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Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan

Associate Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, School of Medicine, Kochi

Qualification: DNB, MBBS, MS
dineshb@aims.amrita.edu

Bio Publications Qualification Area of Expertise Experience Research Recognitions
Bio

Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan is a highly skilled gastrointestinal surgeon currently serving at Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi. He obtained his MBBS from Medical College Calicut in 1996 and completed his MS in General Surgery from Medical College Kottayam in 2001. Following his post-graduation, he gained extensive experience working as a lecturer at Kottayam Medical College before joining the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Amrita in 2002. With a passion for surgical excellence, Dr. Dinesh specialized further through the Dip NB programme in GI surgery and later pursued a senior clinical fellowship in Transplant Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He gained valuable expertise in organ retrieval, implantation, and multivisceral transplants. He is an active contributor to the solid organ transplant program at Amrita School of Medicine and is involved in various public health awareness initiatives, particularly around organ donation.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2019

Dengue virus transmission from live donor liver graft.

Cite this Research Publication : J. Shaji Mathew, Menon, V. P., Menon, V. P., Mallick, S., Amma, B. Sivasankar, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, U., Ramachandran Narayana Menon, Athira, P. P., Jagan, O. A., and Surendran, S., “Dengue virus transmission from live donor liver graft.”, Am J Transplant, 2019.

Publisher : Am J Transplant

Year : 2019

Antegrade Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Perfusion Versus Portal Vein Perfusion Alone in live Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial

Cite this Research Publication : J. Shaji Mathew, Kumar, K. Y. Santosh, Nair, K., Amma, B. Sivasankar, Krishnakumar, L., Dinesh Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, U., Ramachandran Narayana Menon, Sunny, A., Dhar, P., Vayoth, S. Othiyil, and Surendran, S., “Antegrade Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Perfusion Versus Portal Vein Perfusion Alone in live Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial”, Liver Transpl, 2019.

Publisher : Liver Transpl

Year : 2018

Randomized trial on extended versus modified right lobe grafts in living donor liver transplantation.

Cite this Research Publication : C. Titus Varghese, Bharathan, V. Kumar, Gopalakrishnan, U., Dinesh Balakrishnan, Menon, R. N., Sudheer, O. Vayoth, Dhar, P., and Sudhindran, S., “Randomized trial on extended versus modified right lobe grafts in living donor liver transplantation.”, Liver Transpl, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 888-896, 2018.

Publisher : Liver Transpl

Year : 2018

Biliary complications among live donors following live donor liver transplantation.

Cite this Research Publication : J. Shaji Mathew, Manikandan, K., Kumar, K. Y. Santosh, Binoj, S. T., Dinesh Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, U., Menon, R. Narayana, Dhar, P., Sudheer, O. V., Aneesh, S., and Sudhindran, S., “Biliary complications among live donors following live donor liver transplantation.”, Surgeon, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 214-219, 2018.

Publisher : Surgeon

Year : 2017

Quality of life of liver donors following donor hepatectomy.

Cite this Research Publication : B. Chandran, Bharathan, V. Kumar, Mathew, J. Shaji, Amma, B. Sivasankar, Gopalakrishnan, U., Dinesh Balakrishnan, Ramachandran Narayana Menon, Dhar, P., Vayoth, S. Othiyil, and Surendran, S., “Quality of life of liver donors following donor hepatectomy.”, Indian J Gastroenterol, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 92-98, 2017.

Publisher : Indian J Gastroenterol

Year : 2017

Is Portal Venous Pressure or Porto-systemic Gradient Really A Harbinger of Poor Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation?

Cite this Research Publication : A. Vijay Kanetkar, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Sudhindran, S., Dhar, P., Gopalakrishnan, U., Menon, R., and Sudheer, O. Vayoth, “Is Portal Venous Pressure or Porto-systemic Gradient Really A Harbinger of Poor Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation?”, J Clin Exp Hepatol, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 235-246, 2017.

Publisher : J Clin Exp Hepatol

Year : 2017

A New Score to Predict Recipient Mortality from Preoperative Donor and Recipient Characteristics in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (DORMAT Score).

Cite this Research Publication : R. Babu, Sethi, P., Surendran, S., Dhar, P., Gopalakrishnan, U., Dinesh Balakrishnan, Ramachandran Narayana Menon, Thankamonyamma, B. Sivasankar, Vayoth, S. Othiyil, and Thillai, M., “A New Score to Predict Recipient Mortality from Preoperative Donor and Recipient Characteristics in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (DORMAT Score).”, Ann Transplant, vol. 22, pp. 499-506, 2017.

Publisher : Ann Transplant

Year : 2017

Intraductal Transanastomotic Stenting in Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial.

Cite this Research Publication : K. Y. Santosh Kumar, Mathew, J. Shaji, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Bharathan, V. Kumar, Amma, B. Sivasankar, Gopalakrishnan, U., Menon, R. Narayana, Dhar, P., Vayoth, S. Othiyil, and Sudhindran, S., “Intraductal Transanastomotic Stenting in Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial.”, J Am Coll Surg, vol. 225, no. 6, pp. 747-754, 2017.

Publisher : J Am Coll Surg

Year : 2017

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for post-transplant hypoxaemia following very severe hepatopulmonary syndrome.

Cite this Research Publication : L. Kumar, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Varghese, R., and Surendran, S., “Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for post-transplant hypoxaemia following very severe hepatopulmonary syndrome.”, BMJ Case Rep, vol. 2017, 2017.

Publisher : BMJ Case Rep

Year : 2017

A Comparative Study of Once Daily Versus Twice Daily Tacrolimus in Liver Transplantation

Cite this Research Publication : S. Stephen, Markkassery, R., Sainudheen, B. Edathuruth, Merin Babu, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Sudhindran, S., and Padma, U. Devi, “A Comparative Study of Once Daily Versus Twice Daily Tacrolimus in Liver Transplantation”, Journal of Young Pharmacists, vol. 9, pp. 605-609, 2017.

Publisher : Journal of Young Pharmacists

Year : 2016

Fulminant zygomycosis of graft liver following liver transplantation.

Cite this Research Publication : P. Sethi, Balakrishnan, D., Surendran, S., and Mohamed, Z. Umer, “Fulminant zygomycosis of graft liver following liver transplantation.”, BMJ Case Rep, vol. 2016, 2016.

Publisher : BMJ Case Rep

Qualification
  • MBBS, Medical College Calicut (1996)
  • MS (General Surgery), Medical College Kottayam (2001)
  • DNB (General Surgery)
  • Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Solid Organ Transplant Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Area of Expertise
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Organ Retrieval and Implantation
  • Multivisceral Transplantation
  • Public Health Awareness and Organ Donation Campaigns
Experience
  • Consultant Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi
  • Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Transplant Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge (2010)
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi
  • Co-Investigator, Multiple Global Multicentre Trials at Amrita School of Medicine (2003-2005)

Experience

  • Global Multicentre Antibiotic Trial- Prospective Randomised Double blind Trial from 2003 -2005, Amrita Hospital, Co investigator.
  • Global Prospective randomised Double blind phase 3 antifungal Trial – 2004 -2005, Amrita Hospital, Co investigator.
  • Multicentre Prospective randomised open Label trial of Cefaperazone sulbactum vs Ceftazidime-Amikacin-Metronidazole in serious intra abdominal infections. 2004-2005, Amrita Hospital. Co investigator
  • Neoadjuvant ChemoRT followed by surgery versus Neoadjuvant Chemo RT + Trial Drug Followed by surgery. Prospective Multi centre Randomised Control Trial, Co investigator.
Research

Presentations:

  • Presented a paper on Residual Thyroid after Total Thyroidectomy[a study of 19 cases], Associations of Surgeons of India, State Chapter.
  • Spectrum Of Post Cholecystectomy Biliary injuries at a digestive Disease Centre in Kerala- IHPBA conference , Hyderabad, India.
  • Crohns Disease – A surgical Perspective –Indian Association Of Surgical Gastroenterology 2004.
  • GIST Of an Institution – Prognostic Factors and Survival- IASG 2005.
  • Lower Limb Ischemia due to Non specific Vasculitis – VISICON 2005. [ National Conference].
  • Surgery For Aortic Aneurysm An Indian Perspective- 7th International Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery- Kuala Lumpur – 2006.
  • Invited lecture on How early is early how late is late in Liver Transplantation. At INASL national conference [ 2011].
  • Presented a paper on Liver transplant for Acute Liver Failure due to Rodenticide ingestion at ILTS – Sydney 2013.
  • Invited lecture on landmark Publications in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery – Technique at IHPBA Hyderabad 2015.
  • Invited lecture on How to deal with difficult bile ducts in Live Donor Liver Transplant at ASGKON 2015 .
  • Giant Fibro vascular Polyp Of Oesophagus –A case Report .Amrita Journal Of Medicine.
  • A rare case of Lower GI bleed. Klippel Trenauney syndrome. Amrita Journal Of Medicine.

Projects:

  • Neoadjuvant Chemo RT for Carcinoma Esophagus followed by Surgery, A prospective ongoing study with 3 years of Follow up.
  • Prospective follow up of Operated Cases of Gastrointestinal Stromal tumours from 1999 to 2010.A analysis of prognostic factors and survival of 55 cases was done in 2007.
Recognitions
  • Involved in the KNOS and National Service Society campaigns for public health awareness and organ donation
  • Conducted statewide public health awareness camps in Kerala

Membership in Scientific Bodies

  • Association Of Surgeons of India [ASI].
  • Indian Association Of Surgical Gastroenterology [IASG].
  • Member and Fellow, Minimal Access Surgeons of India.
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