3rd Space Procedure ESD (Endoscopic submucosal dissection) POEM
ESG (Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty)
Spiral Enteroscopy
Double Balloon Enteroscopy
EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal resection)
Capsule Endoscopy
Colonoscopy, Endoscopy
Acute Pancreatitis & Chronic Pancreatitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Treatment
IBD (Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s Disease)
Corrosive Poisoning
PEG Tube Placement
Innovations in Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
Research & Publications
Yalaka RR, Kedarisetty CK, Narayankar SM e al. A novel technique of migrated biliary stent retrieval. Endoscopy 2022;54:E522-E523.
Rami Reddy Yalaka et al, “A novel method of Esophageal impacted sharp foreign body retrieval. J Digest Endosc 2022;13:44–45.
Rami Y Reddy, Pankaj Gupta, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. A novel method of evaluating corrosive stricture during endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc 2015;81:486-487.
Rami Y Reddy, Arunachalam C Arun, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. Inflammatory Gastric outlet obstruction after acute pancreatitis – A novel method of treatment. Gastrointest Endosc 2015;81:775-776.
Rami Reddy Y, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Endoscopic biopsy: A simple guide for beginners (Got accepted in Tropical gastroenterology, 2015)
Yalaka Rami Reddy, Surinder Singh Rana, Chapathi Rao, Deepak Kumar Bhasin. New technique of rail roading procedure for transnasal placement of devices following transoral endoscopy. Tropical Gastroenterology 2014;35:61-62.
Rami Y Reddy , Harpal S Dhaliwal, Pankaj Gupta, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. Retrieval of migrated pancreatic stent: “stent-in-stent” technique. ( Endoscopy 2015; 47: E339
Reddy YR, Gupta P, Malik S, Mallick B, Lal A, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Endoscopic esophageal perforation extending upwards along the carotid arteries. 2016;48:E240-1.
Rana SS, Bhasin DK, Reddy YR, Sharma V, Rao C, Sharma RK, Gupta R. Morphological features of fluid collections on endoscopic ultrasound in acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Do they change over time? Ann Gastroenterol 2014;27:258-261.
Vishal Sharma, Puneet Chhabra, Yalaka R. Reddy, Surinder S. Rana, Deepak K. Bhasin. Catastrophic complication of ingestion of corrosive substance. Endoscopy 2014; 46: E299–E300.
Pankaj Gupta, Uma Debi, Yalaka Rami Reddy, Babu Ram Thapa, Kaushal Kishore Prasad.Pinpoint densities on abdominal X ray- The Indian Journal of Paediatrics.
Siddappa P, Reddy YR, Gupta P, Gulati A, Gupta V, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Application of a diathermic dilator for negotiating near-total antropyloric strictures. .2016 ;48:E365-E366.
Rakesh Kochhar, Munish Ashat, Yalaka Rami Reddy et al.A Novel Method of Esophageal Remodeling: Thinking Outside the Box. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Jul; 6(7): e00100.
Rakesh Kochhar, Munish Ashat, Yalaka Rami Reddy, Narender Dhaka, Manish Manrai, Saroj K Sinha, Usha Dutta, Thakur D Yadav, Vikas Gupta. Relook endoscopy predicts the development of esophageal and antropyloric stenosis better than immediate endoscopy in patients with caustic ingestion. Endoscopy 2017;49:643-650.
Pankaj Gupta, Ajay Gulati, Yalaka R Reddy et al. Does esophageal wall thickness on computed tomography predict response to endoscopic dilatation in patients with corrosive esophageal strictures? JGH Open 2019; 3: 405–408.
Kochhar R, Malik S, Reddy YR, et al. Outcomes of Endoscopic Dilation in Patients with Esophageal Anastomotic Strictures: Comparison Between Different Etiologies. Dysphagia. 2020 ;35:73-83.
Kochhar R, Malik S, Gupta P, Reddy YR, Dhaka N, Sinha SK, Gupta V, Noor MT, Mallick B.Etiological spectrum and response to endoscopic balloon dilation in patients with benign gastric outlet obstruction.Gastrointest Endosc. 2018;88:899-908.
Munish Ashat, Yalaka R. Reddy, Saroj Sinha, Atul Rana, Sarthak Malik, Usha Dutta, Raghavendra Prasad, Narendra Dhaka, Vikas Gupta, Thakur Deen Yadav, Rakesh KochharRole of Relook Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Acute Corrosive Injury.2017;5:S887–S888.
Revaiah PC, Kochhar R, Rana SV, Berry N, Ashat M, Dhaka N, Rami Reddy Y, Sinha SK. Risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients receiving proton pump inhibitors versusproton pump inhibitors plus prokinetics. JGH Open. 2018;2:47-53.
Munish Ashat, Yalaka R. Reddy, Saroj Sinha, Usha Dutta, Narendra Dhaka, Vikas Gupta, Thakur Deen Yadav, Anmol Bhatia, Rakesh Kochhar. Anastomotic Strictures Following Esophagectomy for Corrosive Esophageal Strictures are More Difficult to Treat than Those Following Other Etiologies 2017;5: S888.
Gupta P, Gulati A, Reddy YR, Samanta J, Kochhar R. Does esophageal wall thickness on computed tomography predict response to endoscopic dilatation in patients with corrosive esophageal strictures? JGH Open 2019;3:405-408.
Kochhar, Rakesh MD1; Ashat, Munish MD2; Reddy, Yalaka Rami MD1; Gulati, Ajay MD3; Lileswar, Kaman MS4; Sinha, Saroj Kant MD1. A Novel Method of Esophageal Remodeling: Thinking Outside the Box. ACG Case Reports Journal 2019;6:e00100.
Shah J, Reddy Y.R, Gupta P. et al. Can computed tomography-antral wall thickness predict response to endoscopic balloon dilation in patients with caustic-induced gastric outlet obstruction? Indian J Gastroenterol2022;41;190-197.
Clinical Research
Interested in Field of endoscopy and Endoscopy devices and Clinical research in Acute and Chronic pancreatitis.
Capable of doing various endoscopic procedures like Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreaticography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (UGIE) and Lower Gastrointestinal endoscopy (LGIE).
Working as an investigator in the following trials at PGIMER.
Comparative efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone Vs mitomycin C in the management of refractory gastric outlet obstruction: a randomized controlled study.
Comparative efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone Vs mitomycin C in the management of refractory esophageal strictures: a randomized controlled study.
Effect of abdominal fat distribution in patients with acute pancreatitis: Role of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan.
Prevalence of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
Certifications & Memberships
Awards & Achievements
First prize in the Plenary Presentation at Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference (ISGCON) 2012, “New Method of Rail Roading Technique”
Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in final year MBBS
3rd Space Procedure ESD (Endoscopic submucosal dissection) POEM
ESG (Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty)
Spiral Enteroscopy
Double Balloon Enteroscopy
EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal resection)
Capsule Endoscopy
Colonoscopy, Endoscopy
Acute Pancreatitis & Chronic Pancreatitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Treatment
IBD (Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s Disease)
Corrosive Poisoning
PEG Tube Placement
Innovations in Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
Research & Publications
Yalaka RR, Kedarisetty CK, Narayankar SM e al. A novel technique of migrated biliary stent retrieval. Endoscopy 2022;54:E522-E523.
Rami Reddy Yalaka et al, “A novel method of Esophageal impacted sharp foreign body retrieval. J Digest Endosc 2022;13:44–45.
Rami Y Reddy, Pankaj Gupta, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. A novel method of evaluating corrosive stricture during endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc 2015;81:486-487.
Rami Y Reddy, Arunachalam C Arun, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. Inflammatory Gastric outlet obstruction after acute pancreatitis – A novel method of treatment. Gastrointest Endosc 2015;81:775-776.
Rami Reddy Y, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Endoscopic biopsy: A simple guide for beginners (Got accepted in Tropical gastroenterology, 2015)
Yalaka Rami Reddy, Surinder Singh Rana, Chapathi Rao, Deepak Kumar Bhasin. New technique of rail roading procedure for transnasal placement of devices following transoral endoscopy. Tropical Gastroenterology 2014;35:61-62.
Rami Y Reddy , Harpal S Dhaliwal, Pankaj Gupta, Saroj K Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar. Retrieval of migrated pancreatic stent: “stent-in-stent” technique. ( Endoscopy 2015; 47: E339
Reddy YR, Gupta P, Malik S, Mallick B, Lal A, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Endoscopic esophageal perforation extending upwards along the carotid arteries. 2016;48:E240-1.
Rana SS, Bhasin DK, Reddy YR, Sharma V, Rao C, Sharma RK, Gupta R. Morphological features of fluid collections on endoscopic ultrasound in acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Do they change over time? Ann Gastroenterol 2014;27:258-261.
Vishal Sharma, Puneet Chhabra, Yalaka R. Reddy, Surinder S. Rana, Deepak K. Bhasin. Catastrophic complication of ingestion of corrosive substance. Endoscopy 2014; 46: E299–E300.
Pankaj Gupta, Uma Debi, Yalaka Rami Reddy, Babu Ram Thapa, Kaushal Kishore Prasad.Pinpoint densities on abdominal X ray- The Indian Journal of Paediatrics.
Siddappa P, Reddy YR, Gupta P, Gulati A, Gupta V, Sinha SK, Kochhar R. Application of a diathermic dilator for negotiating near-total antropyloric strictures. .2016 ;48:E365-E366.
Rakesh Kochhar, Munish Ashat, Yalaka Rami Reddy et al.A Novel Method of Esophageal Remodeling: Thinking Outside the Box. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Jul; 6(7): e00100.
Rakesh Kochhar, Munish Ashat, Yalaka Rami Reddy, Narender Dhaka, Manish Manrai, Saroj K Sinha, Usha Dutta, Thakur D Yadav, Vikas Gupta. Relook endoscopy predicts the development of esophageal and antropyloric stenosis better than immediate endoscopy in patients with caustic ingestion. Endoscopy 2017;49:643-650.
Pankaj Gupta, Ajay Gulati, Yalaka R Reddy et al. Does esophageal wall thickness on computed tomography predict response to endoscopic dilatation in patients with corrosive esophageal strictures? JGH Open 2019; 3: 405–408.
Kochhar R, Malik S, Reddy YR, et al. Outcomes of Endoscopic Dilation in Patients with Esophageal Anastomotic Strictures: Comparison Between Different Etiologies. Dysphagia. 2020 ;35:73-83.
Kochhar R, Malik S, Gupta P, Reddy YR, Dhaka N, Sinha SK, Gupta V, Noor MT, Mallick B.Etiological spectrum and response to endoscopic balloon dilation in patients with benign gastric outlet obstruction.Gastrointest Endosc. 2018;88:899-908.
Munish Ashat, Yalaka R. Reddy, Saroj Sinha, Atul Rana, Sarthak Malik, Usha Dutta, Raghavendra Prasad, Narendra Dhaka, Vikas Gupta, Thakur Deen Yadav, Rakesh KochharRole of Relook Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Acute Corrosive Injury.2017;5:S887–S888.
Revaiah PC, Kochhar R, Rana SV, Berry N, Ashat M, Dhaka N, Rami Reddy Y, Sinha SK. Risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients receiving proton pump inhibitors versusproton pump inhibitors plus prokinetics. JGH Open. 2018;2:47-53.
Munish Ashat, Yalaka R. Reddy, Saroj Sinha, Usha Dutta, Narendra Dhaka, Vikas Gupta, Thakur Deen Yadav, Anmol Bhatia, Rakesh Kochhar. Anastomotic Strictures Following Esophagectomy for Corrosive Esophageal Strictures are More Difficult to Treat than Those Following Other Etiologies 2017;5: S888.
Gupta P, Gulati A, Reddy YR, Samanta J, Kochhar R. Does esophageal wall thickness on computed tomography predict response to endoscopic dilatation in patients with corrosive esophageal strictures? JGH Open 2019;3:405-408.
Kochhar, Rakesh MD1; Ashat, Munish MD2; Reddy, Yalaka Rami MD1; Gulati, Ajay MD3; Lileswar, Kaman MS4; Sinha, Saroj Kant MD1. A Novel Method of Esophageal Remodeling: Thinking Outside the Box. ACG Case Reports Journal 2019;6:e00100.
Shah J, Reddy Y.R, Gupta P. et al. Can computed tomography-antral wall thickness predict response to endoscopic balloon dilation in patients with caustic-induced gastric outlet obstruction? Indian J Gastroenterol2022;41;190-197.
Clinical Research
Interested in Field of endoscopy and Endoscopy devices and Clinical research in Acute and Chronic pancreatitis.
Capable of doing various endoscopic procedures like Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreaticography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (UGIE) and Lower Gastrointestinal endoscopy (LGIE).
Working as an investigator in the following trials at PGIMER.
Comparative efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone Vs mitomycin C in the management of refractory gastric outlet obstruction: a randomized controlled study.
Comparative efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone Vs mitomycin C in the management of refractory esophageal strictures: a randomized controlled study.
Effect of abdominal fat distribution in patients with acute pancreatitis: Role of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan.
Prevalence of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
Certifications & Memberships
Awards & Achievements
First prize in the Plenary Presentation at Indian Society of Gastroenterology Conference (ISGCON) 2012, “New Method of Rail Roading Technique”
Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in final year MBBS