Dr. Prithvi Priyadarshini Shivalingaiah

Dr. Prithvi Priyadarshini Shivalingaiah is an accomplished Specialist Gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology at Medcare Royal Speciality Hospital. She completed her MBBS from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, DM in Gastroenterology from the M S Ramaiah Medical College and MD in Internal Medicine from the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences. She has a Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) in Gastroenterology, an MBA in Hospital Administration and a Post-graduate Diploma in Medico-legal Ethics. She went on to qualify herself further with a Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy including ERCP and EUS. She completed her EUS - training in Rome, Netherlands and Meerut. She trained in Bariatric Endoscopy at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and completed the WISE Program in Korea.

During the nascency of her career, Dr. Shivalingaiah served first as an Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Sapthagiri Hospital and then practised at the MS Ramaiah Hospital, Bangalore, both in India. She then worked at the NH Multi-speciality Hospital as a Consultant Gastroenterologist in India before moving to the UAE. Here, she joined Al Zahra Hospital (NMC Royal Hospital) in Sharjah as Head Of the Department of Gastroenterology and then as a Specialist Gastroenterologist at the Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital in Dubai.

Dr. Shivalingaiah is a member of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), the World Endoscopy Organization and the Emirates Gastroenterology Organization.

Her expertise covers the entire gamut of Gastroenterology including therapeutic endoscopy, ERCP, GI bleed control endoscopic procedures, gastric balloon, IBD - UC and Crohns, manometry, GERD-acid reflux endoscopic procedure, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, EUS, endoscopic foreign body removal, capsule endoscopy, endoscopy and colonoscopic polypectomy, ERCP Stone retrieval, ERCP stricture dilatation, biliary/ oesophageal/colonic metal stent placements and GI cancers. She is proficient in treating fatty liver through fibroscan, IBS, gastric ulcers and hepatitis. 

She is extremely knowledgeable and has been a Speaker at a National Conference of Gastroenterology. She speaks  Arabic, English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.