Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)
Titles
- Consultant General and HPB Surgeon
- Clinical Director, General Surgery
- Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Procedures
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic & open pancreas surgery for benign and malignant pathologies
- Laparoscopic & open liver surgery for benign and malignant pathologies
- Bile duct injury repair
- Complex gallstone disease management
Most common conditions seen
- Simple and complex gallstones
- Acute pancreatitis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreas cysts
- Liver primary and secondary tumours
- Liver cysts
- Liver mass
Most common symptoms seen
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal mass
- Obstructive jaundice
- Unexplained weight loss
Background
He was appointed consultant surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in 2002. Subsequently he moved to Edinburgh, his current location of NHS practice, in 2007. He is married with 2 children and is fluent in Tamil and English.
Training
He joined Madras Medical College in 1982 and qualified in 1988 after completing one year of internship at the attached Government General Hospital in Chennai. He worked in JIPMER, Pondicherry for a year before returning to Stanley Medical College in Chennai for his higher degree in General Surgery (MS General Surgery). After completing his degree, he relocated to the UK and undertook higher surgical training in the North of Scotland.
Clinical interests and areas of expertise
He is a general and HPB surgeon with special interests in diseases of the liver (benign and malignant), pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts.
Research interests
His main research interest is clinical research involving quality improvement, emergency surgical care and stream lining patient pathways.
Qualifications
- MBBS
- MS (Gen Surg)
- FRCSEd (Surg in Gen)
- FRCSEd (Gen Surg)
GMC Number: 4342010
Date of Registration: 1996
Memberships
- Association of Surgeons of GB & Ireland
- Association of Upper GI Surgeons
- Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of GB & Ireland
- Pancreatic Society of GB & Ireland
- International HPB Association & Americas HPB Association
Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)
Titles
- Consultant General and HPB Surgeon
- Clinical Director, General Surgery
- Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Procedures
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic & open pancreas surgery for benign and malignant pathologies
- Laparoscopic & open liver surgery for benign and malignant pathologies
- Bile duct injury repair
- Complex gallstone disease management
Most common conditions seen
- Simple and complex gallstones
- Acute pancreatitis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreas cysts
- Liver primary and secondary tumours
- Liver cysts
- Liver mass
Most common symptoms seen
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal mass
- Obstructive jaundice
- Unexplained weight loss
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