Professional Qualifications:

• 2005-MBBS T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha, Keral University
• 2011-MS General Surgery- Govt Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University
• 2012-DNB General Surgery- National Board of Examination
• 2017-DNB Surgical Gastroenterology Apollo Hospital , Chennai, National Board of Examination

Work Experience :

• Worked as senior resident in Dept. of General Surgery, Govt: Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala from July 2011 to July 2012.
• Assistant professor in general surgery department Pushpagiri medical college,Thiruvalla, Kerala from September 2012 to December 2013.
• • Registrar in Department surgical gastroenterology & liver transplant ,Apollo hospitals Chennai from February 2014 to March 2017.

Expertise

• Open abdominal surgical procedures of g i system - gastric, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, spleen, small and large bowel, anal procedures.
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy,, appendicectomy, fundoplication and hernia repair surgeries.
• Has experience of working one year in liver transplant ICU and has assisted in liver transplant procedures as part of DNB training.

Publications

• Biliary cystic neoplasm of liver , an unusual presentation as calcified cystic lesion of liver – a case report- Resubmission, Pending decision, Annals Journal & Bulletin, rcseng.ac.uk. Manuscript ID RCSJ-2015-7639.
• An unusual presentation of ileal gastrointestinal stromal tumour as acute abdomen, a case report and review of literature- Resubmission, Pending decision, Annals Journal & Bulletin, rcseng.ac.uk. Manuscript ID RCSJ-2015-7639
• Short-stay daycare laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a dedicated daycare centre: Feasible or futile(J Minim Access Surg. 2016 Oct-Dec; 12(4): 350–354. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.181314).
• Castleman’s Disease presenting as an abdominal mass- International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, Year 2016, Volume 5, Issue 3,p 218
• Asymptomatic Traumatic Hepatothorax, Symptomatic Gall Stone Disease – A Rare Coincidence ( J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Nov; 10(11): PD03–PD05. Published online 2016 Nov 1. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/23390.8774
• Laparoscopic versus open duodenojejunostomy for Superior Mesenteric Artery syndrome, a single institution experience.Journal of clinical diagnosis and research.Resubmission done , pending decision ;Ref No: 20248.
• Duodenojejunal flexure tumors: surgical difficulties with case series. J Gastrointest Oncol 2015;6(3):280- 286. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.007
• Initial Poor Function and Primary Nonfunction in Deceased-Donor Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Maintaining Short Cold Ischemic Time: What Is the Influence of Poor Donor Maintenance? Notes From a Single Indian Centre.- Progress in Transplantation journal 26 (4), 340-347.

Areas Of Specialization

• Upper GI Surgical procedures, colo-rectal surgical procedures.