Dr.Vijay Ramachandran

Dr.Vijay Ramachandran is a renowned Surgical Gastroenterologist, Laparoscopic and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon. His areas of interest include Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery including Laparoscopic Surgery for Weight Loss (Bariatric Surgery) and Colorectal diseases, Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancers and Surgery for Disorders of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary tract.

Outpatient Consultation for Diseases pertaining to Gastrointestinal,Liver, Pancreatic & Biliary disease,Morbid Obesity, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Inflammatory Bowel Disease,Chronic Pancreatitis,Open & Laparoscopic Surgery,Bariatric& Colorectal Surgery,Surgery for Appendicitis,Hernia, Haemorrhoids,Fissure,Fistula etc

Current Appointment

Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist, HPB, Advanced Laparoscopic (Bariatric & Colorectal) Surgeon.

Professional Qualifications

MBBS,MS,M.CH (GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY,AIIMS),FRCS,FUICC (NEW YORK),FMAS,FIAGES

He has undergone extensive training in Laparoscopic Surgery and use of G.I.Staplers at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education (Chennai & Delhi) and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery with Dr.Luc Lemmens,Dr.Ramesh Makam and Dr.Muffazal Lakdawala. He has undergone Fellowships in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery with Dr.L.H.Blumgart,Dr.William Jarnagin and Dr.Kui Hin Liau. He regularly participates in several National and International conferences.

Professional Memberships

Previous Research Experience

• "Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy and Surgery versus Surgery alone in Squamous Cell Carcinoma Oesophagus" All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India Mentor: Prof. T.K.Chattopadhyay.


• "A Study on the Natural History of Portal Biliopathy in patients with Extrahepatic Portal Vein Occlusion" All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) India Mentor: Dr.Peush Sahni

Publications

• Vijay R, Rajan P. Facial palsy in non palpable parotid tumour – A case report. Kerala Surgical Journal September 2001


• Vijay R, Rajan P. Recurrent cystic hygroma. Internet Journal of Surgery 2001; 3(1)


• Vijay R, Rajan P. Unique presentation of Non Hodgkin's lymphoma – A case report. Kerala Surgical Journal, April 2002


• Vijay R, Rajan KK, Moosa Feroze. Inapparent twin malignancy in thyroglossal cyst – A case report. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2003, 1: 15 PMID: 14561224


• Das CJ, Srivastava DN, Debnath J, Ramachandran V, Pal S, Sahni P. Endovascular management of hepatic haemorrhage and subcapsular haematoma in HELLP syndrome. Indian J Gastro 2007; 26(5): 244-45 PMID: 18227578


• Falodia S, Garg PK, Bhatia V, Ramachandran V, Dash NR, Srivastava DN. EUS diagnosis of Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm and aneurysmogastric fistula with massive GI haemorrhage. Gastrointest Endosc 2008; 26: PMID: 18308315


• Vijay R, Ramesh N, Vaidehi BV. Retroperitoneal tumour masquerading as mesenchymal neoplasm of the liver. The Open Surgical Oncology Journal 2009; 1: 8-9 [DOI: 10.2174/1876504100901010008] http://www.bentham.org/open/tosoj/openaccess2.htm


• Ramachandran V, Kulkarni M, Pal S, Sahni P, Chattopadhyay TK. Isolated Scapular Metastasis in Carcinoma of the Gallbladder. Gastrointest Cancer Res 2009 Nov; 3(6): 252-3: PMID: 21151430


• Vijay R. Anal Canal Malignant Melanoma Snapshot Quiz 11/14. Br J Surg 2011;98:1629


• Vijay.R, Vaidehi BV. An unusual cause of Intestinal obstruction. Tropical Gastroenterology 2009; 30(4): 222-225: PMID: 20426284


• Vaibhav Jain, Vijay.R, Srivastava DN et al. Spontaneous rupture of a giant hepatic haemangioma – sequential management with transcatheter arterial embolisation and resection. Saudi J Gastro 2010; 16(2): 116-9: PMID: 20339183


• Vijay R, Tantry BV, Sonali Ullal. The Quest for a Needle in a Haystack, Report of an Unusual Case. Tropical Gastroenterology 2011; 32(2): 143-145 13.Goenka AH, Sharma S, Ramachandran V, Chattopadhyay TK, Ray R. Giant Fibrovascular polyp of the Oesophagus: Report of a case. Surg Today 2011 Jan; 41(1): 120-4. Epub 2010 Dec 30 PMID: 21191703


• Vijay R, Hyder AR, Vinayaka US, Acharya D. The curious case of a man with freckles and obscure G.I.bleed. Accepted for Tropical Gastroenterology 2013; 34(2):120-122


• Vijay R, Nikhil MP. Diffuse Cavernous Rectal Haemangioma. Br J Surg 2012; 9: 583


• Vijay R, Krishnaprasad P. Multiple Abdominal Masses. Report of an unusual case. The Open Surgical Oncology Journal 2011; 3: 22 – 23


• K.Pushpalatha Pai, Anu Sumi Issac, Vijay Ramachandran, Shreesha Khandige, M.H.Sheriff. Tumours of Exocrine Pancreas – A histopathological study of 15 cases. Ind J Pathol Microbiol 2011 December; 54(S1): S44


• Pearls in Surgery. Kapoor VK. Hyderabad: Paras Medical Books 2013:1-686. ISBN-13: 978-9383124022.

Presentations

• 'Clinicopathological study of necrotizing soft tissue infections' – February 2002 (ASI South Zone Conference, Cape Comorin)


• 'Isolated Duodenal Metastasis in malignancy of uterine cervix' – September 2002 (XIIth National conference of IASG, Hyderabad)


• 'Parietal Peritoneal patch repair – A novel technique of – September 2007 managing feeding jejunostomy leaks (XVIIth National conference of IASG, New Delhi)

Editorial Advisory Board (Member)

• The Open Surgical Oncology Journal


• International Journal of Biomedical Science


• Webmedcentral

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