• Dr. Chalapathi Rao Achanta is a Consultant- Medical Gastroenterologist, Liver Specialist, Interventional Endoscopist and he did more than 20000 procedures including ERCP, EUS, therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy

• He is working as a  Consultant in Medical Gastroenterologist, Liver Specialist, Interventional Endoscopist at KIMS Hospital,Hyderabad

• His specialization includes ERCP, EUS, therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy, Gastroenterologist, Liver Specialist, Interventional Endoscopist.

• He is the first to do endoscopic ultrasound in the region of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha.

• He has published around 48 papers in various peer reviewed national and international journals.

• He is the editor of Endoscopic ultrasound

• He is the editor of JGHTN

• He is the editor of OGH reports                                                                                                                         

• He is the reviewer for the journals Gastrointestinal endoscopy

• He is the reviewer for the journals Endoscopy

• He is the reviewer for the journals Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

• He is the reviewer for the journals Hepatology international

• He is the reviewer for the journals Tropical gastroenterology

• He is the reviewer for the journals ACG case reports journal

• He won Sajja chandra mouli prize medal in clinical neurology in 2003

• He won many best paper presentation awards from 2010-2013. He delivered lectures in annual DDW conference at San Diego, USA 2012 and Orlando, USA 2013 for his work on pancreatitis and endoscopic ultrasound

• For his academic work in GI endoscopy, he recently received the prestigious award of best clinical reviewer 2016 from American society of GI endoscopy

• He has presented more than 70 papers in various national and international Gastroenterology conferences including ISG, DDW, APDW, APASL, EASL, etc.