Dr. Kavinandan G

Qualifications & Education:

• Fellowship in HPB and Transplant Anaesthesia – Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
• Fellowship in Liver Critical Care – Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
• MD (Anaesthesiology) – SDM College of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Dharwad
• MBBS – Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore

Areas of Expertise:

• Peri-operative management for Liver and Multi-Organ Transplantation
• Anaesthesia for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Gastrointestinal Surgeries
• Liver and Transplant Critical Care
• Advanced Airway Management and Fibreoptic Intubation
• Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia and Vascular Access
• Invasive Monitoring and Peri-operative Organ Support
• Post-Operative Pain and Critical Care Management

Clinical Interests:

• Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care
• Peri-operative Optimization in Acute and Chronic Liver Disease
• Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
• Haemodynamic and Organ Function Monitoring in Transplantation
• Clinical Research in Transplant Outcomes and Critical Care

Professional Experience:

• Associate Consultant – Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
  • Responsible for peri-operative and critical care management of HPB and liver transplant patients
  • Involved in multidisciplinary transplant care and post-operative recovery
• Fellow – HPB and Transplant Anaesthesia, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
  • Anaesthesia for adult and paediatric liver, kidney, and combined organ transplants
  • Managed intraoperative hemodynamics and postoperative transplant ICU care
• Fellow – Liver Critical Care, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
  • Critical care management of acute and chronic liver disease patients
  • Trained in advanced ventilatory, renal replacement, and hemodynamic support modalities
• Postgraduate – Department of Anaesthesiology, SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad
  • Trained in anaesthesia for multiple surgical specialties including renal transplant
  • Hands-on experience in intensive care and brain-dead donor management
• Junior Resident – Emergency and Trauma Care, Fortis Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru
  • Managed medical and surgical emergencies, poisoning, and trauma care
• Junior Resident – Department of Neurosurgery, PK Das Institute of Medical Sciences, Palakkad, Kerala

Procedural Skills:

• Difficult Airway Management and Fibreoptic Intubation
• Arterial and Central Venous Cannulation
• Ultrasound-Guided Regional Blocks and Vascular Access
• Tracheostomy and Needle Thoracocentesis
• Peri-operative Echocardiography
• Epidural, Spinal, and Caudal Blocks
• Postoperative Pain Management and Transport of Critically Ill Patients

Research & Publications:

• Renal Resistive Index as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Living Donor Liver Transplantation – A Prospective Observational Study, Journal of Liver Transplantation (2025)
• A Prospective Comparative Single Blinded Observational Study of Preoperative Airway Assessment Techniques by Upper Lip Bite Test and Modified Mallampati Score, EJCM (2023)

Conferences & Presentations:

• Poster Presentation – International Liver Transplant Society Annual Congress (ILTS 2024), Houston, USA
• First Prize – Poster Presentation, International Liver Symposium & LTSI Conference 2024, Gurugram
  • “Renal Resistive Index as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Living Donor Liver Transplantation”
• Oral Paper Presentation – 6th World Congress of iLDLT & LTSI Conference 2023, Jaipur
  • “Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Score in Predicting Post-Transplant Outcomes”
• Paper Presentation – ISACON 2021, Ahmedabad
  • “Comparison of Airway Assessment Techniques by Upper Lip Bite Test and Modified Mallampati Score”

Professional Memberships:

• International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS)
• Liver Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society of India (LITRACSI)
• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Karnataka Medical Council

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu