Surgical Gastroenterology

Qualifications:
MBBS from Government Medical College, Kottayam (Mahatma Gandhi University) MS General Surgery from Government Medical College, Trivandrum (Kerala University)
DNB General Surgery from National Board of Examinations
MCh Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (HPB Surgery) from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences  (ILBS), New Delhi (Deemed Medical University)
Achievements
Best outgoing student in Surgery in MBBS – Gold medal (Dr Jayakumar Memorial award)
Fellowship in HPB and Liver Transplantation surgery – Apollo Hospital, Chennai (Largest Diseased  donor liver transplant centre in India)
First MCh HPB surgeon from South India (Fifth of the type in India) from the world’s largest liver university – The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi.
Work Experience
Lecturer – Government Medical College Trivandrum (2008)
Residency in Surgical Oncology, BR Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (BRA IRCH), All India
Institute of Medical sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi (2008-2009)
Registrar/ Fellow in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Apollo Hospital, Chennai   (2009-2010)
Academic Super speciality Training (MCh) and Fellowship in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi (2010-2015)
Consultant HPB, GI and liver Transplantation surgery- Caritas Hospital, Kottayam (2016)
Special Interest
Liver Transplantation- both cadaveric and live donor programmes
Surgical Hepatology- Oncosurgeries (Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder  malignancies, cystic neoplasms), Benign Biliary strictures, Biliary drainage procedures.
Portal hypertension- Surgeries for extra hepatic portal hypertension, shunt surgeries, Devascularisation surgeries
Pancreatitis (acute and chronic), necrosectomy, pancreatic malignancies, Pancreatic resection and Drainage procedures
Minimally invasive surgeries, complicated gastro intestinal surgeries

Qualifications
MBBS from Govt.Medical College, Kottayam (Mahatma Gandhi university) in 2000
MS General Surgery from Govt. Medical College, Patiala (Baba Farid Medical university, Punjab) in 2006
DNB Surgical Gastroenterology from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi in 2012
Fellowship in Hepato-biliary surgery and Liver transplantation at Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea in 2014 which is the largest living donor liver transplantation centre in the world.
Work Experience
Specialist at Department of Multi Organ Transplant and GI surgery at Lakeshore Hospital Kochi from 2012 to 2016
Junior consultant surgeon at Department of General surgery, Surgical oncology and Reconstructive surgery at Lourdes Hospital Kochi from 2006 to 2009
Areas of Interest
Advanced gastro surgical and hepato-biliary surgeries like multivisceral organ transplantation including liver and kidney, multi organ procurement, trans thoracic and trans hiatal esophageal surgeries and gastric surgeries, minimal access surgeries involving hepatopancreato biliary and colorectal surgeries.