
Dr Thomas Alexander
MD, DM, DNB
(Sr Consultant Gastroenterologist)

1975 - 1980 | MBBS | Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra University, INDIA |
1982 - 1985 | MD (General Medicine) | Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra University, INDIA |
1994 - 1996 | DM (Gastroenterology) | Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. University, INDIA |
1996 | DNB (Gastroenterology) | National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, INDIA |
2009 - 2010 | Post Graduate Diploma in Statistical & Research Methodology | Pondicherry University, INDIA |
2015 - 2016 | Advance Course in Medical Education | Medical Council of India |
1975 - 1980
MBBS, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra University, INDIA
1982 - 1985
MD (General Medicine), Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra University, INDIA
1994 - 1996
DM (Gastroenterology), Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. University, INDIA
1996
DNB (Gastroenterology), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, INDIA
2009 - 2010
Post Graduate Diploma in Statistical & Research Methodology, Pondicherry University, INDIA
2015 - 2016
Advance Course in Medical Education, Medical Council of India

Bangalore Baptist Hospital,
Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru - 560 024Outpatient Days & Time : Monday - Friday & 2.00 P - 5.00 PM
(For in-person Appointment)

Dislcaimer
The focus of asecondopinion.in is to provide expert medical advice and counselling to patients through video consultations. However, video consultations are effective only to a certain extent and can never substitute in-person consultations with a physical examination of the patient. Video consultations with physicians at asecondopinion.in do not cover emergency medical services for which the patient is advised to go to a hospital.
Professional Profile
Professional Experience
S.No. | Year | Experience |
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1. | June 2022 till August 2023 | Visiting Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist (16th till the end of every month) Bangalore Baptist Hospital Hebbal Bengaluru, INDIA |
2. | October 2020 till May 2022 | Senior Consultant, Professor & Head Department of Gastroenterology Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences Kalapet Pondicherry, INDIA |
3. | October 2019 till October 2020 | Senior Consultant, Associate Professor & Head Department of Gastroenterology Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences Kalapet Pondicherry , INDIA |
4. | August 2016 till July 2019 | Consultant Gastroenterologist Zulekha Hospital Sharjah United Arab Emirates |
5. | May 2009 till July 2016 | Senior Consultant & Associate Professor - Department of Gastroenterology Dean – Medical Education (August 2014 till July 2016) Vice Dean – Medical Education (August 2013 till July 2014) Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences Kalapet Pondicherry, INDIA |
6. | July 2005 to February 2009 | Senior Consultant and Head Department of Gastroenterology Holy Cross Hospital Kottayam Kollam, Kerala, INDIA |
7. | May 1996 to June 2005 | Consultant Gastroenterologist VSM Hospital Mavelikara, Kerala, INDIA |
8. | June 1994 to January 1996 | PG Registrar in Gastroenterology Christian Medical College Hospital Vellore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA |
9. | April 1985 to May 1994 | Consultant Physician at various hospitals in Kerala, INDIA |
Publications
Peer Reviewed
- Padmakumar R, Balakrishnan R, Alexander T, Vargheese S. Upper Gastro-intestinal tract foreign body (denture) retrieval by Gastrotomy. J Indian Med Assoc. 2001 May; 99(5):271-2.
- Alexander T, Rajnish R, Balakrishnan R, Shallam JF. Hyperhomocysteinemia presenting as Superior Mesenteric Artery Thrombosis. Ind J Gastroenterology, March - April 2005, Vol. 24 (2), 78-79.
- Alexander T, Cirrhosis Liver: Management and Prevention of Complications. Chapter in Practical Gastroenterology ed V. Balakrishnan 2007.
- Balakrishnan V, Unnikrishnan AG, Thomas V, Choudhuri G, Veeraraju P, Singh SP et al Chronic pancreatitis. A prospective nationwide study of 1,086 subjects from INDIA JOP 2008 September 2; 9(5): 593-600.
- Priyanka Joseph Koshy, Mijil Anand Justin, Meenakshi Vedavyasan, Thomas Alexander, Renu G’Boy Varghese Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance with Metastatic Carcinoma – A Rare Presentation Iranian J Path 2012 (7) 1:58-62
- Rajendiran A, Viswanathan S, Remalayam B. Muthu V and Alexander T. Chronic diarrhea as the presenting complaint of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a man. Intern Med 2012 (51) 3131-3134
- Thomas Alexander. Medical Education – ‘Back to the Future’ The Health Agenda 2013 (1) 1-3
- Boopathy V, Balasubramanian P, Alexander T and Koshy R. Spontaneous fistulization of infected walled off necrosis (WON) into the duodenum in a patient with necrotising pancreatitis. BMJ Case Reports 2014 10 January 2014
- Boopathy V, Periyasamy S, Alexander T and Balasubramanian P. Typhoid fever with caecal ulcer bleed managed conservatively. BMJ Case Reports 31 March 2014
- Boopathy V, Alexander T, Balasubramanian P and Phansalkar M. Amoeboma – resurfacing of a vanishing illness. BMJ Case Reports 20 May 2014
- Venkateshwar S, Alexander T, Ambroise M, Varghese RG, Ramdas A. A Rare presentation of Gastric Signet Ring Cells: Signet Ring Cell Lymphoma. Journal of Diagnostic & Clinical Research 2014 Dec, Vol-8(12): FD05-FD06
- Arul P, Phansalkar M, Alexander T, Padhi S, Vinoth B Endoscope versus microscope in the diagnosis of esophageal non erosive reflux disease: a study of 71 cases Malaysian J Pathol 2014; 36(3) 181 – 188
- Boopathy V, Alexander T. Incidental entry of a colonoscope into the scrotum – not a mystery but a missed history BMJ Case Rep Published online: 2014doi:10.1136/bcr-2014- 207558
- Iqbal N, Titus S, Basheer A, George S, Mookkappan S, Nair S, Alexander T, Ramdas A, Periyasamy S, Anitha P, Kanungo R. Polyarthritis and massive small bowel bleed: An unusual combination in scrub typhus. AMJ 2015;8(3):89–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2015.2299
- Arul P, Vinoth B, Alexander T, Phansalkar M, Padhi S. Correlation of narrow band imaging endoscopy and histopathology in the diagnosis of nonerosive reflux disease. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2015;21:330-6.
- Thomas K, Basheer A, Das AK, Kuruvilla S, Nagaraj N, Alexander T, et al. Improving medical education: Need for educational research. J Curr Res Sci Med 2015;1:12-7.
- Padhi S., Sarangi R.L., Ramdas A., Ravichandran K., Varghese R.G., Alexander T., Kurian G., Mookkappan S. Cutaneous hyperpigmentation in megaloblastic anemia: a five-year retrospective review. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2016, 8(1): e2016021, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2016.021
- Basheer A, Iqbal N, Alexander T, Vishnu V, Prabakaran S, Ganguly S. Introducing a course on Evidence Based Medicine for undergraduate medical students – experience from an Indian medical school. MedEdPublish 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2016.000153
- Jawahar Ramaswamy, George Kurian, Renu G’Boy Varghese, Thomas Alexander. Histologic correlates of gastroesophageal reflux disease in South Indian population Int J Res Med Sci 2016;4(6) 1849-1854.
- Robin George Manappallil, Thomas Alexander. Clinical and endoscopic evaluation of dyspeptic patients attending a tertiary care hospital in South India: A prospective study. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Jan-Feb 2017;8(1): 58-63
- Dinesh Kumar V, S Jayagandhi, VK Nim, Thomas Alexander . Cadaver disrobing: A novel initiative to stimulate affective domain in the first year MBBS students. Int J Anat Res 2017,5(1):3333-37
- Dinesh Kumar V, S Jayagandhi, VK Nim, Manjiri Phansalkar, Thomas Alexander. Cadaver ceremonies as a foundation step for bioethics: A phenomenological study. Int J Anat Res 2017,5(3.2):4195-03
- P. Stalin, Thomas Alexander. Medical Students’ Perceptions About Fee Splitting for Diagnostic Procedures: A Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Research in Medical Education & Ethics 2017;7(2):124-128
- Krithiga E, Kiran, Chokka M, Ramdas Anita, Alexander Thomas. (2018). Are Hematological Parameters Associated with Disease Severity in Cirrhotic Patients? Indian Journal of Pathology: Research and Practice. 7. 45-51. 10.21088/ijprp.2278.148X.7118.8.
- Raju Mandapati JJ, Alexander T. Nasojejunal tube in the treatment of enterocutaneous fistula: A blessing in disguise. J Curr Res Sci Med 2018;4:65-67
- Thara Keloth, Marie Moses Ambroise, Thomas Alexander, Susy S Kurian. A study of High Risk Operational Link for Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) Stages in South Indian Subjects Indian Journal of Pathology: Research and Practice 2018;7(6):776-781
- Phansalkar M, Alexander T, Solomon S, Varghese RG Humanities in medicine: Experience at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, India. Indian J Med Ethics Published online on July 3, 2018. DOI 10.20529/IJME.2018.052
- Indira Gunasekharan, Marie Moses Ambroise, Thomas Alexander, Anita Ramdas. Indications and Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India. Indian Journal of Pathology: Research and Practice 2018;7(7):847-851
- Solomon S, Sheela Devi C, Alexander T, Varghese R G. Exit exam for interns: Lessons learnt and challenges for the future. Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences. 2018;5(3)143-145. doi10.18231/2393-8005.2018.0028
- Jawahar R, Varghese R.G.B, Alexander T, Kurian G. Topographic study of H. Pylori and gastric intestinal metaplasia in patients with dyspepsia in a tertiary health care setting. Trop J Path Micro 2019;5(5):281-286. doi:0.17511/jopm.2019.i05.05.
- Sultan Nawahirsha, George Kurian, Thomas Alexander, Susy Kurian. Impact of alcohol on gastric mucosa in a population with high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori. Int J Adv Med 2021 Jun 8(6):764-769
- Stalin P, Alexander T, Purty AJ, Manikandan M, Vaishnavi S. Health-seeking behavior for acute health problems during COVID-19 lockdown among the residents of an urban area in Puducherry. Indian J Community Med 2022;47:299-301
Non Peer Review
- Alexander T, Does Chronic Hepatitis C with normal ALT require treatment? Proceedings of the Workshop on optimizing the management strategies in Chronic Viral Hepatitis May 2005
- Alexander T, GI Endoscopy – State of the Art Proceedings of the CME in Gastroenterology Pushpagiri Medical College, Tiruvalla, INDIA February 2006
- Alexander T, Hepatitis vaccines Newsletter IMA Kollam branch, INDIA August 2006
- Alexander T, Management of Ascites – in Practical Gastroenterology ed V. Balakrishnan, Anshan Publications July 2007
Conference Obstracts
- Colonic function in Patients with Portal Hypertension Alexander T, Chacko A; Ind.J Gastroenterology Nov 1995, Vol. 14 (suppl. 1) A 81. (Adjudged the best Clinical Paper at the Plenary Session of the XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian National Association of Study of the Liver)
- Are Colonic Polyps Rare in India? Chacko A, Alexander T, Renuka L, Mathan M. Ind. J Gastroenterology Nov. 1995, Vol 14 (suppl 1) A 111
Professional Memberships
- Association of Physicians of India (since 1985)
- Indian Medical Association (since 1996)
- Indian Society of Gastroenterology (since 1996)
- Indian Association for Study of Liver (since 1996)
- Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (since 1996)
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (since 2003)
- American Gastroenterological Association (since 2006)
- American College of Gastroenterology (since 2006)
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (since 2006)
- European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (since 2010)
Awards/Orations
- First Prize for the best Clinical Paper at the plenary session of INASL, Cuttack, INDIA in 1995
- XVth Dr. T. Srinivasan Memorial Oration at Kakinada, INDIA on 13/08/2008
- Annual Internal Oration of PIMS Scientific Society at Pondicherry, INDIA on 20/07/2016
Conference/Symposia
- Founder Secretary - Gastroenterology Club of Tiruvalla, Kerala, INDIA – May 1998
- Organized Endoscopy Workshop at VSM Hospital, Kerala, INDIA – December 2001
- Organized Gastroenterology CME at Muthoot Hospital, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, INDIA – March 2005
- Established Kollam Gut Club, Kerala, INDIA– July 2005
- More than 500 presentations at various Academic fora - ISG conferences, Gut Clubs, CME’s
- Indian Medical Association Meetings etc.
Procedural Expertise
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic endoscopies including biliary and pancreatic ERCPs management of GI bleeding with various endoscopic modalities, polypectomy, foreign body extractions, dilatations, endoluminal stenting etc.