Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan
Associate Professor
28 Years of ExperienceHPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Surgical Oncologist
MBBS, MS, DNB, Fellowship
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About Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan
- Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan is a distinguished Surgical Gastroenterologist, Surgical Oncologist, and Liver Transplant Surgeon with over 28 years of experience.
- His expertise lies in Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Liver Transplantation, Small Bowel Transplantation, and Pancreas Transplantation, among other fields.
- His educational qualifications include an MBBS from Medical College Calicut in 1996, an MS (General Surgery) from Medical College Kottayam in 2001, and a DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology) from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Following his post-graduation, Dr. Balakrishnan served as a lecturer in the Department of General Surgery at Kottayam Medical College.
- Upon completing his specialization, he became a Clinical Assistant Professor in the same department.
- In 2010, Dr. Balakrishnan assumed the role of senior clinical fellow at Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, focusing on Transplant Surgery.
- During his tenure, he gained extensive experience in organ retrieval, implantation, and the care of patients undergoing multivisceral transplants.
- Dr. Balakrishnan has been actively involved in public health initiatives, collaborating with state government bodies like KNOS and voluntary organizations such as the National Service Society.
- He has conducted numerous awareness camps across the state on public health issues and promoted awareness about organ donation.
- He is an active member of the Association of Surgeons of India, the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, and the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India.
- Dr. Balakrishnan is fluent in English and Hindi.
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Education
- MBBS, Medical College Calicut, 1996
- MS (General Surgery), Medical College Kottayam, 2001
- DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Fellowship in Transplant Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, 2010
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- Lecture, Kottayam Medical College, 2001
- Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial of N-acetylcysteine infusion following live donor liver transplantation Hepatology International 2020
- Antegrade Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Perfusion Versus Portal Vein Perfusion Alone in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial Liver Transplantation 2019
- Dengue virus transmission from live donor liver graft American Journal of Transplantation 2019
- Biliary complications among live donors following live donor liver transplantation Surgeon 2017
- Intraductal Transanastomotic Stenting in Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Trial Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2017
- Quality of life of liver donors following donor hepatectomy Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2017
- Pregnancy After Liver Transplantation: Outcomes from a Single-Center Experience Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2019
- Small Bowel Transplant—Observations from Initial Setback Indian Journal of Surgery 2020
- Liver transplant in acute Liver failure- Looking Back Journal of Clinical and experimental hepatology 2019
- Randomized trial of steroid-free immunosuppression with basiliximab induction in adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) HPB 2020
- Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure: Not Supportive Enough? Indian J Surg 2021
- Quality of life five years following transplantation Indian Journal of gastroenterology 2021
- The technique of robotic Right Donor Hepatectomy Journal of minimal Access Surgery 2021 Transplantation? JCEH 2017
- Association of Surgeons of India
- Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
- Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
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