Whatsapp About DR. P. BALACHANDRAN MENON
Dr P Balachandran Menon did MS, M.Ch (GI Surgery), and PDCC (Vascular, Fellow Liver Transplant). From the year (April) 2008 – (October) 2010, he did Fellowship transplantation from Samsung Hospital, Seoul and fellowship transplantation from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi.
Dr P Balachandran Menon is a very experienced Liver Transplant surgeon with an overall experience of performing and assisting over 2500 Liver Transplants. He is super-specialized in Gastrointestinal surgeries, including trauma surgeries and vascular advanced HPB surgeries like hepatectomy, to name a few. He is very well versed in the entire range of Pancreatic Surgery, including Re-Pancreatic Surgery. Dr Menon is one of the few doctors proficient in aorta-femoral bypass, aortic aneurysm repair, and limb revascularization. He heads the liver transplantation team at Yashoda Group of Hospitals, Secunderabad. The Yashoda Group of Hospitals operates 3 Multi multi-speciality tertiary care Hospitals in Secunderabad, providing 24*7 Advanced Medical services with the latest equipment.
Education Qualifications
- MS (General Surgery)
- M.Ch (GI Surgery)
- PDCC (Vascular, Fellow Liver Transplant)
- Fellowship transplantation from Samsung Hospital, Seoul.
- Fellowship transplantation from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi
Experience
- Assistant Professor and Head Surgical Gastroenterology, NRI Medical College, Guntur
- Associate Professor and Head Surgical Gastroenterology, SVIMS, Tirupati from December 2004 – January 2007
- Senior Resident at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, from Jan-2000 to Dec-2003
- PG Trainee (1991-1994): Calicut Medical College, Calicut
Special Interest and Expertise
- Experience of 10 years in Laparoscopic surgeries, including pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery, as well as performing advanced laparoscopic surgeries
- Surgical treatment of advanced HCC, cholangiocarcinoma and extended liver resections, including segmental, caudate lobe and central hepatectomies
- Developing Laparoscopic HPB surgery, including liver resection, Laparoscopic and minimal invasive donor hepatectomy program and cost-cutting in Transplant
- Conducting Open General, Vascular and Gastrointestinal Surgeries including Trauma Surgery
- Advanced HPB surgeries, including Hepatectomies, donor and Recipient surgeries in LT
- The entire range of Pancreatic Surgery, including Re-Pancreatic Surgery
- Adept at Porto-femoral bypass, aortic aneurysm repair, and limb revascularization
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeries (Colorectal, Esophagectomies, and Gastrectomies), Hernia repairs and Lap Suturing
- Has had good exposure in over 200 cases of liver transplantation at Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea and Gangaram Hospital as a Fellow
- Has been involved in over 1000 cases at Medanta Hospital, working as a consultant and independently performing both donor and recipient surgeries
Research and Publications
- Fellow in LT at Samsung Seoul And Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi
- Research areas of interest include low-GRWR grafts and reperfusion injuries. We have over 25 research publications.
