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Dr Suresh Raghavaiah
MS, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery (Paris) ASTS Multi Organ Transplant Fellowship - Mayo Clinic, USA Post Doc (Transplant Immunology) & ASTS Multi Organ Transplant Fellowship - Mayo Clinic, USA
Sr. Consultant, HPB Surgery and Multi Organ Transplantation, Special experience in Pancreatic Transplantation
Dr Suresh completed his General Surgical training from St John's Medical College and Hospital. He then proceeded to pursue a minimally invasive Hepato-biliary surgical fellowship at L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, under the guidance of Prof Brice Gayet, who is the pioneer of laparoscopy in liver surgeries.
His interest in transplant immunology led him to a two-year post-doctoral basic science research fellowship at the prestigious MAYO Clinic, Rochester, USA. Where he specialised in dealing with patients with pre-formed antibodies against their donors. During his research he was selected for the clinical multi organ transplant fellowship at Mayo clinic itself.
His training included all facets of transplantation including pre- operative assessment and management of patients with organ failure, living and deceased donor Liver and Kidney Transplantation, deceased donor Pancreas transplantation and also the donor operations. Given his research background in antibody production, Dr Suresh specialised in transplantation of patients with antibodies against their donors, including blood group incompatible and positive crossmatch transplantation. He has numerous international presentations and publications to his credit in this field.
His surgical interests include Liver, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation, surgeries for Liver and Pancreatic Cancer (both open and laparoscopic), surgeries for cancer of the bile duct and correction surgeries of bile duct injuries. His team is credited with having performed the most number of Pancreas Transplant surgeries in Karnataka.