Dr. Prabha Sawant

Dr Prabha Sawant is a medical gastroenterologist in Mumbai with 36 years of experience in gastrointestinal disease management, hepatology, and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, currently practising as Professor and Head at Gleneagles Global Hospital, Parel, and Consultant at Shushrusha Hospital, Dadar.

Dr Prabha S previously served as Professor and Head at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, bringing strong academic and clinical gastroenterology expertise.

Dr Prabha consults in English, Hindi, and Marathi.

Area of Expertise

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Dr Prabha Sawant evaluates and manages patients with a wide range of acute and chronic gastrointestinal conditions:

• Gastric problem evaluation and management
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) evaluation and treatment
• Constipation evaluation and management
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) diagnosis and management
• Gastrointestinal bleeding evaluation and management

Hepatology and Liver Disease

Dr Sawant manages complex liver conditions and portal hypertension with evidence-based clinical care:

• Decompensated cirrhosis evaluation and management
• Portal hypertension evaluation and treatment
• Amebic liver abscess diagnosis and management
• Hepatitis evaluation and long-term management
• Chronic liver disease and jaundice evaluation

Endoscopy and Advanced Procedural Gastroenterology

Dr Prabha performs diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures for upper and lower gastrointestinal conditions:

• Upper GI endoscopy and gastroscopy
• Colonoscopy and lower GI endoscopic procedures
• Capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
• Therapeutic endoscopic interventions

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Young Investigator Award for Portal Hypertension, Indian Society of Gastroenterology (1994)
• Dr V S Prayag Memorial Oration (2012)

Publications

• Predictors of 1-Month and 3-Month Hospital Readmissions in Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study in a Large Asian Cohort
• Amebic Abscess – Is It Still a Common Entity?
• The Role of Capsule Endoscopy in Etiological Diagnosis and Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS (1990)
• MD General Medicine
• FICP, International College of Physicians

Memberships

• Association of Physicians of India (API)
• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Indian Association of Liver Disease (IALD)
• Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy India (SGEI)

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Prabha Sawant currently consults at:

• Gleneagles Global Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
• Shushrusha Hospital, Dadar, Mumbai

Previous Associations

• Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai – Professor and Head
• Dhanwantari Hospital and Research Centre, Dadar West
• Sushrusha Citizen Co-operative Hospital, Dadar, Mumbai

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