Dr. Shivaprasad Marulendra has served the GI health needs of the residents of Mercer County and adjoining areas since 1996. He is the cofounder of Premier GI, a division of Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey (GANJ), along with Dr. Punitha Shivaprasad. Dr. Marulendra is board certified in Gastroenterology and is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Dr. Marulendra completed his GI fellowship training at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA, in 1996. Prior to that, he served as the fourth-year Chief Resident there, after completing his residency in internal medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit. Dr. Marulendra earned his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College in India in 1988 before completing his internship in internal medicine from Nassau County Medical Center in Long Island, NY.

In addition to having attending physician privileges at RWJ Barnabas Hospital at Hamilton and Penn Medicine at Princeton, Dr. Marulendra is also affiliated with the Surgery Center at Hamilton and the Mercer County Surgery Center.

He has been recognized as a "Top Doctor," beginning in 2008 and is included among "Who's Who" in Gastroenterology.