Posts by Kumar Krishnan, MD
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The MINT Course Fosters Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Management of Digestive Disease
Kumar Krishnan, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Charu Paranjape, MD, MBBS, of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, have created a course called the Minimally Invasive and Novel Therapeutics (MINT), which focuses on the coordinated care of patients with digestive disease.
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Gallbladder Drainage Successful for Non-Cholecystitis Indications
Duncan J. Flynn, MD, Kumar Krishnan, MD, and colleagues have demonstrated the safety and technical success of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage for primary treatment of biliary colic, secondary prevention of gallstone pancreatitis, and other indications besides acute cholecystitis.
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Doctors Perform Novel POP Procedure to Treat Gastroparesis
Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital perform innovative, minimally invasive per-oral pyloromyotomy (POP) procedure to treat gastroparesis.
Biography
Kumar Krishnan, MD, received his bachelors of science in biochemistry with honors from the University of Arizona. He completed his medical school training and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He subsequently completed his gastroenterology fellowship at Northwestern University, Feinberg school of medicine. After his general gastroenterology fellowship, he completed a 2 year interventional endoscopy fellowship at Northwestern University, with a focus on pancreaticobiliary disorders, ERCP, EUS and complex esophageal disease. Prior to joining the Mass General GI Unit, Dr. Krishnan was an interventional endoscopist at the Houston Methodist Hospital, where he established the interventional endoscopy program.
Dr. Krishnan currently serves on the ASGE Technology committee and is on the editorial board for Video Gastrointestinal endoscopy. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Alimentary Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics and Diseases of the Esophagus. His primary interests include the management of pancreatic and biliary disease, interventional endoscopy and novel endoscopic therapy for digestive disease.
He is actively involved in research relating to novel diagnostic and therapeutic technology in endoscopy and minimally invasive treatments for intestinal disorders.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.