Dr.Raju Kanakia

Dr Raju Kanakia completed his MBBS and MD – Internal Medicine from the Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals. After his MD medicine he went on to join the Gastroenterology Department at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. He worked towards the department recognition for National Board of Examination and became the first DNB student from this institute. During his tenure at LTMGH he trained in various aspects of gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy.He participated in research projects and was awarded a Pool Officer’s post through the CSIR, (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research). For his advanced training in gastroenterology, endoscopy and endosonography, Dr. Kanakia visited the Academic Medical Centre at Amsterdam and was trained by Prof. J.N.J Tytgat and Prof. Paul Fockens in 1995 and 2000.He is at present attached to the prestigious Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Raheja Fortis Hospital and Lion Tarachand Bappa Hospital.Dr Raju Kanakia has recently added capsule endoscopy to his state of the art endoscopy suite. This helps detect obscure bleeding in the small intestine which is not accessible to gastroscopy and colonoscopy.Dr Raju Kanakia’s passion for using technology for medical education made him pioneer Medivision, which completed 100 episodes of the Continuing Medical Education on DoorDarshan 2 which is the national television of India. This was the first and only CME programme on national television in India. These CMEs were also telecast by IGNOU – Indira Gandhi National Open University. He was credited with the launch of India’s first healthcare portal in 2002. He has now established HealthVarsity, India’s only online traing portal for doctors. Health Varsity has completed more than 50 CMEs and trained more than 10,000 doctors from more than 1000 unique locations not only from India but across the globe. An excellent teacher, he is very well known for his lectures for family physicians. He has co authored Kanakia Health Express, a newsletter for doctors.Dr Raju Kanakia is a member of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. Dr. Kanakia has been instrumental and founder member of Grant Medical College Alumni Association one of the oldest medical institutions of India. You can book an instant appointment with Dr. Raju Kanakia on Timesmed.com