Nitesh Ratnakar is a medical doctor specializing in conditions affecting your digestive tract. As an expert and experienced Gastroenterologist Elkins has procedural expertise in

• EGD (diagnostic & therapeutic)

• Colonoscopy (diagnostic & therapeutic)

• ERCP (diagnostic & therapeutic)

• Pancreaticobiliary and endoluminal stenting

• Push Enteroscopy

• pH and Manometry studies including BRAVO pH capsule and impedance manometry

• HALO radio-frequency ablation of Barrett’s

• Capsule endoscopy

• Liver biopsy

• Non-surgical treatment of Hemorrhoids

• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Paracentesis

Nitesh Ratnakar as your gastroenterologist will focus on the organs most involved in gastrointestinal diseases. As the name, gastroenterologist refers to your stomach and intestines. (“Gastro” means stomach, “enter” means intestines, and “biologist” means specialist.) in addition, your digestive system also includes your mouth and esophagus, where you swallow your food, and it includes the organs in your biliary system, which supply bile and digestive enzymes to your intestines. Moreover, it includes your gallbladder, pancreas, liver, and bile ducts, and more. Gastroenterologist Wheeling will treat all these organs.

Consulting Nitesh Ratnakar has many benefits as he is a specialist with extra training in treating serious gastrointestinal conditions. In case you have symptoms related to your digestive system that your general physician is not able to diagnose or treat effectively, in such a situation you can consult Gastroenterologist Elkins.  There are chances that you already know that you have a serious gastrointestinal condition and you want expert care for it, then Nitesh Ratnakar can perform more gastrointestinal research, examinations, and procedures than other doctors do.

Nitesh Ratnakar has expertise in treating gastrointestinal diseases (affecting your stomach and intestines), such as Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Celiac disease, Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Gastroenterologist Elkins is trained to have an acute knowledge of the normal movement of food through the stomach and intestine, the absorption of nutrients, how waste is removed from the body, and how the liver helps with the digestion process. This area of expertise allows them to diagnose issues such as stomach ulcers, Diverticulitis, Appendicitis, Colorectal polyps, and Haemorrhoids. You can trust gastroenterologist Wheeling for Esophageal disorders, such as Swallowing difficulties, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Esophagitis, Hiatal hernias, and Liver diseases, such as Viral hepatitis, Toxic hepatitis, Fatty liver disease, cirrhosis.

Nitesh Ratnakar has commendable experience in research publications & presentations in his career. He has done significant work such as Barrett’s esophagus: The reliability of the endoscopic diagnosis in community practice. he has been invited to speak at the Annual West Virginia Radiology Technicians Conference, Canaan Valley, West Virginia (2017) for “Special Considerations in Gastrointestinal Imaging”. In addition, Nitesh Ratnakar has contributed towards ‘Attitude towards colorectal cancer screening among patients in a community setting’ – Ansell D, Saghir F, Ratnakar N. (ACP Journal, in press).