Consultant – Peri-Operative Physician, GI Sciences & Liver Transplantation
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
