MBBS from St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru (2007)
MS General Surgery from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru (2012)
MCh Paediatric Surgery from Christian Medical College, Vellore (2016)
DNB Paediatric Surgery (2018)
MRCS Edinburgh (2019)
Fellowship in HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, Max Super specialty hospital, Saket, New Delhi (2021)
ASTS Abdominal transplant fellowship (liver/kidney/pancreas) from Methodist Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (2025)
Work experience
Assistant Professor in General Surgery at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka (2012-13)
Assistant Professor in Paediatric Surgery at Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (2017-20)
Associate Consultant in HPB and liver transplant surgery at Max Super specialty hospital, Saket, New Delhi (2021-23)
Areas of Expertise
Living and deceased (cadaver) donor Liver/Kidney/Pancreas Transplant
Paediatric Liver/Kidney/Pancreas Transplant and HPB surgery
ABO Incompatible Liver Transplant
Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant
Complex Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery (Adult and Paediatric including cancer surgery)
Pediatric/Neonatal Urology, Oncology, GI, Thoracic and Minimal Access Surgery
Memberships
Life Member of the Indian association of Paediatric Surgeons (IAPS)
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
American Society of Transplantation (AST)
Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI)
Member of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (MRCSEd)
International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA)
Awards
Awarded best paper for paper titled “Maternal Health Entitlements under Janani Suraksha Yojana in selected villages of Kollegal Taluk” at 53rd National Conference of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) held at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bangalore in January 2009.
Was awarded “The Martha Mary Pinto Prize” for securing highest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the final MBBS exam held by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in 2007.
Winner of State Level Surgical Quiz for the year 2011 held at BMCRI and hosted by Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Karnataka state chapter (KSC).
Winner of National Level Surgical Quiz for year 2011 at ASICON 2011, 71st annual conference and Live Operative Workshop conducted by Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) at Kochi in December 2011.
Winner of the TPPS – Annamalai Gold Medal for best paper for MCh Pediatric Surgeon at TPPSCON 2016, the 15th annual conference of the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Chapter of the Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons held at Madurai on 16th July 2016 for the paper titled “Testicular volume in a cohort of prepubertal Indian children”.
