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Specialises in

• Endoscopy

• Hepatobiliary

• Inflammatory bowel disease

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Dr Bhalme graduated in medicine from Mumbai University in 2002 and completed higher specialist gastroenterology training in North West England, followed by an Advanced Liver Fellowship at St James University Hospital, Leeds. He worked as a locum consultant at the liver transplant unit in Leeds for a year before taking up his current NHS post in 2013 at the Royal Bolton Hospital as a Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist.

He is an expert at performing diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy (OGD), colonoscopy including bowel cancer screening and endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram (ERCP).

He has authored several publications and has a research interest in liver disease. He is a principle investigator for a number of clinical trials.

Areas of interest

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease or heartburn
; Dyspepsia or indigestion;
Dysphagia or swallowing difficulty;
Peptic ulcer disease
; Anaemia and iron deficiency
; Change in bowel habit like diarrhoea or constipation
; Rectal bleeding;
Abdominal pain;
Irritable bowel syndrome
; Pancreatitis;
Gallstone disease;
Abnormal liver function tests
; Abnormal liver imaging
; Fibroscan or Transient Elastography;
Alcohol-related liver disease;
Metabolic fatty liver disease or NAFLD;
Autoimmune liver disease like PBC/PSC/AIH
; Viral hepatitis;
Cirrhosis
; Liver failure;
Liver cancer;
Liver transplant
; Gastroscopy or OGD;
Colonoscopy
; ERCP or endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram

Medical secretaries

• Ms Jordan Pendlebury
• Beaumont Hospital Old Hall Clough Chorley New Road Lostock Bolton BL6 4LA
• 01204 404404
• Jordan.Pendlebury@circlehealthgroup.co.uk