English

    Overview

  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Radiology Consultant specialising in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Abdominal Radiology. With over nine years of experience, he is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Columbia Asia Radiology Group. Dr. Helavar completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005.

  • He pursued his residency in MD Radiology at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India, from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, he obtained a Fellowship in PDCC - Gastro Radiology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Helavar has undertaken various specialised training programs and observerships to enhance his expertise further. He also attended the SMC Image-guided Tumor Ablation Training Course at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. Moreover, he completed an observership in Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, in November 2017.

  • Dr. Helavar's proficiency in Interventional Radiology encompasses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. In the non-vascular realm, he is skilled in performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, and radiofrequency and microwave ablation of tumours. He also has expertise in wire localisation of breast lesions. He is a specialist in diagnostic angiography and venography, transjugular liver biopsy, chemoembolisation of liver tumours, uterine artery embolisation, embolisation for fibroids and gastrointestinal bleeding, interventions for failing dialysis access, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting and AV fistulas, among other procedures, on the vascular side.

  • Dr Helavar has a wealth of expertise in the field of abdominal radiology, including assessing liver and kidney donors and recipients, identifying gallbladder and bile duct lesions, and assessing pancreatic and intestine diseases, as well as analysing liver lesions in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. He is an expert in the pre-surgical staging of different abdominal tumours and abdominal angiography. No wonder he is considered the best interventional radiologist in Hebbal, Bangalore.


  • Through his writings, Dr. Helavar has benefited the medical field. He has even received a certificate of recognition for his research on echinococcosis and spinal cord and spine deformities. He has been approached to give discourses on points including liver biopsy and seepage, cancers of the stomach wall, confounded stomach hernias, and interventional radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has likewise spoken at a few public and worldwide gatherings.

  • Dr. Helavar's contribution to a few esteemed proficient affiliations, for example, the European Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radiology, Indian Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radio logy, Indian Radiology and Imaging Affiliation, Indian Culture of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, European Culture of Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and Society of Interventional Radiology, is a demonstration of his remaining in the field. Dr. Rajesh V. Helavar keeps on making significant commitments to the calling of radiology, outstandingly in the fields of Interventional Radiology and Analytic Stomach Radiology, because of his expansiveness of information, extensive experience, and obligation to patient consideration.

  • Field of Expertise

  • Non-vascular: Percutaneous biopsy under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, antegrade ureteric stenting, Radiofrequency ablation of tumors (HCC, renal, bone), microwave ablation of tumours, percutaneous cholecystostomy, wire localization of breast lesions
  • Vascular: Diagnostic angiography and venography, Transarterial chemoembolization of liver tumours (HCC, metastatic liver disease), preoperative embolization of tumours, uterine artery embolization for postpartum bleeding, embolization for fibroids, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting, peripheral venous access (PICC line, chemo port, permacath)
  • Fellowship & Membership

  • European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, British Society of Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Radiology and Imaging Association.
  • Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
  • European Society of Radiology.
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
  • Society of Interventional Radiology.
  • Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology.
  • Languages Spoken

  • Kannada
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Assamese
  • Talks & Publications

  • Cyclosporine-induced Leukoencephalopathy Precipitated Following Interaction with Ciprofloxacin, Nagabushana D, Chandrasekhar S, Ramprakash S, Avathi Venkatesha G, Helavar RV - Journal Of Pediatric Neurosciences.
  • Imaging in Portal Gastroduodenopathy, Review article, Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Systematic reporting of computed tomography enterography/enteroclysis as an aid to reduce diagnostic dilemma when differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 2020.
  • Certificate of Merit: Echinococcosis from head to toe: A Pictorial review – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Imaging in the rare spine and spinal cord malformations in day-to-day practice – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Post-partum Interventions presentation at Karnataka state IRIA (Indian Radiology and Imaging Association) 2018.
  • Canal of Nuck hydrocele poster presentation at Karnataka IRIA 2018.
  • Post-digital subtraction angiography parenchymal contrast staining mimicking the presence of a haemorrhage, Neurology India, 2017.
  • Individualizing locoregional therapy for liver tumours. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015.
  • Renal transplant imaging: Review. Indian Journal of transplant: 2014.
  • Combined interventional and surgical management of bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. IRIA poster presentation. 2014.
  • Ovarian Torsion: Poster Presentation at State IRIA conference March 2015.
  • Chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy – American Journal of Neuroradiology – Classic Case 2016
  • Imaging of Hydatid disease from head to toe: Poster presentation, IRIA 2016.
  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar on Uterine Fibroids: Myomectomy & Uterine Artery Embolization | BW Healthcare World.Click Here

    Fellowship & Membership

  • European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, British Society of Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Radiology and Imaging Association.
  • Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
  • European Society of Radiology.
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
  • Society of Interventional Radiology.
  • Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology.
  • Overview

  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Radiology Consultant specialising in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Abdominal Radiology. With over nine years of experience, he is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Columbia Asia Radiology Group. Dr. Helavar completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005.

  • He pursued his residency in MD Radiology at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India, from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, he obtained a Fellowship in PDCC - Gastro Radiology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Helavar has undertaken various specialised training programs and observerships to enhance his expertise further. He also attended the SMC Image-guided Tumor Ablation Training Course at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. Moreover, he completed an observership in Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, in November 2017.

  • Dr. Helavar's proficiency in Interventional Radiology encompasses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. In the non-vascular realm, he is skilled in performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, and radiofrequency and microwave ablation of tumours. He also has expertise in wire localisation of breast lesions. He is a specialist in diagnostic angiography and venography, transjugular liver biopsy, chemoembolisation of liver tumours, uterine artery embolisation, embolisation for fibroids and gastrointestinal bleeding, interventions for failing dialysis access, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting and AV fistulas, among other procedures, on the vascular side.

  • Dr Helavar has a wealth of expertise in the field of abdominal radiology, including assessing liver and kidney donors and recipients, identifying gallbladder and bile duct lesions, and assessing pancreatic and intestine diseases, as well as analysing liver lesions in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. He is an expert in the pre-surgical staging of different abdominal tumours and abdominal angiography. No wonder he is considered the best interventional radiologist in Hebbal, Bangalore.


  • Through his writings, Dr. Helavar has benefited the medical field. He has even received a certificate of recognition for his research on echinococcosis and spinal cord and spine deformities. He has been approached to give discourses on points including liver biopsy and seepage, cancers of the stomach wall, confounded stomach hernias, and interventional radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has likewise spoken at a few public and worldwide gatherings.

  • Dr. Helavar's contribution to a few esteemed proficient affiliations, for example, the European Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radiology, Indian Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radio logy, Indian Radiology and Imaging Affiliation, Indian Culture of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, European Culture of Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and Society of Interventional Radiology, is a demonstration of his remaining in the field. Dr. Rajesh V. Helavar keeps on making significant commitments to the calling of radiology, outstandingly in the fields of Interventional Radiology and Analytic Stomach Radiology, because of his expansiveness of information, extensive experience, and obligation to patient consideration.

  • Field of Expertise

  • Non-vascular: Percutaneous biopsy under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, antegrade ureteric stenting, Radiofrequency ablation of tumors (HCC, renal, bone), microwave ablation of tumours, percutaneous cholecystostomy, wire localization of breast lesions
  • Vascular: Diagnostic angiography and venography, Transarterial chemoembolization of liver tumours (HCC, metastatic liver disease), preoperative embolization of tumours, uterine artery embolization for postpartum bleeding, embolization for fibroids, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting, peripheral venous access (PICC line, chemo port, permacath)
  • Languages Spoken

  • Kannada
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Assamese
  • Talks & Publications

  • Cyclosporine-induced Leukoencephalopathy Precipitated Following Interaction with Ciprofloxacin, Nagabushana D, Chandrasekhar S, Ramprakash S, Avathi Venkatesha G, Helavar RV - Journal Of Pediatric Neurosciences.
  • Imaging in Portal Gastroduodenopathy, Review article, Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Systematic reporting of computed tomography enterography/enteroclysis as an aid to reduce diagnostic dilemma when differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 2020.
  • Certificate of Merit: Echinococcosis from head to toe: A Pictorial review – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Imaging in the rare spine and spinal cord malformations in day-to-day practice – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Post-partum Interventions presentation at Karnataka state IRIA (Indian Radiology and Imaging Association) 2018.
  • Canal of Nuck hydrocele poster presentation at Karnataka IRIA 2018.
  • Post-digital subtraction angiography parenchymal contrast staining mimicking the presence of a haemorrhage, Neurology India, 2017.
  • Individualizing locoregional therapy for liver tumours. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015.
  • Renal transplant imaging: Review. Indian Journal of transplant: 2014.
  • Combined interventional and surgical management of bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. IRIA poster presentation. 2014.
  • Ovarian Torsion: Poster Presentation at State IRIA conference March 2015.
  • Chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy – American Journal of Neuroradiology – Classic Case 2016
  • Imaging of Hydatid disease from head to toe: Poster presentation, IRIA 2016.
  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar on Uterine Fibroids: Myomectomy & Uterine Artery Embolization | BW Healthcare World.Click Here

    Languages Spoken

  • Kannada
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Assamese
  • Overview

  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Radiology Consultant specialising in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Abdominal Radiology. With over nine years of experience, he is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Columbia Asia Radiology Group. Dr. Helavar completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005.

  • He pursued his residency in MD Radiology at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India, from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, he obtained a Fellowship in PDCC - Gastro Radiology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Helavar has undertaken various specialised training programs and observerships to enhance his expertise further. He also attended the SMC Image-guided Tumor Ablation Training Course at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. Moreover, he completed an observership in Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, in November 2017.

  • Dr. Helavar's proficiency in Interventional Radiology encompasses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. In the non-vascular realm, he is skilled in performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, and radiofrequency and microwave ablation of tumours. He also has expertise in wire localisation of breast lesions. He is a specialist in diagnostic angiography and venography, transjugular liver biopsy, chemoembolisation of liver tumours, uterine artery embolisation, embolisation for fibroids and gastrointestinal bleeding, interventions for failing dialysis access, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting and AV fistulas, among other procedures, on the vascular side.

  • Dr Helavar has a wealth of expertise in the field of abdominal radiology, including assessing liver and kidney donors and recipients, identifying gallbladder and bile duct lesions, and assessing pancreatic and intestine diseases, as well as analysing liver lesions in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. He is an expert in the pre-surgical staging of different abdominal tumours and abdominal angiography. No wonder he is considered the best interventional radiologist in Hebbal, Bangalore.


  • Through his writings, Dr. Helavar has benefited the medical field. He has even received a certificate of recognition for his research on echinococcosis and spinal cord and spine deformities. He has been approached to give discourses on points including liver biopsy and seepage, cancers of the stomach wall, confounded stomach hernias, and interventional radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has likewise spoken at a few public and worldwide gatherings.

  • Dr. Helavar's contribution to a few esteemed proficient affiliations, for example, the European Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radiology, Indian Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radio logy, Indian Radiology and Imaging Affiliation, Indian Culture of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, European Culture of Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and Society of Interventional Radiology, is a demonstration of his remaining in the field. Dr. Rajesh V. Helavar keeps on making significant commitments to the calling of radiology, outstandingly in the fields of Interventional Radiology and Analytic Stomach Radiology, because of his expansiveness of information, extensive experience, and obligation to patient consideration.

  • Fellowship & Membership

  • European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, British Society of Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Radiology and Imaging Association.
  • Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
  • European Society of Radiology.
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
  • Society of Interventional Radiology.
  • Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology.
  • Field of Expertise

  • Non-vascular: Percutaneous biopsy under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, antegrade ureteric stenting, Radiofrequency ablation of tumors (HCC, renal, bone), microwave ablation of tumours, percutaneous cholecystostomy, wire localization of breast lesions
  • Vascular: Diagnostic angiography and venography, Transarterial chemoembolization of liver tumours (HCC, metastatic liver disease), preoperative embolization of tumours, uterine artery embolization for postpartum bleeding, embolization for fibroids, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting, peripheral venous access (PICC line, chemo port, permacath)
  • Talks & Publications

  • Cyclosporine-induced Leukoencephalopathy Precipitated Following Interaction with Ciprofloxacin, Nagabushana D, Chandrasekhar S, Ramprakash S, Avathi Venkatesha G, Helavar RV - Journal Of Pediatric Neurosciences.
  • Imaging in Portal Gastroduodenopathy, Review article, Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Systematic reporting of computed tomography enterography/enteroclysis as an aid to reduce diagnostic dilemma when differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 2020.
  • Certificate of Merit: Echinococcosis from head to toe: A Pictorial review – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Imaging in the rare spine and spinal cord malformations in day-to-day practice – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Post-partum Interventions presentation at Karnataka state IRIA (Indian Radiology and Imaging Association) 2018.
  • Canal of Nuck hydrocele poster presentation at Karnataka IRIA 2018.
  • Post-digital subtraction angiography parenchymal contrast staining mimicking the presence of a haemorrhage, Neurology India, 2017.
  • Individualizing locoregional therapy for liver tumours. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015.
  • Renal transplant imaging: Review. Indian Journal of transplant: 2014.
  • Combined interventional and surgical management of bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. IRIA poster presentation. 2014.
  • Ovarian Torsion: Poster Presentation at State IRIA conference March 2015.
  • Chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy – American Journal of Neuroradiology – Classic Case 2016
  • Imaging of Hydatid disease from head to toe: Poster presentation, IRIA 2016.
  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar on Uterine Fibroids: Myomectomy & Uterine Artery Embolization | BW Healthcare World.Click Here

    Field of Expertise

  • Non-vascular: Percutaneous biopsy under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, antegrade ureteric stenting, Radiofrequency ablation of tumors (HCC, renal, bone), microwave ablation of tumours, percutaneous cholecystostomy, wire localization of breast lesions
  • Vascular: Diagnostic angiography and venography, Transarterial chemoembolization of liver tumours (HCC, metastatic liver disease), preoperative embolization of tumours, uterine artery embolization for postpartum bleeding, embolization for fibroids, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting, peripheral venous access (PICC line, chemo port, permacath)
  • Fellowship & Membership

  • European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, British Society of Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Radiology and Imaging Association.
  • Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
  • European Society of Radiology.
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
  • Society of Interventional Radiology.
  • Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology.
  • Languages Spoken

  • Kannada
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Assamese
  • Talks & Publications

  • Cyclosporine-induced Leukoencephalopathy Precipitated Following Interaction with Ciprofloxacin, Nagabushana D, Chandrasekhar S, Ramprakash S, Avathi Venkatesha G, Helavar RV - Journal Of Pediatric Neurosciences.
  • Imaging in Portal Gastroduodenopathy, Review article, Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Systematic reporting of computed tomography enterography/enteroclysis as an aid to reduce diagnostic dilemma when differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 2020.
  • Certificate of Merit: Echinococcosis from head to toe: A Pictorial review – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Imaging in the rare spine and spinal cord malformations in day-to-day practice – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Post-partum Interventions presentation at Karnataka state IRIA (Indian Radiology and Imaging Association) 2018.
  • Canal of Nuck hydrocele poster presentation at Karnataka IRIA 2018.
  • Post-digital subtraction angiography parenchymal contrast staining mimicking the presence of a haemorrhage, Neurology India, 2017.
  • Individualizing locoregional therapy for liver tumours. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015.
  • Renal transplant imaging: Review. Indian Journal of transplant: 2014.
  • Combined interventional and surgical management of bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. IRIA poster presentation. 2014.
  • Ovarian Torsion: Poster Presentation at State IRIA conference March 2015.
  • Chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy – American Journal of Neuroradiology – Classic Case 2016
  • Imaging of Hydatid disease from head to toe: Poster presentation, IRIA 2016.
  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar on Uterine Fibroids: Myomectomy & Uterine Artery Embolization | BW Healthcare World.Click Here
  • Overview

  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Radiology Consultant specialising in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Abdominal Radiology. With over nine years of experience, he is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Columbia Asia Radiology Group. Dr. Helavar completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005.

  • He pursued his residency in MD Radiology at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India, from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, he obtained a Fellowship in PDCC - Gastro Radiology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Helavar has undertaken various specialised training programs and observerships to enhance his expertise further. He also attended the SMC Image-guided Tumor Ablation Training Course at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. Moreover, he completed an observership in Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, in November 2017.

  • Dr. Helavar's proficiency in Interventional Radiology encompasses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. In the non-vascular realm, he is skilled in performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, and radiofrequency and microwave ablation of tumours. He also has expertise in wire localisation of breast lesions. He is a specialist in diagnostic angiography and venography, transjugular liver biopsy, chemoembolisation of liver tumours, uterine artery embolisation, embolisation for fibroids and gastrointestinal bleeding, interventions for failing dialysis access, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting and AV fistulas, among other procedures, on the vascular side.

  • Dr Helavar has a wealth of expertise in the field of abdominal radiology, including assessing liver and kidney donors and recipients, identifying gallbladder and bile duct lesions, and assessing pancreatic and intestine diseases, as well as analysing liver lesions in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. He is an expert in the pre-surgical staging of different abdominal tumours and abdominal angiography. No wonder he is considered the best interventional radiologist in Hebbal, Bangalore.


  • Through his writings, Dr. Helavar has benefited the medical field. He has even received a certificate of recognition for his research on echinococcosis and spinal cord and spine deformities. He has been approached to give discourses on points including liver biopsy and seepage, cancers of the stomach wall, confounded stomach hernias, and interventional radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has likewise spoken at a few public and worldwide gatherings.

  • Dr. Helavar's contribution to a few esteemed proficient affiliations, for example, the European Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radiology, Indian Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radio logy, Indian Radiology and Imaging Affiliation, Indian Culture of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, European Culture of Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and Society of Interventional Radiology, is a demonstration of his remaining in the field. Dr. Rajesh V. Helavar keeps on making significant commitments to the calling of radiology, outstandingly in the fields of Interventional Radiology and Analytic Stomach Radiology, because of his expansiveness of information, extensive experience, and obligation to patient consideration.

    Talks & Publications

  • Cyclosporine-induced Leukoencephalopathy Precipitated Following Interaction with Ciprofloxacin, Nagabushana D, Chandrasekhar S, Ramprakash S, Avathi Venkatesha G, Helavar RV - Journal Of Pediatric Neurosciences.
  • Imaging in Portal Gastroduodenopathy, Review article, Accepted for publication in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Systematic reporting of computed tomography enterography/enteroclysis as an aid to reduce diagnostic dilemma when differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: A prospective study at a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. December 2020.
  • Certificate of Merit: Echinococcosis from head to toe: A Pictorial review – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Imaging in the rare spine and spinal cord malformations in day-to-day practice – poster presentation at European Congress of Radiology 2018.
  • Post-partum Interventions presentation at Karnataka state IRIA (Indian Radiology and Imaging Association) 2018.
  • Canal of Nuck hydrocele poster presentation at Karnataka IRIA 2018.
  • Post-digital subtraction angiography parenchymal contrast staining mimicking the presence of a haemorrhage, Neurology India, 2017.
  • Individualizing locoregional therapy for liver tumours. Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015.
  • Renal transplant imaging: Review. Indian Journal of transplant: 2014.
  • Combined interventional and surgical management of bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. IRIA poster presentation. 2014.
  • Ovarian Torsion: Poster Presentation at State IRIA conference March 2015.
  • Chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy – American Journal of Neuroradiology – Classic Case 2016
  • Imaging of Hydatid disease from head to toe: Poster presentation, IRIA 2016.
  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar on Uterine Fibroids: Myomectomy & Uterine Artery Embolization | BW Healthcare World.Click Here
  • Overview

  • Dr. Rajesh V Helavar is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Radiology Consultant specialising in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Abdominal Radiology. With over nine years of experience, he is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Columbia Asia Radiology Group. Dr. Helavar completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, in 2005.

  • He pursued his residency in MD Radiology at Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, India, from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, he obtained a Fellowship in PDCC - Gastro Radiology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Helavar has undertaken various specialised training programs and observerships to enhance his expertise further. He also attended the SMC Image-guided Tumor Ablation Training Course at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. Moreover, he completed an observership in Interventional Radiology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, in November 2017.

  • Dr. Helavar's proficiency in Interventional Radiology encompasses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. In the non-vascular realm, he is skilled in performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, and radiofrequency and microwave ablation of tumours. He also has expertise in wire localisation of breast lesions. He is a specialist in diagnostic angiography and venography, transjugular liver biopsy, chemoembolisation of liver tumours, uterine artery embolisation, embolisation for fibroids and gastrointestinal bleeding, interventions for failing dialysis access, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting and AV fistulas, among other procedures, on the vascular side.

  • Dr Helavar has a wealth of expertise in the field of abdominal radiology, including assessing liver and kidney donors and recipients, identifying gallbladder and bile duct lesions, and assessing pancreatic and intestine diseases, as well as analysing liver lesions in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. He is an expert in the pre-surgical staging of different abdominal tumours and abdominal angiography. No wonder he is considered the best interventional radiologist in Hebbal, Bangalore.


  • Through his writings, Dr. Helavar has benefited the medical field. He has even received a certificate of recognition for his research on echinococcosis and spinal cord and spine deformities. He has been approached to give discourses on points including liver biopsy and seepage, cancers of the stomach wall, confounded stomach hernias, and interventional radiology in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has likewise spoken at a few public and worldwide gatherings.

  • Dr. Helavar's contribution to a few esteemed proficient affiliations, for example, the European Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radiology, Indian Culture of Gastrointestinal and Stomach Radio logy, Indian Radiology and Imaging Affiliation, Indian Culture of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, European Culture of Radiology, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and Society of Interventional Radiology, is a demonstration of his remaining in the field. Dr. Rajesh V. Helavar keeps on making significant commitments to the calling of radiology, outstandingly in the fields of Interventional Radiology and Analytic Stomach Radiology, because of his expansiveness of information, extensive experience, and obligation to patient consideration.

  • Fellowship & Membership

  • European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, British Society of Abdominal Radiology.
  • Indian Radiology and Imaging Association.
  • Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
  • European Society of Radiology.
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
  • Society of Interventional Radiology.
  • Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology.
  • Field of Expertise

  • Non-vascular: Percutaneous biopsy under ultrasound and CT guidance, drainage of abscesses, biliary drainage, biliary stenting, percutaneous nephrostomy, antegrade ureteric stenting, Radiofrequency ablation of tumors (HCC, renal, bone), microwave ablation of tumours, percutaneous cholecystostomy, wire localization of breast lesions
  • Vascular: Diagnostic angiography and venography, Transarterial chemoembolization of liver tumours (HCC, metastatic liver disease), preoperative embolization of tumours, uterine artery embolization for postpartum bleeding, embolization for fibroids, peripheral vascular angioplasty and stenting, peripheral venous access (PICC line, chemo port, permacath)
  • Languages Spoken

  • Kannada
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Assamese

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