PRASHANT BHANGUI

Compagnon depuis 2018

M.B.B.S, M.S (Surgery), Master in HPB Surgery (France)

European Inter-University Diploma in HPB Oncology

Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Centre Hepatobiliare, Hopital Paul Brousse

 

Senior Consultant Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon

Institute Of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine

Medanta-The Medicity

Gurgaon-Haryana

INDIA 122001

D.O.B.: November 18th 1977

Contact No.: (+91) 9871299733

E-mail: pbhangui@gmail.com

 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

 

* Master in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Henri Bismuth Hepatobiliary Institute, Villejuif, France (October 2009).

 

* European Inter University Diploma in Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Cancers: Oncosurgical Strategies, Universite Paris XI, Republique Francaise, France (July 2009).

 

* Master Of Surgery (M.S), Goa Medical College, Goa University (November 2004). Goa University Gold Medal

 

* Bachelor Of Medicine and Bachelor Of Surgery (M.B.B.S), Goa Medical College, Goa University (November 1999).

 

* Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination, Dhempe Higher Secondary,

Goa Board Of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (March 1995).

 

*Secondary School Certificate Examination, Peoples High School, Goa Board Of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (March 1993).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

* After completion of the M.B.B.S degree from Goa Medical College; worked

in the Department of Surgery, Goa Medical College as a Post Graduate Student

  (Junior Resident) for a total period of 3 years from December 2001 to December 2004.

 

* Senior Resident, Department Of Surgery and Department Of Trauma and Emergency

Services, Goa Medical College from January 2005 to December 2005.

 

* Senior Resident, Department of G.I.Surgery, G.B.Pant Hospital, New Delhi during the

year 2006.

 

* Senior Resident, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation,

Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi during the year 2007-2008.

 

* Masters Programme in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Henri Bismuth

Institute in Villejuif, France.

As a part of the Course, during the three traineeships worked at the following reputed

HPB Centres in France: under the guidance of Prof Daniel CHERQUI at

Hopital Henri Mondor in Creteil, under Prof Rene ADAM at Centre Hepatobiliaire,

Hopital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, under the guidance of Prof Laurence CHICHE at CHU

Cote de Nacre, Caen.

 

* “Fellow in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation” at Centre

Hepatobiliare, Hopital Paul Brousse 2010. Involved in clinical research and surgical

work during this period

 

* “Senior Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Fellow”, Institute Of Liver

Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta – The Medicity, Haryana,

Gurgaon, India (October 2010 to October 2011).

 

*“Associate Consultant”, Institute Of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine,

Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon-Haryana from October 2011 to October 2014

 

*“ Consultant”, Institute Of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine,

Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon-Haryana from October 2014 to October 2017

 

*“ Senior Consultant”, Institute Of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine,

Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon-Haryana from October 2017 till date

 

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS (ACADEMIC):

 

  • “Vanguard Award 2016” for Best Published Clinical Research Paper for the year 2015 – by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), at the 22nd Annual Congress of the ILTS, 2016 held in Seoul, South Korea

 

  • Conferred the “Dr. K.N. Udupa Memorial Lecture” for Outstanding Research Work in Organ Transplantation in India at the 27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT), Chandigarh, India, October 2016

 

  • Awarded the MERCK KGaA Germany, International Student Educational Grant further to Masters in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation for clinical research work in the field of colorectal liver metastases, January 2010.

 

  • Selected as a “Goa Scholar 2008-2009” by the Department of Higher Education, Government Of Goa, India July 2008 for excellence in academics and higher education

 

  • Awarded Jindal Jubilee Gold Medal and the Late Smt. Laxmibai Raghunath Shirodker Memorial Prize for standing first in the Master Of Surgery (M.S) examination of Goa University, 2004

 

  • Topped with Distinction in Microbiology and was awarded the Late Dr.Froilando de Melo prize for the year 1997-98 in Microbiology

 

  • Secured a Distinction in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

 

  • Declared Best All Round Student of Goa Medical College 2000-2001 and awarded the Late Dr.Francisco C.T. Dsilva Prize

 

  • Declared Best Student Of Goa for the year 1994-95 by the Rotary Club Of Panjim, Goa

 

  • Declared Best Student of the Year by Dhempe Higher Secondary, for the year 1994-95, Best Student of the Year by Peoples High School, Goa for the year 1992-93

 

  • Awarded National Merit Certificate in recognition of high position secured in the S.S.C.E under the National Scholarships Scheme.

 

MEMBERSHIPS/COMMITTEE POSTIONS:

 

  • International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) – Chair VANGUARD COMMITTEE 2018-2019, Member DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 2019-2022, Member EDUCATION COMMITTEE, 2020-2023
  • The Transplantation Society (TTS)
  • European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) and European Liver Transplant Association (ELITA)
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
  • International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
  • International Society of Liver Surgeons (ISLS)
  • International Living Donor Liver Transplant (ILDLT) Study Group
  • International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, Oncologists (IASGO)
  • Indian Society for Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
  • “Compagnon” de Compagnons Hepatobiliares since September 2018.

 

MEMBER OF CONSENSUS GROUPS :

 

  • ILTS 2019 Consensus Conference on Transplant Oncology, Rotterdam, January 2019
  • HCC Taskforce – INASL (Indian National Association for Study of the Liver)

 

 

JOURNAL REVIEWER PANEL

 

On the Reviewers Panel for various peer reviewed journals including Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Transplantation, Journal Of Hepatology, Transplant International, World Journal Of Surgery, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology among others.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

* Bhangui P, Allard MA, Vibert E, et al. Salvage Versus Primary Liver Transplantation for Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Do Both Strategies Yield Similar Outcomes? Ann Surg. 2016;264:155-63.—Awarded the Vanguard Award 2016 for Best Published Clinical Research Paper for the year 2015 by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS)

 

* Bhangui P, Lim C, Levesque E, Salloum C, Lahat E, Feray C, Azoulay D. Novel Classification of Nonmalignant Portal Vein Thrombosis: A guide to Surgical Decision Making during Liver Transplantation. J Hepatol. 2019 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Soin AS, Bhangui P, Kataria T, et al. Experience With LDLT in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis Postdownstaging [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 6]. Transplantation. 2020;10.1097

 

* Mehta N, Bhangui P, Yao FY, et al. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Working Group Report from the ILTS Transplant Oncology Consensus Conference [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 23]. Transplantation. 2020;10.1097

 

* Kumar A, Acharya SK, Singh SP, Bhangui P et al. 2019 Update of Indian National Association for Study of the Liver Consensus on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in India: The Puri II Recommendations. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020;10(1):43–80.

 

* Lai Q, Vitale A, Halazun K, Bhangui P et al. Identification of an Upper Limit of Tumor Burden for Downstaging in Candidates with Hepatocellular Cancer Waiting for Liver Transplantation: A West-East Collaborative Effort. Cancers (Basel). 2020;12(2):452.

 

* Chadha R, De Martin E, Kabacam G, Bhangui P et al. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 5]. Transplantation. 2020;10.1097

 

* Bhangui P, Saha S. The high-end range of biliary reconstruction in living donor liver transplant. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2019 Oct;24(5):623-630.

 

* Bhangui P, Sah J, Choudhary N, Gautam D, Gupta V, S T, Rastogi A, Piplani T, Saraf N, Saigal S, Soin A. Safe use of right lobe live donor livers with up to 20% macrovesicular steatosis without compromising donor safety and recipient outcome. Transplantation. 2019 Jun 25. [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Choudhary NS, Sonavane A, Saraf N, Bhangui P et al. Poor Performance Status Predicts Mortality After Living Donor Liver Transplantation. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020;10(1):37–42.

 

* Soin AS, Yadav SK, Saha SK, Bhangui P et al. Is Portal Inflow Modulation Always Necessary for Successful Utilization of Small Volume Living Donor Liver Grafts?. Liver Transpl. 2019;25(12):1811–1821.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Gautam D, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Thiagrajan S, Yadav SK, Mehrotra S, Rastogi V, Soin AS. Good outcome of living donor liver transplantation for severe alcoholic hepatitis not responding to medical management: A single center experience of 39 patients. Alcohol. 2019;77:27-30.

 

*Yadav SK, Saraf N, Choudhary NS, Saha JK, Saha SK, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Soin AS. Living donor Liver transplantation for Acute on chronic Liver failure. Liver Transpl. 2019;25:459-468.

 

* De Martin E, Hessheimer A, Chadha R, Kabacam G, Raganayagam J, Kirchner V, Kalisvaart M, Scalera I, Bhat M, Contreras A, Bhangui P. Report of the 24th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society. Transplantation. 2019;103:465-469.

 

* Goja S, Yadav SK, Yadav A, Piplani T, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Saigal S, Soin AS. Accuracy of preoperative CT liver volumetry in living donor hepatectomy and its clinical implications. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2018 Jun;7(3):167-174.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Thiagrajan S, Gautam D, Govil D, Vohra V, Soin AS. Outcome of Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Wilson’s Disease in Adults: A Single Center Experience. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2018 Jun;8(2):132-135.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Gautam D, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Soin AS. Efficacy And Safety of Sofosbuvir Based Regimens For Treatment of Hepatitis C Recurrence After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: An Experience From India. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2018 Jun;8(2):121-124.

 

* Yadav SK, Saigal S, Choudhary NS, Saha S, Sah JK, Saraf N, Kumar N, Goja S, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Soin AS. Cytomegalovirus infection in living donor liver transplant recipients significantly impacts the early post-transplant outcome: A single center experience. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;20(4):e12905.

 

* Bhangui P, Bhangui P, Gupta N, et al. Fast tracking in adult living donor liver transplantation: A case series of 15 patients. Indian J Anaesth. 2018 Feb;62(2):127-130.

 

* Lahat E, Lim C, Bhangui P, et al. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt as a bridge to non-hepatic surgery in cirrhotic patients with severe portal hypertension: a systematic review. HPB (Oxford). 2018 Feb;20(2):101-109.

 

* de Haas RJ, Lim C, Bhangui P, et al. Curative salvage liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: An intention-to-treat analysis. Hepatology. 2018 Jan;67(1):204-215.

 

* Gomez Gavara C, Bhangui P, Salloum C, et al. Ligation vs. No Ligation of Spontaneous Porto-Systemic Shunts during Liver Transplantation: Audit of a prospective series of 66 consecutive patients. Liver Transpl. 2018 Apr;24(4):505-515.

 

* Lim C, Shinkawa H, Hasegawa K, Bhangui P, et al. Salvage liver transplantation or repeat hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: An intent-to-treat analysis. Liver Transpl. 2017 Dec;23(12):1553-1563.

 

* Lim C, Bhangui P, Salloum C, et al. Impact of time to surgery in the outcome of patients with liver resection for BCLC 0-A stage hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2017 Oct 6 [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Azoulay D, Bhangui P, Pascal G, et al. The impact of expanded indications on short-term outcomes for resection of malignant tumours of the liver over a 30 year period. HPB (Oxford). 2017 Jul;19(7):638-648.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Saigal S, Gautam D, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Srinivasan T, Yadav SK, Soin A. Revisiting chronic rejection following living donor liver transplantation in the tacrolimus era: A single center experience. Clin Transplant. 2018 Feb;32(2).

 

* Mohan N, Karkra S, Rastogi A, Dhaliwal MS, Raghunathan V, Goyal D, Goja S, Bhangui P, Vohra V, Piplani T, Sharma V, Gautam D, Baijal SS, Soin AS. Outcome of 200 Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantations in India. Indian Pediatr. 2017 Nov 15;54(11):913-918.

 

* Yadav SK, Saraf N, Saigal S, Choudhary NS, Goja S, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Soin AS. High MELD score does not adversely affect outcome of living donor liver transplantation: Experience in 1000 recipients. Clin Transplant. 2017 Aug;31(8).

 

* Yadav SK, Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Saigal S, Goja S, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Soin AS.

Nutritional status using subjective global assessment independently predicts outcome of patients waiting for living donor liver transplant. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul;36(4):275-281.

 

* Soin AS, Goja S, Yadav SK, Tamang TY, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, Thiagrajan S, Raut V, Babu RY, Saigal S, Saraf N, Choudhary NS, Vohara V. (D+10) MELD as a novel predictor of patient and graft survival after adult to adult living donor liver transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2017 May;31(5).

 

* Duclos J, Bhangui P, Salloum C,et al. Ad Integrum Functional and Volumetric Recovery in Right Lobe Living Donors: Is It Really Complete 1 Year After Donor Hepatectomy? Am J Transplant. 2016;16:143-56.

 

* Azoulay D, Audureau E, Bhangui P, et al. Living or Brain-dead Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter, Western, Intent-to-treat Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2016 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Karam V, Sebagh M, Rifai K, Yilmaz F, Bhangui P, et al. Quality of life 10 years after liver transplantation: The impact of graft histology. J Transplant. 2016 Dec 24;6(4):703-711.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Bhangui P, et al. Good outcome of living donor liver transplantation in drug-induced acute liver failure: A single center experience Clin Transplant. 2017;31:3

 

* Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Saigal S, Duseja A, Gautam D, Lipi L, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Ramchandra SK, Babu YR, Soin AS. Prediction of nonalcoholic fatty liver in prospective liver donors. Clin Transplant. 2017 Apr;31(4).

 

* Choudhary NS, Puri R, Saigal S, Bhangui P, et al. Impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in prospective liver transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma and lymphadenopathy. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov;35(6):465-468.

 

* Pahari H, Chaudhary RJ, Thiagarajan S, Raut V, Babu R, Bhangui P, et al. Hepatic Venous and Inferior Vena Cava Morphology No Longer a Barrier to Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Surgical Techniques and Outcomes. Transplant Proc. 2016 Oct;48(8):2732-2737.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saigal S, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, et al. Good outcome of living donor liver transplantation in drug induced acute liver failure: a single centre experience. Clin Transplant. 2017 Jan 5. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12907. [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Saigal S, Duseja A, Gautam D, Lipi L, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, et al. Prediction of nonalcoholic fatty liver in prospective liver donors. Clin Transplant. 2016 Dec 17. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12890. [Epub ahead of print]

 

* Choudhary NS, Puri R, Saraf N, Kumar N, Saigal S, Kumar N, Rai R, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, et al. Intragastric balloon as a novel modality for weight loss in patients with cirrhosis and morbid obesity awaiting liver transplantation Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016;35:113-6.

 

* Saigal S, Choudhary NS, Yadav SK, Saraf N, Kumar N, Rai R, Mehrotra S, Rastogi V , Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, et al. Lower Relapse rates with good post-transplant outcome in alcoholic liver disease: Experience from a living donor liver transplant center.Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016;35:123-8.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Kumar N, Rai R, Saigal S, Gautam D, Lipi L, Rastogi A, Goja S, Bhangui P, Ramchandra SK, Soin AS. Nonalcoholic fatty liver is not associated with incident chronic kidney disease: a large histology-based comparison with healthy individuals. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;28:441-3.

 

* Soin A, Pahari H, Goja S, Bhangui P, Rastogi A. Targeting the Achilles’ heel of adult living donor liver transplant: Corner-sparing sutures with mucosal eversion technique of biliary anastomosis. Liver Transpl. 2016 Jun;22(6):862-3.

 

* Adam R, Bhangui P. Reply to letter. “Resection or Transplantation for Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Cirrhotic Liver: Does Size Define the Best Oncological Strategy?” Ann Surg 2015;261:e109-10.

 

* Lim C, Bhangui P, Salloum C, Azoulay D. Multivisceral Transplantation for diffuse portomesenteric thrombosis. Ann Surg 2015 Feb;261(2):e48  

 

* Bhangui P, Salloum C, Lim C, et al. Portal Vein Arterialization: a salvage procedure for a totally de-arterialized liver. The Paul Brousse Hospital Experience. HPB (Oxford). 2014;Aug;16(8):723-38.

 

* Saigal S, Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Gautam D, Lipi L, Rastogi A, Goja S, Menon PB, Bhangui P, Ramachandra SK, Soin AS. Genotype 3 and higher low-density lipoprotein levels are predictors of good response to treatment of recurrent hepatitis C following living donor liver transplantation.Indian J Gastroenterol. 2015;34:305-9.

 

* Choudhary NS, Saraf N, Saigal S, Gautam D, Lipi L, Rastogi A, Goja S, Menon PB, Bhangui P, Ramchandra SK, Soin AS. Rapid Reversal of Liver Steatosis With Life Style Modification in Highly Motivated Liver Donors. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2015;5:123-6.

 

* Soin AS, Raut V, Mohanka R, Rastogi A, Goja S, Balachandran M, Saigal S, Saraf N, Bhangui P, et al. The use of ABO-incompatible grafts in living donor liver transplantation – first report from India. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014; 33:72-6.

 

* Soin AS, Mohanka R, Saraf N, Rastogi A, Goja S, Balachandran M, Saigal S, Sud R, Kumar D, Bhangui P, et al. India’s first successful intestinal transplant: the road travelled and the lessons learnt. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2014;33:104-13.

 

* Adam R, Bhangui P, Vibert E, et al. Resection or Transplantation for Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Cirrhotic Liver: Does Size Define the Best Oncological Strategy? Ann Surg. 2012;256:883-91

 

* Bhangui P, Laurent A, Amathieu R, Azoulay D. Assessment of risk for nonhepatic

surgery in cirrhotic patients J Hepatol. 2012;57:874-84.

 

*Bhangui P, Lim C, Salloum C, et al. Caval Inflow to the Graft for Liver Transplantation in Patients With Diffuse Portal Vein Thrombosis: A 12-Year Experience. Ann Surg. 2011 Dec;254(6):1008-16.

 

*Bhangui P, Vibert E, Majno P, et al. Intention-to-treat analysis of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: living versus deceased donor transplantation. Hepatology. 2011;53:1570-9.

 

*Azoulay D, Bhangui P, Andreani P, et al. Short- and long-term donor morbidity in right lobe living donor liver transplantation: 91 consecutive cases in a European Center. Am J Transplant. 2011;11:101-10.

 

*Bhangui P, Adam R.  Liver Resection of Colorectal Metastases in Elderly Patients European Oncology, 2010;6:37-40

 

*Castaing D, Vibert E, Bhangui P, et al. Results of percutaneous manoeuvres in biliary disease:the Paul Brousse experience. Surg Endosc. 2011;25:1858-65.

 

*Adam R, Bhangui P, Poston G, et al. Is perioperative chemotherapy useful for solitary, metachronous, colorectal liver metastases? Ann Surg. 2010;252:774-87.

 

* Soin AS, Bhangui P. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer News (Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre) 2011;5:6-9.

 

 

RECENT INVITED FACULTY LECTURES:

 

  • Right Hepatectomy by anterior approach, Expert Video Lecture. IHPBA-India National Congress, January 2020, Bhubaneshwar India
  • Minimally invasive donor hepatectomy – where do we stand ? , Liver Update 2019, December 2019, Ahmedabad, India

 

  • Surgical Anatomy of the Liver – HPB Certificate Course, IHPBA India, December 2019, New Delhi, India

 

  • HCC within UCSF criteria- Loco regional therapy should be given before LDLT – Con; Debate Session – 2nd annual LTSI Conference, November 2019, Cochin, Kerala, India

 

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Role Of Liver Transplant in the Indian Scenario — 24th ASIMANICON October, 2019 at RIMS, Imphal, India

 

  • Complex Anatomy to Preclude Live Donor Right Hepatectomy –

A-PHPBA Annual Congress, Seoul, South Korea, September 2019

 

  • Intra-op Challenges in LT: Multiple hepatic ducts — 1st LTSI (Liver Transplant Society of India) Mid-term Meeting August 2019, New Delhi, India

 

  • Outcomes of LT in a recipient with diffuse PVT: True survival benefit and implications for organ allocation — ILTS Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada, May 2019

 

  • Liver transplantation for Klatskin Tumor — II EAFO Eurasian Hepatobiliary Oncology Forum, Moscow, Russian Federation, February 2019

 

  • ILTS Consensus Conference on Transplant Oncology, Rotterdam, Netherlands, February 2019

 

  • ABO incompatible Liver Transplantation – Frontiers in Liver Disease (FILD), Bangalore, India, January 2019

 

  • Liver With Steatosis Can be Used For Liver Transplant – ISGCON 2018, Kochi, India, December 2018

 

  • Reconstructing a perfect venous outflow in LDLT– National Congress of the LTSI (Liver Transplant Society Of India), November 2018, New Delhi, India

 

 

  • Complex Anatomy to Preclude Live Donor Right Hepatectomy – 2nd ISLS Congress, Seoul, South Korea, October 2018
  • Biliary Reconstruction in LDLT – 1st International Transplant Network Congress, Antalya, Turkey, October 2018
  • Liver Transplantation for Cholangiocarcinoma: Current Perspectives – 1st International Transplant Network Congress, Antalya, Turkey, October 2018
  • Management of Liver Tumours: State of The Art – Goa State IMA Congress, Goa India, September 2018
  • Complex Bench reconstruction in LDLT: Video Lecture – 2018 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA, LICAGE
  • Extensive PVT: Salvage Techniques – 1st DDLT National Conference, Bengaluru, India, Feb 2018
  • Porto Mesenteric Transposition in Liver Transplantation – 15th Annual Conference of IHPBA (India), Jan 2018, Pune, India
  • Low GRWR: How do we proceed? – Indian Society Of Gastroenterology Annual Conference (ISGCON), December 2017, Bhubaneshwar, India
  • Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: revascularization – 3rd CLBS Symposium, New Delhi, India, September 2017
  • LDLT out of criteria for HCC is acceptable!! 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indian National Association for study of Liver (INASL), New Delhi, India, August 2017

 

SCIENTIFIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

 

  • Should Segmental Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis Be an Absolute Contraindication for Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma? 2nd Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study Group, Seoul,. South Korea, November 2015 — “Best Paper Award

 

  • Predictors of Survival In Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Accepted for Living Donor Liver Transplantation Beyond the “Size-Number” Criteria. Award Paper at the 20th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), London, United Kingdom, June 2014 and 1st International Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplant Study Group (ILDLT) held in Seoul, Korea in November 2014

 

  • Does Macrovesicular Steatosis Contraindicate Right Lobe Liver Donation? 20th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), London, United Kingdom, June 2014

 

  • Liver Regeneration and Recovery in right lobe Living Donors: More a Matter of Function Rather Than Volume Alone? 20th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), London, United Kingdom, June 2014

 

  • Salvage Living Donor Liver Transplantation: is it feasible and justified? Best poster award at the XXII Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Bengaluru, India, October 2012; 19th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Sydney, Australia, May 2013

 

  • An 8 Year Experience with Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients. Should We Stick to Conventional Criteria? Award Paper at the 18th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), San Francisco, USA, May 2012

 

  • Retransplantation in the living donor liver transplantation scenario: need, logistics and outcomes. At the XXI Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaipur, India, October 2011

 

  • Tuberculosis and Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A 7 year experience from India. At the 17th International Liver Transplantation Society Annual Conference in Valencia, Spain, June 2011

 

  • Imaging Modalities Before Liver Resection For Colorectal Metastases: Which, When And How Many? At the 9th World Congress Of The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

  • Right Hepatectomy As A Model For Assessing The Risk Of Major Liver Resection:A Comparison Over Two Consecutive Decades At the 9th World Congress Of The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

  • Parathyroid carcinoma: Clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities and management” at the XXIII KSC-ASICON-2005 held at Mangalore, Karnataka in Feb-2005

 

 

 

CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

 

  • IHPBA-India National Congress, January 2020, Bhubaneshwar India

 

  • Liver Update 2019, December 2019, Ahmedabad, India

 

  • HPB Certificate Course, IHPBA India, December 2019, New Delhi, India

 

  • 2nd annual LTSI Conference, November 2019, Cochin, Kerala, India

 

  • 24th ASIMANICON October, 2019 at RIMS, Imphal, India

 

  • A-PHPBA Annual Congress, Seoul, South Korea, September 2019

 

  • 1st LTSI (Liver Transplant Society of India) Mid-term Meeting August 2019, New Delhi, India

 

  • ILTS Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada, May 2019

 

  • II EAFO Eurasian Hepatobiliary Oncology Forum, Moscow, Russian Federation, February 2019

 

  • ILTS Consensus Conference on Transplant Oncology, Rotterdam, Netherlands, February 2019

 

  • ABO incompatible Liver Transplantation – Frontiers in Liver Disease (FILD), Bangalore, India, January 2019

 

  • ISGCON 2018, Kochi, India, December 2018

 

  • 1st National Congress of the LTSI (Liver Transplant Society Of India), November 2018, New Delhi, India

 

  • 2nd ISLS Congress, Seoul, South Korea, October 2018

 

  • 1st International Transplant Network Congress, Antalya, Turkey, October 2018

 

  • Goa State IMA Congress, Goa India, September 2018

 

  • 2018 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA, LICAGE, Prague

 

  • First National Conference on Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation, Bengaluru, India, February 2018.

 

  • National Conference of International Hepato-Pancreato- Biliary Association, Indian Chapter, Pune, January 2018.

 

  • XXVII Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, October 2017.

 

  • European Society Of Liver Transplantation Annual Congress, Barcelona, Spain, September 2017.

 

  • 1st International Advanced Liver and Pancreas Surgery Symposium, Ankara, Turkey, September 2017.

 

  • 23rd Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, Prague, Czech Republic, , June 2017

 

  • 27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT), Chandigarh, India, October 2016

 

  • 22nd Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, Seoul, South Korea, May 2016

 

  • 2nd International Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplant Study Group (ILDLT) held in Seoul, South Korea in November 2015.

 

  • XXV Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Pune, India, October 2015

 

  • 21th Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, Chicago, USA, June 2015

 

  • 1st International Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplant Study Group (ILDLT) held in Seoul, South Korea in November 2014.

 

  • 20th Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, London, United Kingdom, June 2014

 

  • XXIII Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Kolkata, India, October 2013

 

  • 19th Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, Sydney, Australia, May 2013

 

  • XXII Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Bengaluroo, India, October 2012

 

  • 18th Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, San Francisco, USA, May 2012

 

  • XXI Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaipur, India, October 2011

 

  • 17th Annual International Congress of The International Liver Transplantation Society, Valencia, Spain, June 2011

 

  • 9th World Congress Of The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

  • “111th French Congress of Surgery” 30th Sept – 2nd Oct 2009 at Palais du Congress, Paris, France

 

  • “Journees de Chirurgie du Centre Hepatobiliaire” 19th-20th June at Paris.

 

  • “ACHBT: Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma” 11-12th June 2009 at Maison de la Chimie, Paris

 

  • The International Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Transplantation days (IHPB 2009) from May 7th -9th 2009 at Forum Credit Suisse, Geneva , Switzerland.

 

  • “4th Congress Francophone of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery” at Paris, December 2008.

 

  • XVII National Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology as a delegate at AIIMS,New Delhi Sept. 2007

 

  • XXIII KSC-ASICON-2005 held at Mangalore, Karnataka in Feb-2005

 

  • Delegate at the International Symposium on Current Trends in Cancer Surgery and XXII MAMC International Surgery Update 2005 September 25 to Oct 1,2005 at Delhi

 

  • Sixth National Disaster Preparedness Courses for Hospitals conducted in February 2004 jointly organized by Academy of Traumatology (India), British Council and British High Commission, India

 

  • XIII Annual Conference of the West Zone Chapter of the Urological Society Of India held in Goa in September 2003 and Urological Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop held at Goa Medical College in February 2003

 

  • West Zone Conference Of International College Of Surgeons (ICS), Indian Section held in September 2003

 

  • 6th Annual Conference of the Breast Cancer Foundation- India, Scientific Deliberations held in Goa in March 2002.

 

 

 

 

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES :

 

ELOCUTION/ PUBLIC SPEAKING/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:

 

International recognition:

~ Winner of the PRIDE OF NEW GENERATION (PONG) Contest; “Outstanding Public Speaker Of India award 1997-98”.The competition was organized on a National basis as an Indo-Japan Joint Project in which over 2000 speakers from all over the country participated at different levels.

Represented India as a “Young Ambassador” to Japan, with an aim of promulgating Indo Japan relations through youth in July 1998, focusing primarily on the Cultural heritage of the two countries and how the rich traditions of the two countries as well as technological know-how could link and help improve relations.

 

 

National Level and State Level:

~ Winner of the Third position in the All India Indira Gandhi memorial Inter University debating competition organized by Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA) at New Delhi in Dec 1998.

~ Winner of many Elocution and debate competitions, Best Orator awards at State level.

 

SPORTS:

Was a State Champion in badminton, representing the State of Goa for 10 years from 1989-1999

~ Best individual result at the national level was emerging All India runner-up in the Smt. Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Badminton Tournament held at Madras in 1992

~ Winner of the badminton tourney in the All India Inter Medicos Sports Meet, Pyrexia 95 held at Govt. Medical College, Nagpur in Dec.1995

~ Represented the State Of Goa at many meets at the National level

~ Declared Sportsman of the Year by Goa Medical College, Dhempe Higher Secondary

School, Peoples High School

 

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:

~ President, Goa Association Of Resident Doctors (G.A.R.D) for the year 2005-2006. G.A.R.D is an apex body of all Resident Doctors in Goa Medical College and comprises around 350 Post Graduates and Residents. It involves itself in programmes pertaining to Community Service, Public awareness on the Health Front and Cultural Events for the medical community.

~ General Secretary (year 1997-98) and later President (year 1998-99) of the Goa Medical College Students Association.

 

~ Actively involved in the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme on National Immunization Days org. by the Directorate of Health Services with support from the Rotary Club

 

~ Was the lead speaker in the “DISHA 2000”;  Programme on Family Health Education

organized by the Goa State AIDS Control Society in association with Goa Medical College

 

~ Worldwide Rotaract Movement:

 

* An active member of the Worldwide Rotaract Movement with “Service above

        Self” as its motto.  Joined the Rotaract Club Of Panaji in the year 1999 as a member

        at the age of 22 yrs and served the club in various capacities till date; Community

Service Director, Editor, Rotary-Rotaract Relations Officer

 

     * Awarded the Outstanding Rotaractor of the Rotaract Club Of Panaji for the years

        2000-2001, 2001-2002, “Best Editor of District 3170” for the Rotaract Club Of

Panjim magazine.. “Rotaraction” … for two consecutive years 2001-2002, 2002-

2003, “Dist 3170 DRR Appreciation Award” for the year 2002-2003

 

* Chairman and key resource person for “DISHA” Rotaract Dist. 3170 AIDS awareness and control programme for the year 2002-2003.