Dr Keval Pandya

Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist

Dr Keval Pandya is a consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist with expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, luminal gastrointestinal conditions and liver disease.

About Dr Keval Pandya

Dr Keval Pandya is an experienced Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist providing high-quality care in endoscopy, gastrointestinal disease and hepatology. He consults at Complete Health Australia’s Rouse Hill, Norwest and Oran Park clinics. He performs endoscopic procedures at Norwest Private Hospital, Campbelltown Private Hospital and Healthwoods Endoscopy Centre, and also works across Blacktown and Mount Druitt Public Hospitals.

Dr Pandya completed his MBBS at the University of New South Wales in 2012, graduating with Honours. He undertook basic physician training and advanced gastroenterology training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, a major tertiary referral centre and liver transplant unit. He then completed a fellowship year at Blacktown Hospital, focusing on inflammatory bowel disease and therapeutic endoscopy.

He is a GESA-certified endoscopist in diagnostic and therapeutic adult gastroscopy and colonoscopy. His practice includes cancer screening, management of gastrointestinal bleeding, advanced polypectomy, variceal banding and glue ligation, stricture dilatation and percutaneous gastrostomy tube insertion.

Dr Pandya has also completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sydney and is actively involved in clinical research, with multiple peer-reviewed publications. He participates in national and international conferences and is committed to teaching and ongoing medical education.

He takes pride in providing holistic, compassionate care and is bilingual in English and Gujarati.

Clinical Interests

Dr Pandya provides comprehensive assessment and management across gastrointestinal and liver conditions, such as:

  • Iron deficiency anaemia
  • Oesophageal disorders (reflux disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis, motility disorders)
  • Dyspepsia
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Coeliac disease
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Decompensated cirrhosis syndrome

He also offers advanced endoscopic diagnostics and therapeutic procedures, including:

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
  • Management of upper and lower GI bleeding
  • Variceal banding and glue ligation
  • Dilatation of strictures (oesophageal, pyloric, colonic, ileal)
  • Thermal therapy for angioectasia and radiation proctitis
  • Polypectomy
  • Percutaneous gastrostomy tube insertion

My commitment is to deliver thorough, compassionate and evidence-based gastrointestinal and liver care, tailored to each patient’s needs

Dr Pandya focuses on delivering care that is:

Comprehensive
Managing the full spectrum of gastrointestinal and liver conditions.
Technically advanced
Providing a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.
Evidence-based
Informed by ongoing research, clinical epidemiology training and peer-reviewed publications.
Compassionate
Offering holistic, patient-centred care with clear communication and support.

Professional Qualifications

MBBS (Hons)

University of New South Wales

FRACP

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

MClinEpi

Master of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Sydney

GESA Certification

Diagnostic and therapeutic adult gastroscopy and colonoscopy

Associated organisations

GESA

Gastroenterological Society of Australia

Research interest

Karimi N, Lukin A, Moore AR, Pipicella JL, Kanazaki R, Williams AJ, Ng W, Kariyawasam V, Mitrev N, Pandya K, Connor SJ. Adolescents and young adults communicating with gastroenterologists: variation in inflammatory bowel disease clinical communication. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2023 Aug 28;35(4):347-361

 Tan N, Ngu N, Worland T, Lee T, Abrahams T, Pandya K, Freeman E, Hannah N, Gazelakis K, Madden R, Lynch K, Valaydon Z, Sood S, Dev A, Bell S, Thompson A, Ding J, Nicoll A, Liu K, Majeed A. Improved survival with regular surveillance imaging in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Journal of Hepatology, 2023; 78, S380-S381.

 Tan N, Ngu N, Worland T, Lee T, Abrahams T, Pandya K, Freeman E, Hannah N, Gazelakis K, Madden R, Lynch K, Valaydon Z, Sood S, Dev A, Bell S, Thompson A, Ding J, Nicoll A, Liu K, Gow P, Lubel J, Kemp W, Roberts SK, Majeed A. Epidemiology of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Australian Multicentre retrospective cohort study. Hepatology international, 2022; 16, 1094-1104.

 Salimi S, Pandya K, Davis R, Crawford M, Pulitano C, Strasser S, Mccaughan G, Majumdar A, Liu K. Impact of intensive care unit discharge delay after medical clearance on outcomes after liver transplantation. Journal of clinical medicine, 2022; 11, 2571. 

 Nash E, Sabih A, Chetwood J, Wood G, Pandya K, Yip T, Majumdar A, Mccaughan G, Strasser S, Liu K. Drug‐induced liver injury in Australia, 2009–2020: the increasing proportion of non‐paracetamol cases linked with herbal and dietary supplements. Medical Journal of Australia, 2021; 215(6), 261-268

 Liu K, Pandya K, West C, Virtue S, McCaughan G. Prevalence and impact of fatty liver disease in adult deceased liver transplant donors: MAFLD or NAFLD?. Liver Transplantation, 2021; 27(10), 1498-1501.

 Jackson S, Seyfi D, Pandya K, Oo TH, Collett J, Indrajit B. A rare case – Escalation of care for high risk emphysematous pyelonephritis in rural Australia. Urology Case Reports, 2020; 34, 101490. 

 Pandya K, Sastry V, Panlilio MT, Yip TCF, Salimi S, West C, Virtue S, Wells M, Crawford M, Pulitano C, Strasser SI, McCaughan GW, Majumdar A, Liu K. Differential Impact of Extended Criteria Donors After Brain Death or Circulatory Death in Adult Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2020 Dec;26(12):1603-1617

 Salimi S, Pandya K, Sastry S, West C, Virtue S, Wells M, Crawford M, Pulitano C, McCaughan GW, Majumdar A, Strasser SI, Liu K. Impact of having a planned additional operation at time of liver transplant on graft and patient outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2020 Feb; 9(2), 608.

 Pandya K, Liu K, Strasser SI. Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic: Diaphragmatic paralysis after transarterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2020; 35(2), 181.

 Keegan M, Pandya K, Mudaliar S, Saxena P, Kaffes AJ, Baars JE. Retrograde Device Assisted Enteroscopy as a Salvage Procedure for Failed Colonoscopy: The Experience of a large Australian Centre. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Digestive System, 2019; 9(1), 586. 

Vaidya R, Pandya K, Denney-Wilson E, Harris, MF. Sustaining cardiovascular absolute risk management in Australian general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2012; 18(4), 304-307.

 

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