About
Dr. Anand Ramamurthy is Senior Consultant and Director Training, Academics and Researchat The Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor (AHERF) in Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation.
He completed his medical and surgical training from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, one of the leading institutions in India where he had a meritorious academic record.
He underwent specialty training in Surgical Gastroenterology from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi where he worked with pioneers in the field of surgery for portal hypertension, pancreatitis and periampullary malignancies, ulcerative colitis and liver transplantation among others.
He subsequently joined the Liver Transplant program at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as a Senior Clinical Fellow. He has an extensive experience of living related liver transplants and management of critical patients in liver transplant intensive care unit. He has been a part of numerous ‘firsts' in the liver transplant program in India including the first dual lobe living donor liver transplant, combined liver-kidney transplant, the oldest and the youngest recipients among others. He then worked at King's College Hospital, London where he gained experience in various aspects of deceased donor multiorgan retrieval and whole liver transplantation.
He is a member of several prestigious professional organizations including the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, Indian Medical Association, and National Academy of Medical Sciences, among others. He has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
Since it's inception in 2008, the liver transplant program at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai has grown into the most prolific center in the country for cadaver liver transplantation as well as one of the few centers performing both deceased and living donor liver transplantation having performed over 250 liver transplants with 1-year graft and patient survival over 90%. Apart from transplant, numerous hepatobiliary pancreatic surgeries are also being performed such as pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy for periampullary malignancy, liver resections in patients with cirrhosis and malignancy of the gall bladder among others.
The department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Apollo hospitals, Chennai is accredited by the National Board of Examinations to train 2 candidates every year for DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology). The Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation also has a 1-year institutional fellowship for post- MCh/DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology) candidates to train in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation.
Qualifications
MS, MRCS(Ed), DNB(Surgical Gastroenterology), Liver Transplant Fellow(Delhi, London)
Senior Consultant, Associate Professor (AHERF)
Director (Academics, Research & Training)
Centre for Liver Disease & Transplantation,
Education
DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology) - Sir Ganga Ram Hospital National Board of Examinations, India
MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
DNB (General Surgery) National Board of Examinations, India
MS (General Surgery) Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi University
MBBS Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University
Previous Appointments
Clinical Attachment HPB Surgery & Liver - Transplantation King's College Hospital, London
Senior Clinical Fellow Liver Transplantation Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Senior Resident (DNB) Surgical Gastroenterology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Senior Resident General Surgery Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi
Memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS)
National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS)
Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG)
Indian Medical Association (IMA), Apollo Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
Indian Association for Study of the Liver (INASL)
International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS 2013)
International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA 2012)
International Association of Surgeons, Oncologists & Gastroenterologists (IASGO 2012)
Publications
Book Chapters:
" R Anand. Liver Transplantation in India: Present Status. Individual Center Experiences. In Nundy S Ed. ECAB Clinical Update: Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation. Elsevier 2011. 41-46
" R Anand, Negi SS. Quality-of-life indices and their importance. In Chattopadhay TK ed. G.I.Surgery Annual. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. Volume 14, 2007:108-126.
" R Anand, Chaudhary A. Gastroesophageal Reflux: Indications for Surgery & Preoperative Evaluation. In Bandhopadhyay SK, Tantia
O eds. Introduction to Endohernia Surgery: A Monograph. ILS Multispeciality Clinic. 2005: 150-156.
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