Dr. Susmitha Susan Mammen

Qualifications & Education:

• Fellowship in Solid Organ Transplant Anaesthesia – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
• MD (Anaesthesiology) – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala
• MBBS – MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery, Kerala

Areas of Expertise:

• Peri-operative management for Liver and Multi-Organ Transplantation
• Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care
• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring and Organ Support
• Regional and General Anaesthesia Techniques
• Critical Care Management in Post-Transplant and High-Risk Surgical Patients
• Anaesthesia for Neuro, Hepatobiliary, and Gastrointestinal Surgeries

Clinical Interests:

• Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine in Liver Transplantation
• Transplant Critical Care and Organ Protection Strategies
• Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management
• Research in Peri-operative Optimization and Postoperative Recovery

Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Peri-Operative Physician, GI Sciences & Liver Transplantation, KIMS Hospitals, Mahadevapura
• Senior Registrar – Department of Liver Anaesthesiology, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
  • Involved in the peri-operative management of living and deceased donor liver transplants
  • Experienced in transplant anaesthesia, invasive monitoring, and critical care
• Senior Resident – Department of Anaesthesiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
  • Provided anaesthesia for liver, renal, and complex GI surgeries
  • Assisted in solid organ transplant cases and peri-operative intensive care
• Junior Resident – Department of General Surgery, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery

Research & Publications:

• A Case of Positional Alopecia Following Prolonged Surgery – Indian Anaesth Forum (2022)
• Double Trouble: Live Fetus and Malignancy – Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care (2024)

Ongoing Research:

• Comparison of the Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Scalp Block and Local Infiltration to Blunt the Hemodynamic Response to Skull Pin Placement during Craniotomy Surgeries
• Is Frailty Associated with Poorer Outcomes in LDLT? – Experience from a South Indian Tertiary Care Centre

Skills:

• General Anaesthesia and Regional Anaesthesia
• Transplant Anaesthesia and Invasive Monitoring
• Critical Care and Postoperative Organ Support
• Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and Airway Management

Languages Known:

English, Malayalam, and Hindi