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Dr. Guhan Venkatakrishnan

Assistant Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, School of Medicine, Kochi

Qualification: MBBS ,MS, MCh, MRCS, FRCS

Bio

Dr. Guhan Venkatakrishnan , Assistant professor in GI surgery and solid organ transplantation, has expertise in surgery for gastro-intestinal cancers. His areas of interest are Liver transplantation, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery in Gastro-intestinal and HPB surgery. He completed his MS (General Surgery) training at the Institute of General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai. He had undergone MCh (GI surgery) training from the Department of GI Surgery Solid Organ Transplantation, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi during which he was trained in minimally invasive surgery ( Laparoscopy and Robotic surgery). He had done Fellowship in HPB Surgery and Liver transplantation at The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. He had completed the FRCS( Eng.) in HPB and Upper GI surgery from England and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. At the Royal Free Hospital, he was trained in deceased donor liver transplantation, multi-organ retrieval and machine perfusion (Organox).

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Qualification
  • MS (General Surgery): Institute of General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai
  • MCh (GI surgery): Department of GI surgery Solid Organ Transplantation, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi
  • FRCS (Eng.): HPB and Upper GI surgery, England
Area of Expertise
  • HPB surgery and Liver transplantation
  • Gastro-intestinal, hepatopancreatico-biliary cancers
  • Laparoscopic surgery and Robotic surgery
Experience
  • Assistant Professor: Department of GI Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation, Amrita Hospital, Kochi (2022-Present)
  • Fellowship in HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation: Royal Free Hospital (NHS), London, UK (2020-2022)
Awards
  • Gold medal in MCh(GI surgery) exit exam from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
  • Visiting fellowship in GI surgery and HPB surgery from Mie University, Japan.
  • Member of various societies including Association of Surgeons of India, International Liver transplantation society.
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