Dr Sandeep Botcha

About Doctor :

Expertise :

Hepatic procedures

• Transjuglar liver biopsy(TJLB)
• HVPG(hepatic vein pressure gradient) measurement
• Preoperative embolisation(TAE)
• Chemoembolisation(TACE)
• Radioembolisation(TARE)
• TIPSS -Transjuglar Intrahepatic Portosystemic shunt

Biliary procedures

• PTBD
• Biliary stricture dilatation and stenting
• Cholecystostomy
• BRTO( Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration) for gastric varices management
• Embolisations in emergency (GI/GU/Bronchial)
• Visceral aneurysm management

Urogenital Interventions :

• Percutaneous nephrostomy
• DJ stenting (antegrade )
• Varicocele embolisation
• Uterine fibroid and post partum hemorrhage embolisation (UAE)

Venacaval interventions :

• IVC filter placement and retrieval
• IVC Venoplasty and stenting

Varicose vein procedures :

• EVLT-RFA/MWA
• Sclerotheraphy

Central line placements :

• IJV and PICC Line (peripherally inserted central catheter)
• Peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting (illiac /SFA)
• Sclerotheraphy for vascular malformations
• Tumour Ablation
• Microwave /RFA for Liver and Lung lesions

Percutaneous procedures :

• All FNAC /Biopsies/aspirations and drainages (PCD)
• [Special mention to Paediatric related Biopsy /drains ]

Past Experience :

• From August 2014 to May 2016 Assistant professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Saveetha medical college, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
• From June 2016 to June 2017 Senior resident (Govt service), Department of Radiology, MR Hospital, Vizianagaram, Andhrapradesh, India.
• From September 2017 to August 2018 Fellow in Interventional Radiology Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India.
• From September 2018 till October 2019, Fellow in Interventional Radiology Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
• From December 2019 to 2022 September. Freelancing as a consultant (along with Dr. Anil Devara KV - Specialist neurointerventional radiologist ); providing whole-body IR services in various hospitals across Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

Publications :

• Paper on “Touch me not lesions from ER” at IRIA meet held in September 2013, Chennai.
• Paper on “Pictorial essay of critical findings in CT imaging of trauma”. IRIA - 66th annual state conference of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry chapter, held December 2013.
• Paper on “Single session Combination Therapy For Large Liver Tumors - Preliminary Experience and Results”. 6th Asian Conference on Tumor Ablation (ACTA) held in Chiayi ,Taiwan on 26th -27th of October 2019.
• Book Chapter :
• Botcha S., Deepashree T. (2019) Role of Radio Imaging in Liver Transplantation. In:
• Shanmugam N., Dhawan A. (eds) Pediatric Liver Intensive Care. Springer, Singapore.

Awards & Recognitions :

• 1st prize in scientific paper presentation on “Touch me not lesions from ER” at IRIA meet held in September 2013, Chennai.
• Paper on “Single session Combination Therapy For Large Liver Tumors - Preliminary Experience and Results”. 6th Asian Conference on Tumor Ablation (ACTA) held in Chiayi ,Taiwan on 26th -27th of October 2019.

Languages :

• English
• తెలుగు
• हिन्दी