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About Dr Mahesh Bhalme
Personal Profile
Dr Mahesh Bhalme is a Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist at Beaumont Hospital in Bolton.
He graduated in 'Medicine' from Mumbai University in 2002 and completed higher specialist 'gastroenterology' training in North West England. Following this, he completed an 'Advanced Liver' Fellowship at St James University Hospital, Leeds. He worked as a locum consultant at the 'liver transplant unit' in Leeds for a year before taking up his current NHS post in 2013 at the Royal Bolton Hospital. There, he is a Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist.
He is an expert at performing diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy (OGD), colonoscopy (including bowel cancer screening) and endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram (ERCP). The latter is a procedure used to diagnose and treat problems relating to the bile ducts, pancreatic ducts, liver and gallbladder.
He has authored several publications and has a research interest in liver disease. He is also a 'principle investigator' for a number of clinical trials.
Clinical Interests
- Reflux disease and heartburn
- Dyspepsia (indigestion)
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Anaemia and iron deficiency
- Change in bowel habits (diarrhoea or constipation)
- Rectal bleeding
- Abdominal pain
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pancreatitis
- Gallstone disease
- Abnormal liver function tests and imaging
- Fibroscan (measures liver stiffness and fat content)
- Liver disease and failure
- Viral hepatitis
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- ERCP
