Dr. H. K. Tejaswini Gowda

Qualifications & Education:

• LTSI Fellowship in Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care – Global Hospitals, Mumbai
• European Diploma in Anaesthesia and Critical Care – Part 1
• DNB (Anaesthesiology) – National Board of Examinations
• MD (Anaesthesiology) – KLE Academy of Higher Education, Belgaum
• MBBS – KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore

Areas of Expertise:

• Peri-operative management for Liver and Multi-Organ Transplantation
• Anaesthesia for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Gastrointestinal surgeries
• Transplant Critical Care and Post-Operative Management
• Advanced Airway Management and Invasive Monitoring
• Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management
• Anaesthesia for high-risk hepatobiliary and colorectal procedures

Clinical Interests:

• Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Transplant Critical Care
• Peri-operative Optimisation in Liver Failure and ACLF
• Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia Techniques
• Neuroanaesthesia and Acute Pain Management
• Research and training in Liver Transplant Anaesthesia

Professional Experience:

• Associate Consultant – Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
  • Independent anaesthetic management for living and deceased donor liver transplants
  • Peri-operative care of acute and chronic liver failure and post-transplant patients in transplant ICU
  • Multidisciplinary coordination with hepatology, surgery, and critical care teams
  • Involvement in protocol development and academic training
• LTSI Fellow – Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Global Hospitals, Mumbai
  • Hands-on experience in anaesthesia for liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation
  • Training in transplant ICU and peri-operative critical care management
• Observer – Liver Transplant Anaesthesia, Rela Hospital, Chennai
• Anaesthesiologist – Department of Anaesthesiology, Apollo Hospitals, Sheshadripuram, Bengaluru
  • Provided anaesthesia for hepatobiliary, colorectal, and transplant surgeries
  • Managed regional anaesthesia, endoscopic, and laparoscopic procedures
• Registrar – Intensive Care Unit, Fortis Hospitals, Cunningham Road, Bengaluru
  • Managed patients in cardiac, medical, and COVID critical care units

Conferences & Presentations:

• Presented at Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) Annual Conference, Hyderabad
  • Intraoperative Acute Portal Hypertension Manifesting with Severe Hyperfibrinolysis and Hemodynamic Instability Post TIPSS Ligation in the Anhepatic Phase
  • Anaesthetic Management in a Case of Severe Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
• Attended LTSI Annual Conference, Gurgaon – academic sessions and workshops on liver transplant anaesthesia and critical care

Areas of Special Interest:

• Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Anaesthesia
• Transplant Critical Care and Peri-operative Optimisation
• Neuroanaesthesia and Pain Management
• Labour Analgesia and Regional Anaesthesia Techniques

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Hindi, and Tamil