Dr. Vinod S Hegade

Dr. Vinod Hegade is a Consultant Hepatologist at Medcare Hospital, Sharjah, with 18 years of clinical experience across gastrointestinal and liver diseases. He trained extensively in the UK, completing his medical degree (MBBS) at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health in Bangalore, India, followed by specialist training in gastroenterology and hepatology. He holds triple accreditation in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Internal Medicine, and was awarded a PhD from Newcastle University following an NIHR Research Fellowship. His advanced fellowships included liver transplantation at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, and ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) at St James' University Hospital, Leeds.

Prior to joining Medcare, Dr. Hegade worked as a Consultant Hepatologist at major UK teaching hospitals including Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and St James' University Hospital, where he also ran a semi-private practice. In the UAE, he was a consultant at American Hospital, Dubai. He is a skilled endoscopist performing gastroscopy, colonoscopy, and ERCP procedures, including bile duct stone removal and stent placement. His clinical expertise spans fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). He also manages patients before and after liver transplantation and performs colon cancer screening and small bowel capsule endoscopy.

Dr. Hegade is committed to evidence-based medicine and enjoys teaching junior doctors and specialist trainees. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, and Urdu.