Consultant Gastroenterologist Care Hospital - 2002 - 2002
Consultant Gastroenterologist AIG Hospital - 2004 - Currently Working
Registrations
9400 Medical Council of India (MCI) 1991
42055 Andhra Pradesh Medical Council 1991
Awards and Recognitions
Awarded the MNAMS in 2010.
Awarded Government of India Merit Scholarship from 1979 to 1984.
Awarded the Fellowship of American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in 2014.
“Young Investigator Award” at Asia Pacific Digestive Week at the Philippines in 2006.
Memberships
Society of gastrointestinal endoscopy of india
Paper Presentations
Use of novel transluminal balloon accessotome in ransmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst. D Nageshwar Reddy - Rajesh Gupta - Sandeep Lakhtakia - Prasun K Jalal - GV Rao. GI Endoscopy (in press)
Virtual MR Pancreatoscopy in the Evaluation of the Pancreatic Duct in Chronic Pancreatitis. Rakesh Kalapala - Lingareddy Sunitha - Reddy D Nageshwar - Guduru V Rao - Sandeep Lakhtakia - Manu Tandan - Vijay B Nori. Journal of Pancreas. 2008; 9 (2): 220-5
Large choledochocele presenting with intusussception. Sandeep Lakhtakia - Rajesh Gupta - MA Mateen - Sunitha Lingareddy - GV Rao - D Nageshwar Reddy. GI Endoscopy 2008 (accepted for publication)
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary stent placement using Soehendra stent retriever. Sandeep Lakhtakia - Rajesh Gupta - Mohan Ramchandani - D Santosh - G V Rao - D Nageshwar Reddy. Techniques; Indian J Gastroenterol; 2007; 26; 178-79
Safety and efficacy of the M2A patency capsule for diagnosis of critical intestinal patency: Results of a prospective clinical trial. Rupa Banerjee -Prem Bhargav -Praveen Reddy - Rajesh Gupta - Sandeep Lakhtakia - Manu Tandan - Venkat GV Rao and Nageshwar D Reddy. J Gastroenterology and Hepatology- July 2007- 1440-1746
Role of magnification endoscopy in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected celiac disease: Correlation with histology. Banerjee Rupa - Shekharan Anuradha - Ramji C - Puli Srinivas R - Kalapala Rakesh - Ramachandani Mohan - Gupta Rajesh - Lakhtakia Sandeep - Tandan Manu - Rao GV - Reddy D Nageshwar. Indian J Gastroenterol; 2007; vol 26; 67-69
Mirizzi’s syndrome – EUS appearance. S Lakhtakia, R Gupta, M Tandan, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy. GI Endoscopy Feb 2006
Safety of therapeutic ERCP in pregnancy- an Indian experience. R Gupta, S Lakhtakia, D Santosh, M Tandan, GV Rao, D N Reddy. Indian J Gastroenterology 2005, Vol 24 July –August 161-3
Rome I criteria are more sensitive than Rome II for diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome in Indian patients. Rupa Banerjee, Ong Wai Choung, Rajesh Gupta, Manu Tandan, Sandeep Lakhtakia, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005 vol 24, July-August, 164-6
Endoscopy assisted wireless intra-gastric pH measurement. Rupa Banerjee, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Manu Tandan, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy. UCTN Endoscopy 2005; 37:922
Acute pancreatitis following kidney transplantation: Role of viral infection. Sinha S, Jha R, Lakhtakia S, Narayana G. Clinical Transplantation 17 (1), 32–36, 2003
Comparison of Shanvac B and Engerix B in sero-conversion in ESRD patients. R Jha, S Lakhtakia, G Narayana, K Hemalatha. Indian Journal of Nephrology 2002
GM-CSF Induced sero-protection in End stage renal failure patients to Hepatitis B in Vaccine non-responders. R Jha, S Lakhtakia, MA Jaleel, G Narayana, K Hemalatha. Renal Failure 2001; 23 (5): 629-36
Combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin in patients with Chronic hepatiis C in India: role of genotype and stage of liver disease. G. Choudhuri, Anshu Srivastava, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Kamal Chetri, Sameer Mohindra, T.S. Negi, S.R. Naik, Vijay Sharma. Am J Gastro Sept 2000; 95 (9): 2508
Tissue concentration of Secnidazole – A clinical study. G Choudhuri, S Lakhtakia, K Pagaonkar, ML Dave, BS Nair, S Thatle. The Indian Practitioner January 1999 Vol 52 No.1
Falciparum Malaria with acute liver failure. A Srivastava, A Khanduri, S
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of biliary tract presenting as recurrent GI bleed. Anradha Sekaran, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Rebala Pradeep, D Santosh, Rajesh Gupta, Manu Tandan, Duvvuru Bhaskara Reddy, Guduru Venkat Rao, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy. GI Endoscopy, June 2006
Efficacy of low dose peg-interferon alpha-2b with ribavirin on chronic hepatitis C. Gupta R, Ramakrishna C, Lakhtakia S, Tandan M, Banerjee R, Reddy D. World J Gastroenterol 2006 September;12 (34):5554-5556