Gastroenterologist

Your route, step by step

1. 1Class 11–12: take PCBThe digestion, biomolecules and enzymes chapters are where this career begins. Prepare for boards and NEET UG together.
2. 2NEET UG → MBBS · 5.5 years4.5 years of study plus a 1-year internship. Seats through MCC (all-India quota) and Tamil Nadu medical counselling.
3. 3NEET PG → MD General Medicine · 3 yearsFirst train as a physician. Surgeons take MS and then MCh Surgical Gastroenterology instead.
4. 4NEET SS → DM Gastroenterology · 3 yearsTraining in endoscopy, liver disease and GI emergencies.
5. 5Practise or sub-specialiseHepatology (liver), advanced endoscopy or liver transplant medicine.

What a gastroenterologist does

• Diagnose stomach pain, bleeding, jaundice and bowel problems
• Perform endoscopy and colonoscopy
• Treat liver disease, ulcers and inflammatory bowel disease
• Remove polyps and stop bleeding through the endoscope

Entrance exams & admission

• NEET UGFor the MBBS seat (conducted by NTA)
• NEET PGMD / MS / DNB seats (conducted by NBEMS); 50% of government seats are all-India quota, 50% Tamil Nadu quota
• INI-CETPG seats at AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS
• NEET SSDM / MCh super-specialty seats (conducted by NBEMS)

Where you may work

Well-known colleges in and near Tamil Nadu

Outlook

Specialise later