Dr. Pragathi L K

Dr Pragathi L K is a paediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist in Bengaluru with 15 years of experience, currently practising as Associate Consultant at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, and Manipal Hospital, Whitefield.

She completed her FNB in Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology from BJ Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, one of India's most respected paediatric centres, and has hands on experience in over 100 endoscopic procedures, paediatric liver transplantation, and complex metabolic liver disease management.

She consults in English, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu.

Area of Expertise

Paediatric Liver Disease and Cholestasis

Dr Pragathi L K manages children with neonatal, infantile, and chronic liver conditions including rare metabolic and cholestatic disorders:

• Neonatal and infantile cholestasis
• Acute and chronic liver disease
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Metabolic liver disease and Wilson's disease
• Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

Paediatric Liver Transplantation

Dr Pragathi manages children through all phases of liver transplantation including pre transplant workup, perioperative care, and long term post transplant follow up:

• Pre transplant evaluation
• Perioperative transplant management
• Post transplant immunosuppression
• Transplant complication management
• Long term transplant follow up

Paediatric Endoscopy and Interventional Procedures

Dr Pragathi L K performs diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures in children including emergency interventions:

• Paediatric upper GI endoscopy
• Paediatric colonoscopy
• Emergency foreign body removal
• GI polyp management
• Paediatric motility studies

Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children

Dr Pragathi evaluates and manages children with functional and inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions affecting growth and quality of life:

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Functional GI disorders
• Acute and chronic diarrhoea
• Constipation management
• GI bleeding assessment

Pancreatic, Biliary, and Nutritional Disorders

Dr Pragathi L K manages children with pancreatic conditions, biliary anomalies, and complex nutritional problems affecting growth and development:

• Pancreatitis management
• Gallbladder and biliary stone management
• Congenital biliary anomalies
• NAFLD in children
• Growth and nutritional assessment

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, JJM Medical College, Davangere
• MD Paediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University
• FNB Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, BJ Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, National Board of Examinations

Awards and Academic Contributions

Research and Publications

• An Unusual Case of Neonatal Seizures as Manifestation of Asymptomatic Maternal Hypoparathyroidism, BMJ Case Reports, 2019
• Enteric Duplication Cyst Presenting as Hematochezia, submitted to Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2025
• Cholestatic Liver Diseases in an Adolescent: Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis-8, submitted to JPGN Reports, 2025
• Graves Disease with Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Overlap Syndrome, submitted to JPGN Reports, 2025
• Genetic and Phenotypic Variability in Glycogen Storage Diseases Type IX with PHKB and PHKG2 Mutations, 2025
• ICMR Approved Project on Use of Indian Diabetes Risk Score to Screen Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 2011
• Dissertation on Clinico Etiological Profile of Children with Microcephaly and Psychological Impact on Parents, 2018

Conference Presentations

• Graves Disease with Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, ISPGHAN, Hyderabad, 2023
• Cholestatic Liver Disease in an Adolescent: Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis-8, ISPGHAN, New Delhi, 2024
• Portal Hypertension Following Kawasaki Disease in a Toddler, 6th Kawasaki Disease Summit of India, PGIMER Chandigarh, 2018
• Psychological Aftermath Among Parents of Children with Microcephaly, 4th International Conference on Counselling, Psychotherapy and Wellness, Christ University, Bengaluru, 2019
• Neonatal Seizures as Manifestation of Asymptomatic Maternal Hypoparathyroidism, South Pedicon, Kollam, Kerala, 2017

Professional Memberships

• Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)
• Indian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN)

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
• Manipal Hospital, Whitefield, Bengaluru

Previous Associations

• Motherhood Hospital, Banashankari, Bengaluru, Junior Consultant
• BJ Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel, Mumbai, Registrar

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