The Department of Medical Gastroenterology initially started functioning in March 2010 with Professor D.K.S.Subrahmanyam as Head of the Department , Dr Lakshmi CP and Amit Goel as Assistant Professors with a bed strength of four.

In addition to outpatient and inpatient services th department also provides endoscopy services such as Upper GI Endoscopy ,EVL, EST, Dilatation(CRE) , Esophageal Stenting , Biliary Stenting , Stent removal , Colonoscopy , Sigmoidoscopy , Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastroctomy ( PEG ) , Polypectomy and HVCG

Dr.Lakshmi.C.P and Dr.Amit Goel were relieved on June 2013 . Dr.Abdoul Hamide took over charge as Head of the Department from 1st July 2013 and maintaining the departmental service.

Dr.Pazhanivel Mohan Joined department as Assistant Professor on 20/01/2014 .