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Dr Venkat Mahesh is an experienced Consultant Gastroenterologist. He graduated with a medical degree from Bangalore University in 2000, and then spent 12 years gaining specialist training in the UK, initially focusing on General Internal Medicine and later specialising in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. During this time he worked at various hospitals, from liver transplant tertiary teaching hospitals to district general hospitals, providing him with extensive knowledge and experience of his field. He completed his training with an Advanced Interventional Endoscopy fellowship at Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia, and completed advanced nutrition training on the Intestinal Failure Unit in Salford, United Kingdom.

Dr. Mahesh was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in 2012 and moved to Royal Blackburn Hospital in 2019. He is the lead clinician for nutritional related issues at the hospital, as well as being a leading provider of advanced endoscopy services including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, dilation, EMR, stent placement feeding tube insertion Endoscopic Ultrasound and ERCP. Dr Mahesh also provides his expertise to East Lancashire NHS Trust and leads therapeutic endoscopy provision for Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network.

Dr Mahesh is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Buckingham University, and provides talks to GPs on gastroenterology, liver disease, and nutrition. He also serves as a Medical Performance Assessor for the General Medical Council, Media and Education Co-ordinator for the UK & Ireland Endoscopic Ultrasound Society, and National QI Lead for Endoscopic Ultrasound for the British Society of Gastroenterology/Joint Advisory Committee. He promotes gut condition management via social media and his websites, with a focus on the gut, improving immune system function and personalised nutrition. Dr Mahesh provides patients with a holistic service that assesses all gut-related abnormalities in conjunction with its impact on other organs/general physical and mental well being. He is highly rated by his patients, colleagues and staff.