General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  Minimally-Invasive, Innovative Therapy Used for Treating Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity U-M expert discusses an upcoming clinical trial involving a new non-invasive, endoscopic weight-loss procedure called the EndoBarrier®. read more

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  “I am pleased to work with GI Dynamics in broadening their focus to include CKD. I look forward to working with this talented group of clinicians on the GI Dynamics SAB and achieving my goal of improving patient outcomes in the important and ever-growing field of type 2 diabetes- and obesity-related kidney disorders.”
• Gastroenterology
  The I-STEP trial’s lead investigators are Dr. K. S. Soma Sekhar Rao, MBBS, MD, DM, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist in the Department of Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, and Dr. Usha Ayyagari, Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital, OMR, Chennai. The four clinical trial sites include Apollo Hospitals/Apollo Sugar Clinics in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bangalore.
• Endoscopy
  1 Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association journal, May 2018, “Effect of the Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Liner on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes with Obesity: A Meta-analysis with Secondary Analysis on Weight Loss and Hormonal Changes.” Pichamol Jirapinyo et al., Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care
  GI Dynamics Announces an Update to the Worldwide Registry Data for 1,022 Patients Recently Published in Diabetes Care, the Journal of the American Diabetes Association - GI Dynamics
• Endocrinology
  Apollo Speciality Hospital, OMR, Chennai, is one of four clinical study sites and is led by Dr. Usha Ayyagari, MBBS, MRCP (UK), MRCPE (Edin), CCT (Oxford, UK), FRCP (London), FRCPE (Edin), Senior Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, and Dr. Bharath Kumar Mookiah, MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), DNB, Consultant Gastroenterologist.

Plastic Surgeons

• Bariatric Surgery
  Dr. Harpal Singh Malhotra, Head, Medical Services, Apollo Sugar Clinics said, “We have taken a first step forward for a newer option/medical device, EndoBarrier for high BMI type 2 diabetes patients. We are glad that obese diabetic patients can choose an option before Bariatric Surgery and have another option in general which shall help them to reduce weight and cut down on their medication as well as maintaining HbA1c in a normal range.”