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THE PHYSICIANS and NURSE PRACTITIONERS

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Anil Ram, MD

Practice: Since 1992

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Colon Cancer Screening, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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Laksmipathi Reddi, MD

Practice: Since 1995

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Anorectal functional testing, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Large Polyp removal, Small Bowel disease, Liver Disease

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Siddharth Mathur, MD

Practice: Since 2012

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Large Polyp removal, Luminal Stents, Liver Disease

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Varun Patel, MD

Practice: Since 2019

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Esophageal Diseases, Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Large Polyp removal, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Liver Disease

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Vamsee Mupparaju, MD
Practice: Since 2026
Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: GERD, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Large Polyp removal, Liver disease, Esophageal/Anorectal manometry, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal cancer screening

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Marcela Melchoire, APRN

Practice: Since 2025

Interests: GERD, Gastroparesis, Liver disease,  Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ascites management, Colorectal cancer screening

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Paul Hellstern, MD

Practice: Since 1995

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Liver disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Sreekanth Chandrupatla, MD

Practice: Since 2003

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Esophageal Diseases, Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF), Large Polyp removal, Liver Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Trupti Shinde, MD

Practice: Since 2012

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Liver Disease, Colorectal cancer screening

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Dhruv Mehta, MD

Practice: Since 2026

Board Certification: Gastroenterology

Interests: Advanced endoscopy- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS),  Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Large Polyp removal (EMR), Luminal stents, Liver Disease

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Kayla Ciccotto, APRN

Practice: Since 2024

Interests: Ascites Management, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Obesity, GERD, Liver disease,  Colorectal cancer screening

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Kendal Carroll, APRN

Practice: Since 2026

Interests: GERD, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Obesity,  Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Liver disease, Ascites management, Colorectal cancer screening

Our Practice


Gastroenterology associates was formed in 1985 by Dr. Purnachandar Bikkasani with the primary mission of providing excellent gastroenterology services to the citizens of Citrus County. Since then, we have grown to a 9 physician group dispensing comprehensive gastroenterology services to our patient.​

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