Mailing Address

CEO & Chairman – Medical Services PVS Memorial Hospital Pvt. Ltd.
Kaloor, Kochi – 682 017, Kerala
Tel: +91 484 4182888
Fax: +91 484 2348239
Mobile 9847055776
E-mail: drphilipaugustine@yahoo.co.in

Residential & Business Address

Chairman,Philip Augustine Associates Pvt. Ltd.
(Healthcare Consultants)
Symphony
35/194B, Automobile Road,
Palarivattom, Ernakulam – 682 025
E-mail: philipaugustineassociates@gmail.com

Presently:

• Director –Gastroenterology, Cochin Gastroenterology Group at Ernakulam Medical Centre Pvt. Ltd., Kochi.
• Chairman, Philip Augustine Associates Pvt. Ltd., Kochi - a leading healthcare service provider extending its services to various super-specialty hospitals for their Gastroenterology and Hepatology Departments. .

Professional Official Positions Held:

• President, Indian Pancreas Club.
• Vice President, Indian Association for the Study of Liver (INASL)
• Governing Council Member, Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
• Governing Council Member, Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
• Founder Secretary & later President, ISG Kerala Chapter.
• Vice President, Biotechnology Society of India.
• Member, Faculty of Medicine, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT).
• Vice President, Association of Physicians of India (API) Kerala Chapter.
• President, Indian Medical Association (IMA) Muvattupuzha Branch.
• Member, Editorial Board, Kerala Medical Journal.
• Member, Advisory Board, Gastroenterology Today.
• Member, Expert Committee on “Chronic Pancreatitis in India” ICMR 2007.
• Member, Executive Committee, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of India.
• Member, Elsevier Clinical Advisory Board (India)
• Chairman, Healthcare Sub Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry, Kerala Council

Professional Career:

Dr. Philip Augustine started his clinical practice after post graduation in Medicine from the AIIMS, New Delhi in a rural set up at the Deva Matha Hospital, Koothattukulam, Ernakulam District, Kerala. With the sound background in clinical and academic medicine from the Kottayam Medical College and AIIMS, New Delhi I could establish a popular and scientific medical practice in this rural area of Kerala, in my capacity of Medical Director & Chief of Medicine. In the 4½ years of work there I could bring up the 75-bedded general hospital to a 350-bed facility with all basic facilities needed for the 50,000 population in the area. Also major medical problems were referred to the Deva Matha Hospital during that period. During this stint as a Physician gave me an insight into the magnitude of the Gastrointestinal diseases in Kerala and hence convinced me the need for further specialization in Gastroenterology. This was a period (the 1970’s & 80’s) when technological advances in Medicine in the form of endoscopy, ultrasound scan and computerized tomography (CT) scan gave a major fillip to the scientific practice of Gastroenterology. Hence I decided to specialize in Gastroenterology and joined the prestigious PGIMER, Chandigarh for the DM course in 1980. After completing the 2-year postdoctoral programme I returned to the same institution in Koothattukulam in 1982 and established the first private sector Gastroenterology unit in Kerala. In the next 10 years till 1992 I could bring up a comprehensive Gastroenterology unit at the Deva Matha Hospital with a major endoscopy and surgical set up. The small town of Koothattukulam found a place in the Gastroenterology world literature by our publications in Tropical Pancreatitis – an enigmatic medical problem with the highest world incidence in Kerala. With the help of the Welcomme Trust, London and in association with the Endocrinology Department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, a door to door survey of tropical pancreatitis and diabetes in Kerala was conducted by my team in the Bharananganam Panchayat of Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam District. A prevalence of tropical pancreatitis of 4 per 1000 and an incidence of diabetes of 4% in rural Kerala were detected in the survey. We also reported for the first time in India the occurrence of Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangites (RPC) also known as Oriental Cholangiopathy. While in Koothattukulam, I could also spread the message of modern Gastroenterology practice through out the length and breadth of Kerala through the various Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Association of Physicians of India (API) state forums. I held official positions in IMA as the Muvattupuzha Branch President and in API as its state Vice President during this time.

Sine the scope of my clinical and research work outgrew the small town of Koothattukulam, in 1992 I moved into the city of Cochin with my team of Gastroenterologists and established the Digestive Diseases Centre at the newly formed PVS Memorial Hospital. The next 10 years saw the rapid growth of this unique centre of Gastroenterology where patients were referred from all across the State and from other States in India for major gastrointestinal problems. It was at PVS Memorial Hospital where I convincingly reported the existence of Crohn’s disease in India at the Indian Society of Gastroenterology national conference in 1995. This was an enlightening revelation to the entire Gastroenterology community in India and now it is an accepted fact that Crohn’s disease also has possibly the highest incidence in Kerala among the Indian States. Many national and international Gastroenterologists came for advanced training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to PVS Memorial Hospital as I had already established a pioneering position in various advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures including ERCP and laser endoscopy. We could also start the DNB (Diplomate of the National Board) programme in Gastroenterology at PVS Memorial Hospital. Our infrastructure and confidence were good enough for me to organize the 43rd National Conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology in 2002 at Cochin. This was acclaimed by all as one of the best national conferences in the history of ISG.

To further the standard of referral tertiary care in Gastroenterology and other branches of medicine I took the initiative of establishing the now well known Lakeshore Hospital & Research Centre, Cochin, a 350-bed multispeciality hospital with 36 clinical departments, over 130 doctors and a total of over 1200 employees in the corporate sector in Kerala. I could attract the best professional medical talent in the state and organized a new business model making senior medical specialists as the nucleus of the venture making them stakeholders in the public limited company. This model is now being emulated by various groups of doctors across the country. As a medical institution excelling in patient care, education and research Lakeshore in its short history of 5 years has already become a brand name in healthcare in the country. This institution has also a leading role in attracting patients for high end medical and surgical treatments from several other countries thus promoting the concept of “Medical Tourism” in the country. Medical Tourism is expected to bring in major foreign currency earnings for the country in the coming years. In the capacity of Chairman Healthcare Subcommittee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Kerala Council, I was also instrumental in spreading the concept of medical tourism in Kerala and organized the “Kerala Health Tourism Conferences 2006 and 2007” in association with the Government of Kerala through its Tourism Department and CII Kerala Council. I was the organizing Chairman of the KHT conferences, which were international conferences with exhibition.

Lakeshore Hospital is one of the few major hospitals in the country which has won the prestigious NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers) accreditation. We are recognized for DNB training in various departments including Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Surgery and Anesthesiology. We also run job oriented courses as part of our social commitment for skill development for the educated unemployed. These courses are run under the auspicious of agencies like the Bharat Sevak Samaj and the Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI). The first batch of students have already passed out in Endoscopic Technology, Dialysis Technology and Operation Theatre Technology.

I have also initiated a comprehensive health survey of the Karimaloor Panchayat in Ernakulam District. This is possibly the first such initiative in the private sector to assess the disease patterns and overall health status of a community. This is intended to be a comprehensive door-to-door survey which should generate hard data for future health care planning of the community.

Research Activities:

I could also concentrate on clinical research pertinent to the problems of Kerala. Tropical Pancreatitis, the enigmatic disease with the highest world incidence in Kerala is one of the key area of our research. We already have several publications in the surgical aspects and cancer risk of this disease. I was fortunate to attract the attention of Prof. Henri Sarles of Marseilles, France who sent a team to study this problem in comparison with the alcoholic pancreatitis of Europe. A landmark publication resulted in 1994 in the “Digestive Diseases and Sciences”. We also reported in 1992 in the “American Journal of Gastroenterology” the increased risk of cancer of pancreas in patients with tropical pancreatitis. We are now concentrating on the genetic aspects of this disease to see if an aetiology can be found.

A few publications also have resulted in the field of therapeutic endoscopy, portal hypertension and other liver diseases. A molecular laboratory is almost nearing completion in Lakeshore which should give a fillip to our basic research programmes. We also work in collaboration with the Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) in research activities especially in Biotechnology. I was a member of the faculty of Medicine at CUSAT. I also function as the Vice President of the Biotechnology Society of India. I am also the Managing Trustee of the Lakeshore Medical Research Foundation, which runs the Lakeshore Medical Library and organizes other research programmes of the institution.

Faculty Participation in Scientific/Professional Conferences

• IMA Doha, Qatar Scientific Meeting; Talk on “Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2009.
• ISG Kerala Chapter, Annual Meeting Trivandrum 2009
• Schering-Plough Symposium on Chron’s Disease, Cochin 2009
• ‘Gastroenterology Young Masters’ ISG teaching Programme, Chennai 2009
• Annual Conference, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India 2008, Hyderabad.
• “GASTROHEP 2008” Gastroenterology update, Coimbatore.
• APDW: Asia Pacific Digestive Diseases Week, New Delhi 2008
• International Conference on “Advances in Neurosciences” Indian Academy of Neurosciences CUSAT, Cochin 2008.
• Lundberk Institute of India Conference on Evidence based Medicine, Beijing 2008.
• ISGCON 48th Annual Conference of ISG November 2007, Bangalore.
• Midterm meet INASL (Indian Association for the Study of Liver), Liver Transplant in India has it come of age? 19 & 20 Jan. 2007, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
• World Brain Awareness Week, CUSAT Cochin, 2007.
• National IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) meet – Formation of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of India, September 2007, Ludhiana.
• Madhya Pradesh – Chattisgarh (MP-CG) ISGCON 2007, Indore.
• ENDOCON 2006: 6th Annual Conference of the Society for GI Endoscopy (SGEI) in India: Theme GI Cancer, New Delhi 2006.
• ENDOCON 2006: Conference of SGEI Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Calcutta 2006.
• ISGCON 47th Annual Conference of ISG, 8-12 Nov. 2006 Bombay.
• EASL Annual Conference 2006, Vienna.
• Symposium on GI Malignancy, GB Pant Hospital Delhi, Dec. 03, 2006.
• World Brain Awareness Week, CUSAT, Cochin 2006.
• Second National Update : CME in Gastroenterology; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 26 – 29 March 2005, Chandigarh.
• National course on “Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy” 7 & 8 Jan. 2005, Bombay. Received award for “Outstanding Contributions in Gastroenterology in India”.
• Indian Society of Gastroenterology – Cochin Gut Club; Workshop on optimizing management strategies in Chronic Hepatitis – 7 & 8 May 2005, Cochin.
• CME Programme in Gastroenterology IMA Cochin, 2005.
• World Brain Awareness Week, CUSAT, Cochin 2005.
• Midterm Single Theme Conference, INASL – Renal involvement in Liver Disease 3 & 4 December 2005, New Delhi.
• Teaching faculty at 7th International Convention on Endoscopy & Laparoscopy 13 –15 August 2005, Bombay.
• International Conference on Biotechnology & Neurosciences : Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) 2004.
• International workshop on Esophageal cancer 12-14 March 2004. Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin.
• EASL Annual Conference 2004 at Geneva.
• ISGCON 2003; 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Madras, 2003.
• Laparo-SMG 2000 Conference on Minimally Invasive Surgery 8-12 November 2002, Coimbatore.
• Gastro CME 2002, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad.
• ENDOEXCEL 2002; National Endoscopy workshop, Coimbatore 2002.
• Second Annual meeting Indian Leptospiral Society (ILS) – 12 & 13 May 2001, Cochin.
• Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Doha, Qatar 14 Jan. 2001.
• IMA, Doha, Qatar 15 Jan. 2001.
• Midterm Conference of ISG Tamil Nadu Chapter, 29th April 2001 Madurai.
• Biliary Pancreatic Diseases - An Interdisciplinary Approach 22- 24 June 2001, Bombay.
• Endoscopy workshop Dec. 16, 2000, VSM Hospital, Mavelikara.
• Talk on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Rotary Club of Ernakulam, 2000.
• Pancreatobiliary Society of Jaipur Endoscopy (ERCP) Workshop 2000.
• Pancreatic Diseases: Controversies & Challenges 8 – 10 October 1999, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• ENDOS-THERAPY : National Conference on Therapeutic Endoscopy 10 – 11 July 1999, Coimbatore.
• Talk on Gastroenterology – Rotary Club of Vaikom, 1998.
• Asian Consensus Meeting on Chronic Hepatitis, 7 Sept. 1995, Singapore.
• ISGCON 35th Annual Conference Varanasi, 1994 (Received Olympus Mitra Endoscopy Award).
• Annual conference of Indian Endoscopic Society, Madras 1993. (Received Endoscopic Excellence Award)
• Invited for Lecture on “Pancreatitis in India” Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman 1992.
• International Conference on Gastroenterology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 1994.
• National Conference on “Advances in Nuclear Medicine” 2-3 Oct. 1991, Cochin.
• IMA Muvattupuzha: Honored for being past President (1989-90)
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences: update in Gastroenterology 1988. New Delhi.

Original Research Publications in Indexed Medical Journals:

• Jose L, Joseph KM, Thomas M, Augustine P, Disseminated Histoplasmosis - a case report. Indian J. Pathol Microbial 1980; 23 (3): 228-30B
• Dilawari JB, Philip A, Rao PN, Malik AK, Yadav K, Mitra SK, Pathak IC: Colonoscopic polypectomy in children. Indian J. Paediatr 1981, 48 : 773-6
• Broor SL, Shrestha GP, Mukhewar SV, Augustine P, Mehta SK, Sharma BK : Duodenal Ulcer : Maintenance treatment with cimetidine. Indian J. Gastroenterol. 1983, 2: 81-2.
• Venkateswarlu K, Augustine P, Katariya S, Broor SL, Malik AK, Mehta S: Idopathic ulcerative colitis; Indian Pediatr. 1985, 22(2):161-3
• Dilawari JB, Kaur U, Narayanan VA, P Augustine, Das J, Ali H, Bambrey P : Pattern of Upper Gastrointestinal haemorrhage in Northern India - an endoscopic study of 316 patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1987, 2: 443-49
• Thomas PG, Augustine P: Pancreatic Cancer in Siblings with Tropical Pancreatitis Indian J. Gastroenterol. 1987; 6 (3) : 185-6
• P Augustine, PG Thomas, PJ Sathianathan: Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis (oriental cholangiopathy) in Kerala (abstr.) J. Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1988, 3 : 515
• PG Thomas, P Augustine: Surgery in Tropical Pancreatitis. Br. J. Surg. 1988, 75 (2) : 161-4
• Philip Augustine, PC Joseph : Sclerotherapy for esophagal varices and pregnancy (letter) Gastrointest Endoscopy 1989, 35 (5) : 467-8
• Parwar V, Chaturvedi PK, Raju RVS, Augustine P, Tandon RK : Biophysical, Biochemical and Morphological comparative study on bile duct stones or North and South Indian origin (abstr.) Indian J. Gastroenterol. 1989, 8 (suppl) 48.
• PG Thomas, H Ramesh, P Augustine : Surgical problems in recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (abstr.) Indian J. Gastroenterol 1989, 8 (suppl) A15.
• PG Thomas, P Augustine, H Ramesh, N Rangabashyam : Observations and Surgical Management of Tropical Pancreatitis in Kerala and Southern India. World J. Surg 1990, 14 (1) : 32-42.
• Augustine P : Endoscopic sphinceterotomy in a patient with situs inversus and biliary obstruction. Indian J. Gastroenterol 1990, 4 (suppl) 13.
• Augustine P, Laugier R, Dupuy P, Mathew S, Jose J : Studies on pure pancreatic juice after secretin-cerulein stimulation in patients with tropical pancreatitis and controls (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1990, 4 (suppl) K9.
• Varghese CJ, Augustine P, Ramesh H : Malignant Biliary Obstruction : A 5 year experience (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1990, 4 (suppl) N2.
• Augustine P, Koshy A, Jose J : Anti - HCV in HbsAg negative cirrhosis in Kerala. (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1991, 4 (suppl) A61.
• Koshy A, Sebastian A, Jose J, Raphael M, Augustine P : Rifampicin for cholestasis in acute non-A, non-B hepatitis (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1991, 4 (suppl) A64
• Augustine P, Koshy A, Jose A, Raphel M, Thomas CP : Triple drug therapy for duodenal uncer (DU) (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1991, 4 (suppl) A12
• Koshy A, Jose J, Raphael M, Augustine P : Prospective randomised cross over trial of impramine and trifluperazine for irritable bowel syndrome (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1991, 4 (suppl) A44.
• Augustine P, Jose J : Percutaneous Pancreatography in Tropical Pancreatitis (letter). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1991, 10 (3) : 114.
• Ramesh H, Augustine P : Surgery in Tropical Pancreatitis; analysis of risk factors. Brit. J. Surgery 1992, 79 (6) : 544-9.
• Augustine P, Ramesh H : Is Tropical Pancreatitis premalignant? Am. J. Gastroenterol 1992, 87 (8) : 1005-1008.
• Philip M, Augustine P, Thomas CP : ERCP in Tropical Pancreatitis (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1993, 12 (suppl) Z12.
• Sarles H, Augustine P, Laugier R, Mathew S, Dupuy P : Pancreatic Lesions and modifications of Pancreatic juice in Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis (Tropical Calcific Diabetes). Dig. Dis. Sciences 1994, 39 : 1337-44.
• Augustine P, Philip M, Thomac CP, Raphael M : Transjugular Liver Biopsy (abstr). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1994, 13 (suppl) A80.
• Augustine P, Philip M, Raphael M, Zacharia P : Endoscopic Cysto-Gastrostomy in Pancreatic Cysts (abstr.). Indian J. Gastroenterol 1994, 13 (suppl) A112.
• Tharakan A, Venkitakrishnan L, Francis, Ramesh GN, Philip M, Augustine P: Percutaneous ethanol injection in hepatocellular carcinoma. Indian J. Gastroenterol 1995, V.14 (Suppl.)
• Francis J, Venkitakrishnan L, Tharakan A, Ramesh GN, Philip M, Augustine P: Endoscopic Tumor Necrolysis (ETN) with absolute alcohol as palliation in esophagogastric Malignancies; Indian J. Gastroenterol 1995, V.14 (Suppl.)
• Tharakan A, Venkitakrishnan L, Francis J, Ramesh GN, M. Philip, Augustine P: Crohn’s disease Analysis of 26 patients: Indian J. Gastroenterol 1996, V.14 (Suppl.)
• Tharakan A, Mukkada R, Francis J, Ramesh GN, Philip M, Philip T, Augustine P: Laser therapy in solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: Indian J. Gastroenterol 1996, V.15 (Suppl.)
• Tharakan A, Francis J, Ramesh GN, Philip M, Mukkada R, Philip T, Augustine P: Comparative study of laser Vs Alcohol luminisation in obstructing esophageal cancers: Indian J. Gastroenterol 1996, V.15 (Suppl.)
• Augustine P, Tharakan A: Treatment of peptic ulcer disease in the Helicobacter Pylori era; Indian J Gastroenterol 2000;19 Suppl 1:S20-4
• Tharakan A, Augustine P: Diagnostic Approaches in Chronic Pancreatitis. Asian Journal of Surgery 2001;24:93-102
• Kumar SB, Mathew KT, Raveendranath U, Augustine P: J Microw Power Electromagn Energy 2001; 36(2):67-75
• Varma D, Prakash K, Augustine P, Mahadevan P, Ramesh H: Brunner’s gland adenoma with circumferential duodenal involvement. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2001; 20(6):243-4
• Prakash K, RameshH, Jacob G, Venugopal A, Lekha V, Varma D, Ramesh GN, Augustine P: Multidisciplinary approach in the long-term management of intrahepatic stones: Indian experience. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2004; 23(6):209-13
• R J Mukkada, A P Chettupuzha, V J Francis, P G Mathew, S P Chirayath, Abraham Koshy, Philip Augustine: Endoscopic removal of chicken bone that caused gastric perforation and liver abscess. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2007;26:246-47

Contribution to book chapters:

• Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: ECAB Clinical Update: Gastroenterology/ Hepatology, Volume 1, Issue 3: 2008 (Editor)
• Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: ECAB Clinical Update: Gastroenterology/ Hepatology, Volume 1, Issue 2: 2008
• Chronic Pancreatitis : API Text book of Medicine 6th Edition, 1999 : Pages 609 – 611. Editor G.S. Sainani

Specialists Training in:

• Ultrasonography: Wisconsin Medical College, Milwaukee, U.S.A (1984)
• Advanced ERCP from: Wisconsin Medical College, Milwaukee, U.S.A (1984) Eppendorf University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany (1987)
• Laser Endoscopy: Ulm University, Germany (1992)
• Interventional Hepatology: Hospital Boujohn Clichy, France (1990)
• Pancreatitis Research: University of Mascilles, France (1987)

Other GE Centres visited on invitation:

University of Lubec, Germany Inselpital, Bern, Switzerland National University Hospital, Singapore Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.

Nature of work :

• Gastroenterologist of national and international repute. Pioneer in therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy in India. Imparted hands-on ERCP training for over 30 gastroenterologists from India, Middle East, UK and USA.
• Started the first private sector Gastroenterology unit in Kerala at Deva Matha Hospital, Koothattukulam in 1983.
• Organised the best-known gastroenterology team in the country. Established the reputed Digestive Diseases Centre in PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin in 1992. This centre was approved for postgraduate training in Gastroenterology by the National Board of Examinations till I left the institution in 2003.
• Organised the Deva Matha Medical Research Foundation which conducted a detailed epidemiological survey of diabetes and pancreatitis in Kerala.
• Chief Promoter and Managing Director of Lakeshore Hospital & Research Centre Ltd., Cochin, commissioned in January 2003, the most prestigious corporate hospital in Kerala. Also Managing Trustee of the Lakeshore Medical Research Foundation. This Foundation runs the Lakeshore Medical Library which caters to the staff of Lakeshore Hospital especially postgraduates.
• Chief Patron, Guardian Care Charitable Trust, a registered society which provides financial assistance for medical treatment for poor patients.
• Established the Digestive Diseases Centre (Gastroenterology Department) at Lakeshore Hospital in 2003. This centre has grown to be a centre for Postgraduate training in Gastroenterology (Dip NB) also imparts advanced therapeutic ERCP training to overseas Gastroenterologists including GE fellows from USA. The centre has the distinction to be the first to successfully perform living donor liver transplant in Kerala. This is one of the leading comprehensive centres of Gastroenterology in the country incorporating allied departments of Hepatology, GI Surgery, GI Radiology, GI Pathology and GI Oncology. Lakeshore Gastroenterology Centre has been rated as top ten Gastroenterology Units in the country by the Week Magazine for two successive years.
• Lakeshore Hospital attracts several overseas patients from countries from the Middle East, Africa, UK, Europe and the USA and is active in Medical Tourism.
• I was also the Chairman of the Healthcare Subcommittee of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Kerala State Council. In this capacity I organized two international Conferences & Exhibition “Kerala Health Tourism 2006 & 2007” in close liaison with the Government of Kerala through its Department of Tourism. These conferences have created great awareness about the potential of “Medical Tourism’ in Kerala and India at large.
• On 18th June, 2016, took over the management of a reputed hospital viz. PVS Memorial Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kochi, under the auspice of Philip Augustine Associates Pvt. Ltd. and is currently working as CEO & Chairman – Medical Services. It is in the process of expanding from its well known Gastroenterology and Neonatology units to a multi disciplinary apex centre adding various specialty departments, a process which is expected to be complete by the end of 2016. It is in the process of setting up an exemplary multi organ transplant centre in Kerala. Also, planning to set up a research centre for the study of liver diseases pertaining to the state of Kerala.