Dr. Rajiv Baijal

About Doctor

Dr. Rajiv Baijal works as a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at Pushpawati Singhania Hospital & Research Institute (PSRI). His expertise includes hepatic, biliary, pancreatic, digestive, and bowel disorders.

Since 2008, he has served as the Head of the Department of Gastroenterology, DNB guide, and appraiser for postdoctoral trainees in DNB (Gastroenterology) at Jagjivanram Hospital in Mumbai, which the National Board has approved of Examinations in New Delhi to award the DNB (Gastroenterology) superspecial-ty degree since 1994. He has trained six DNB candidates in gastrointestinal medicine, completed fellowships in endoscopic ultrasound at the Institut Paoli-Calmettes in Paris, high-resolution esophageal and anorectal manometry and 24-hour pH-meter at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia, and single-balloon enteroscopy at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology in Hyderabad.

He has 88 articles published in scholarly journals both abroad and at home. 

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from the University of Delhi in 1986
• MD in General Medicine from the University of Delhi in 1991
• DNB in Gastroenterology from DNB Board, New Delhi in 1999 

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He was working as a consultant at Mumbai's Jagjivanram Hospital.
• The senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at Pushpawati Singhania Hospital & Research Institute (PSRI) is Dr. Rajiv Baijal.

Career Highlights

• Dr. Rajiv Baijal has worked in gastroenterology for over two decades.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP-CBD stone extraction, CBD stenting for palliation of pancreaticobiliary malignancy, removal of pancreatic duct stones, stenting, stricture dilation, pseudo-cyst drainage, GI Motility studies-Esophageal, and anorectal High-Resolution Manometry, and 24 other procedures are his specialty.
• There are 88 articles of scientific merit that he has published in peer-reviewed journals, both at the national and international levels.
• Participant in the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Delhi Medical Association (DMA), the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), the Association of Physicians of India (API), the Indian Medical Association (IMA), and the Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (ANMA). 

Research and Fellowships

• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Indian Association of Study of Liver (INASL)
• Association of Physicians of India (API)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Delhi Medical Association (DMA)
• Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (ANMA) 

Awards and Recoginition

• The Indian Railways Award for 2012 from the Ministry of Railways was bestowed to him.
• In 2011, he received an award for his work as general manager of the Western Railway.
• In 2000, he received the Chief Medical Director (CMD) Award from the Western Railway.
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) at Institute Paoli-Calmettes, France
• High Resolution Esophageal and Anorectal Manometry (HRM) and 24-hour pH-metry at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia