced endoscopy fellowship at MedIndia hospitals
  • Co–guide, PhD program at MedIndia Hospitals, Chennai
  • Scientific program co-ordinator – MedIndia regional, national, and international conferences, webinars, and workshops
  • Organiser, MedIndia Hospitals Weekly meetings

Medals/Awards/Achievements:

  • Gold Medal in ‘PHARMACOLOGY’ for the year 1998-99 during 2nd year MBBS (1998)
  • Awarded Prof. N. Madanagopalan Gold Medal for the Best DM Postgraduate in Gastroenterology by the ‘Indian Society of Gastroenterology – Tamil Nadu Chapter’ in 2010
  • University First in DM Gastroenterology final examination (theory and practical) conducted by Dr M.G.R University in August 2010.
  • Recipient of International travel grant award, United European Gastroenterology Week, Oct 15-19, 2016, UEG, Vienna, Austria.
  • JGH-IDDF Video Champion Award, Successful Endoscopic Management Of Mucosal Barrier Failure And Boerhaave’s Syndrome Following Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy For Achalasia Cardia, June 8-9, 2019, Hong Kong.
  • Third place in video competition award. VP 10. EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy and EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy in a patient with combined malignant biliary and gastric outlet obstruction. WCOG 2019, Istanbul, Turkey.

Publications

  1. Spectrum of small bowel mucosal abnormalities identified by capsule endoscopy in patients with portal hypertension of varied aetiology, Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2017 Jan;36(1):32-37. T.S. Chandrasekar, B.J. Gokul, K. Raja Yogesh, S. Sathiamoorthy, M.S. Prasad, T.C. Viveksandeep (Indexed)
  2. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Presenting as Subacute Abdominal Pain Due to Porto-Mesenteric Thrombosis. (Accepted 1st Dec 2017) Journal of Digestive Endoscopy). Chandrasekar T S, Gokul B J, Viveksandeep T C, Sathiamoorthy S, Raja Yogesh K, Prasad M S.
  3. Double-step invagination technique—A novel approach to retrieve embedded esophageal self-expanding metal stent.  Chandrasekar, T.S., Kalamegam, R.Y., Janakan, G.B. et al. Indian J Gastroenterol (2017) 36: 424. (Indexed)
  4. “Galvanic Oesophageal Injury” Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, Year 2017/volume 8 / Issue:1/ Page 39 -41. Chandrasekar T S, Raja Yogesh Kalamegam, Viveksandeep Thoguluva Chandrasekar, Gokul Bollu Janakan.
  5. Islands of Red Alert in a Sea of Pallor. Tropical Gastroenterology (accepted 24 Jan 2017). Chandrasekar T S, Raja Yogesh K, Gokul B J, Sathiamoorthy S, Prasad M S, Viveksandeep T C.
  6. Oesophageal actinomycosis, a rare complication after self-expanding metallic stent deployment. Tropical Gastroenterology (accepted 17 Nov 2017). Chandrasekar T S, Sathiamoorthy S, Gokul B J, Raja Yogesh K, Prasad M S, Viveksandeep T C.
  7. A new endoscopic method of retrieval of a migrated and transmurally embedded intrauterine contraceptive device in the rectum. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Chandrasekar, T.S., Gokul, B.J., Yogesh, K.R. et al. Indian J Gastroenterol (2016) 35: 489. (indexed)
  8. A Rare Co-Occurrence of A Choledochal Cyst, Pancreas Divisum and the Riedel’s Lobe of Liver, Volume 38, No. 2, Tropical Gastroenterology, 31st March, 2016, Dr. Chandrasekar Thoguluva Seshadri, Dr. Prasad Menta Sanjeevaraya, Dr. Gokul Bollu Janakan, Dr. Viveksandeep Thoguluva Chandrasekar, Dr. Sathiamoorthy Suriyanarayanan and Dr. Raja Yogesh Kalamegam.
  9. Treatment and follow up of a case of bleeding duodenal varix, Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, Vol 4, Issue 4, October-December, 2013, Viveksandeep Thoguluva Chandrasekar, Gokul Bollu Janakan, Rajesh Venkatachalam, Chandrasekar Thoguluva Seshadri.
  10. Novel predictors for immediate puncture site bleed during endoscopic glue injection for gastric varices without using lipiodol, Chandrasekar TS, Menachery J, Gokul BJ, Murugesh M, Vivek Sandeep TC, Indian J Gastroenterology. May 2013:32(3):200-3. (Indexed)
  11. Thoguluva Seshadri C, Ramanathan S, Thoguluva Chandrasekar V, Bollu Janakan G, Kalamegam RY, Suriyanarayanan S. Obstructive Jaundice Is Not Always Surgical! ACG Case Rep J. 2019;6(9): e00179. Published 2019 Sep 12. doi:10.14309/crj.0000000000000179. (Indexed)
  12. Thoguluva Seshadri C, Bollu Janakan G, Suriyanarayanan S, Kalamegam RY, Thoguluva Chandrasekar V. Deroofing and Excision of Duodenal Duplication Cyst. ACG Case Rep J. 2019;6(11): e00224. Published 2019 Nov 4. doi:10.14309/crj.0000000000000224. (Indexed)
  13. In Vitro Studies on Technical Determinants for Avoiding Immediate Puncture-Site Bleeding in Glue Therapy for Gastric Varices with A Correlational Clinical Study. Chandrasekar T S, Raja Yogesh K, Viveksandeep T C, Gokul B J, Sathiamoorthy S, Prasad M S. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2019;40(3):78-84
  14. Inflammatory bowel diseases in Tamil Nadu: A survey of demographics, clinical profile, and practices. Yewale RV, Natarajan K, Ubal Dhus J, Parameswaran SA, Ramaswamy Palaniswamy K, Babu Vinish D, Somasundaram A, Ramakrishnan A, Karmegam S, Arun RS, Manmohan US, Mahadevan B, Harri Prasad B, Chandrasekar TS, Gokul BJ, Dutta A, Joseph AJ, Venkatraman J, Ganesh P, Shanmuganathan S, Alagammai PL, Ramasubramanian R, Venkatakrishnan L, Ganesan R, Chandrasekaran Arun A, Srinivas S, Kannan M, Revathy MS, Sathiyasekaran M, Sarangapani A, Rajesh N, Arulselvan V, Aravind A, Premkumar K, Kavitha S, Varadarajulu HV, Manimaran M, Basumani P, Murali A, Ramakrishna BS. JGH Open. 2021 Nov 5;5(11):1306-1313. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12673. PMID: 34816017; PMCID: PMC8593807.
  15. An unusual case of ascites, July, 2012 ;31(4):203-7, PMID: 23001826, Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Chandrasekar TS, Goenka MK, Lawrence R, Gokul BJ, Murugesh M, Menachery J.