Our Faculty

• Founder President of Associations of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala. ( 2005 – 2012)
• Executive Committee Member: Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterologist. (2010 – 2012)
• Executive Committee Member: Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India. (2011- 2013)
• Treasurer Indian Associations of Pancreas. (2011 – 2012)

Research and Audit:

• Principal investigator, MASCOT study, Cefoperazone/sulbactam for treatment of intra-abdominal infections: results from a prospective, randomized, parallel group study in India.
• Co investigator for the multinational trial- Randomised double blind study of Tigecycline versus Imipenem cilastatin for intraabdominal abcess.-Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
• Co-investigator for a multinational multicentre randomized double blind study comparing the efficacy and safety of AVE 2056 with enoxaparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
• Co Investigator for prospective multicentre double blind, randomized comparative study to establish the safety, tolerability and efficacy of NXL 104/ceftazidime plus metronidazole vs meropenem in the treatment of complicated intra abdominal infections in hospitalized adults.
• Co- investigator for a phase III, double blind, randomized parallel group placebo controlled study of the intravenous prokinetic agent in the treatment of post operative ileus(POI).
• Principal investigator for a randomized study to assess the efficacy and safety of the anticancer agent as an adjunctive therapy to systemic chemotherapy and concurrent external beam radiation prior to surgery in subjects with localized or loco-regional esophageal cancer.
• Co-investigator for a multicenter randomized, double blind placebo controlled study to assess efficacy and safety of prokinetic agent for post operative ilius for subjects undergoing mjor open abdominal surgery.
• Co investigator for a phase III double blind, randomized study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BAL 8557 Vs a caspofungin followed by voriconazole regimen in the treatment of Candidemia nd other invasive candida infections.
• Co investigator for a protocol TAR-ORI-SD001 titled Nuvocid (oritavancin) at single or infrequent doses for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (SIMPLIFI).

• Life member in Indian Medical Association.
• Life member in Association of Surgeons of India.
• Life member Indian Association of Minimal Access Surgeon.
• Life member Indian Association of Gastroenterology.
• Life Member Obesity Surgery Society of India.
• Life member – Indian Chapter of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
• Life member – Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.