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BayFront Hospital, Orlando Health, DHI St Pete
St. Petersburg, FL (April 2024 – Present)
Sub Section Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
BayFront Hospital, Orlando Health, DHI St Pete
St. Petersburg, FL (July 2022 – Present)
Chief of Endoscopy
UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Little Rock, AR (July 2020 – July 2022)
Associate Professor of Medicine
UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Little Rock, AR (2017 – Present)
Chief of Endoscopy
Arkansas Childrens Hospital (ACH)
Little Rock, AR (2018 – July 2022)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Little Rock, AR (Sep 2015 – July 2020)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gold Coast University Hospital
Queensland, Australia (July 2015 – Aug 2015)
Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist
Grafton Base Hospital
Northern NSW, Australia (Mar 2014 – June 2014)
Locum Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
NWAHS
Tasmania, Australia (Nov 2012 – Feb 2014)
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Raigmore Hospital
Inverness, Scotland, UK (Aug 2012 – Oct 2012)
Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist
Ulster Hospital
Dundonald, UK (Jan 2012 – July 2012)
Locum Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist

Florida Hospital
Orlando, USA (2014-2015)
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
National Health Service (NHS)
Manchester and Northern Ireland Deanery, UK (2007-2012)
Fellowship in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
National Health Service (NHS)
Ipswich Hospital, Cambridge Deanery, East of England, UK (2005-2007)
Internal Medicine Residency
Medical College Kottayam
Kerala, India ( 2001-2004)
Internal Medicine Residency (MD)
Medical College Trivandrum
Kerala, India (2000-2001)
Rotating Internship
Medical College Trivandrum
Kerala, India (1995-2000)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Verrucous Carcinoma of the esophagus – Remains a diagnostic enigma
Al-Shoha M, Nadeem U, George N, Raghavapuram S, Mallinger W, Tharian B (2018/02/01)
American Journal of Gastroenterology
Utility of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopy in diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma and its complications: What does endoscopic ultrasonography offer above and beyond conventional cross-sectional imaging?
Perbtani YB, Wang AY, Tomizawa Y, Othman M, Inamdar S, Tharian B, Draganov P (2018/02/16)
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Linitis plastica: a harbinger of an unusual cause of gastric wall thickening
Banerjee D, Raghavapuram S, Jeffus S, Murphy S, Tharian B (2017/04/28)
Endoscopedia
Downhill varices: unusual cause of hematemesis
Raghavapuram S, George N, Girotra M, Siddique S, Tharian B (2017)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Endosonographer – driven dynamic telecytopathology of pancreatic lesions- a pilot study
B Tharian, K Krall, X Zhu, N George, M Chambers, S Varadarajulu, S Hebert-Magee (2017)
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology
Successful removal of proximally migrated biliary drain in a liver transplant patient by single operator direct cholangioscopy
Perisetti A, Raghavapuram S, Banerjee D, George N, Tharian B (2017)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Extraluminal migration of an esophageal metal stent causing splenic injury
S Khan, N George, B Tharian (2017)
Endoscopy
Successful removal of deeply migrated pancreatic stent using biliary dilation balloon and the new single-operator digital cholangioscope
M Girotra, S Raghavapuram, B Tharian (2016/12/01)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Successful management of ischemic cholangiopathy after failed endoscopic/percutaneous interventions facilitated by digital cholangioscopy
S Raghavapuram, M Girotra, JD Robertson, T Pandey, B Tharian (2016/12/01)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Endoscopic management of Barrett’s esophagus: An update on Radiofrequency Ablation
Dhaliwal A, Tharian B, M Girotra (2016)
Frontiers in Endoscopy
Drainage of obstructed gallbladder with LAMS
Endoscopedia (2016/02/25)
Endoscopedia
New single-operator digital cholangioscope for foreign body removal
Endoscopedia (2015/12/22)
Endoscopedia
Biliary drainage: role of EUS guidance
Holt B, Hawes R, Hasan M, Canipe A, Tharian B, Navaneethan U, Varadarajulu S (2015/07/24)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Successful removal of a foreign body from a gallbladder remnant by using a new single-operator digital cholangioscope
Tharian B, Canipe A, Navaneethan U, Varadarajulu S, Hawes R, Hasan M (2015/07/24)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Obstructed gallbladder: drainage using lumen-apposing metal stent
Tharian B, Varadarajulu S, Hawes R (2015/08/13)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Digital cholangioscopy directed removal of a surgical staple from a strictured bile duct
Hasan M, Canipe A, Tharian B, Navaneethan U, Varadarajulu S, Hawes R (2015/06/25)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Development and evaluation of a 3D printed endoscopic ampullectomy training model
Holt B, Hearn G, Hawes R, Tharian B, Varadarajulu S (2015/06/01)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Ring around the ROSE: pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma diagnosed on site by EUS-FNA
Tharian B, Canipe AL, Krall K, Hawes RH, Hébert-Magee S (2015/04/01)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle tissue acquisition – A review and update of literature
Tharian B, George N, Hébert-Magee S, Navaneethan, Hawes R, Varadarajulu S, Hasan M (2015/01/01)
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
What is the current role of endoscopy in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?
Tharian B, George N, Tham TCK (2015/08/10)
World J Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
An Immunosuppressed Man with an Aortic Rupture Secondary to Salmonella Aortitis Successfully Treated with Endovascular Aortic Repair
Talwar A, George N, Tharian B, Roberts-Thomson J (2015/02/23)
Annals of Vascular Surgery
Biomarkers in bile-complementing advanced endoscopic imaging in the diagnosis of indeterminate biliary strictures
Lourdusamy V, Tharian B, Navaneethan U (2015/04/16)
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Successful removal of a foreign body from a gallbladder remnant by using a new single-operator digital cholangioscope
Tharian B, Canipe A, Navaneethan U, Varadarajulu S, Hawes R, Hasan M (2015/07/24)
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Endoscopy in the Diagnosis and Management of Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Tharian B, George N, Navaneethan U (2015/12/29)
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Hoarseness and Hematemesis? A Deadly Combination
Tharian B, George N, Turkington J, Caddy G (2014/02/01)
American Journal of Gastroenterology
Enteroscopy in Small bowel Crohn’s disease: a review
Tharian B, Caddy G, Tham TCK (2013)
World J Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Ten Year: Data on Needle Knife Fistulotomy in a University Teaching Hospital
Tharian B, Dickey W, George NE (2012/05/01)
Gastroenterology
A Retrospective Study of IV Sedation versus Nitrous Oxide (Entonox) for Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy
Tharian B, Ridley T, Dickey W, Murdock A (2012/05/01)
Gastroenterology
Natural History of Unexplained Biliary Dilatation
Kelly NM, Tharian B, Tham TCK (2011/05/01)
Gastroenterology
Case report- An unusual case of PUO: a case of inflammatory pseudo tumor of the liver
2011/03/01
Journal USG
Wound drainage versus non-drainage in proximal femoral fracture. A prospective randomized study
Joshy S, Tharian B (2006/01/01)
Injury