Dr. Christi Titus Varghese

Associate Professor

16 years of experience

Liver Transplant Surgeons, Surgical Gastroenterologists

MBBS, MS, MCh, FMAS

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About Dr. Christi Titus Varghese

Dr. Christi Titus Varghese is a Surgical Gastroenterologist and Liver Transplant Surgeon with more than 16 years of professional experience. He focuses on Minimally Invasive Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Robotic Donor Hepatectomy, Liver Transplants, Pancreas Transplants, Small Bowel Transplants, Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery, etc. After completing his MBBS in 2008, he also achieved an MS (General Surgery) from Government Medical Coll., Kottayam, Kerala, in 2012 and an MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery) from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Dr. Varghese also earned the Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS) from the Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was instrumental in the advancement and continuous refinement of the robotic donor hepatectomy technique at Amrita Hosp., Kochi. He is fluent in English and Hindi.

Education

MBBS, 2008 MS (General Surgery), Government Medical Coll., Kottayam, Kerala, 2012 MCh (Gastrointestinal Surgery), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Fellow in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS), Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Awards

International Liver Transplant Society - plenary session (publication accolade) ISG accolade for the Best Research publication in Gastroenterology 2018 ASI accolade for the Best publication in Surgery 2019

Associations/Membership

Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Paper Published

Venkatakrishnan, Guhan & Kathirvel, Manikandan & S T, Binoj & Muraleedharan, Abhijith & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Titus Varghese, Christi & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & Durairaj, Madhusrinivasan & Gopalan, Unnikrishnan & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & SUDHEER, OV & S, Sudhindran. (2023). Randomized Controlled Trial Of Sustained Release Tacrolimus Vs. Twice Daily Tacrolimus In Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation. HPB. 26. 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.10.017. Mohamed, Zubair & Titus Varghese, Christi & Sudhakar, Abish & Kumar, Lakshmi & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Narayanamenon, Ramachandran & Sudhindran, S. (2023). Prostaglandins for adult liver transplanted recipients. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 8. CD006006. 10.1002/14651858.CD006006.pub3. Titus Varghese, Christi & Nair, Krishnanunni & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Sudhindran, S. (2023). Letter to the Editor: Minimally invasive donor hepatectomy: Would robotic approach ameliorate recipient bile leak rates compared to pure laparoscopic technique? Liver Transplantation. Publish Ahead of Print. 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000163. Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & Sudhindran, S. (2023). Approach to minimally invasive donor hepatectomy: Laparoscopic, robotic, or a bit of both! Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 7. 10.1002/ags3.12672. Raju, Lohit & K N, Anila & Sivaprasadan, Saraswathy & Rajakkrishnany, Haritha & Sudheer, Voleti & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & S T, Binoj & Titus Varghese, Christi & Mallick, Shweta & Nair, Krishnanunni & Venkatakrishnan, Guhan & Srinivasan, Madhu & Sudhindran, S. (2023). Significance of neutrophil CD64 in diagnosis sepsis following liver donor liver transplantation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S14-S15. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.10.041. Wadhokar, Pranav & S, Sudhindran & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Sudheer, Voleti & S T, Binoj & Titus Varghese, Christi. (2023). Robotic Donor Hepatectomy - Managing variant anatomy and Intra-operative complications. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 13. S35. 10.1016/j.jceh.2023.10.089. Singh, M. & S T, Binoj & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Sudheer, Voleti & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Dinesh, B. & Menon, Ramachandran & Biju, C. & Titus Varghese, Christi & Krishnan Unni, N. & Shweta, M. & Sudhindran, S.. (2022). Open to Robotic Donor Hepatectomy. Going into Right Direction? HPB. 24. S50. 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.05.095. S T, Binoj & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Titus Varghese, Christi & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & MRCS, Biju & Menon, Ramachandran & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & George, Preethi & Vayoth, Sudheer & Sudhindran, S. (2022). Open to robotic right donor hepatectomy: A tectonic shift in surgical technique. Clinical Transplantation. 36. 10.1111/ctr.14775. Mallick, Shweta & Kathirvel, Manikandan & Nair, Krishnanunni & Durairaj, Madhusrinivasan & Titus Varghese, Christi & S T, Binoj & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & SUDHEER, OV & Sudhindran, Surendran. (2022). A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial analyzing the effect of synbiotics on infectious complications following living donor liver transplant - PREPRO trial. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 29. 10.1002/jhbp.1182. Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & Shaji Mathew, Johns & S T, Binoj & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Sudheer, Voleti & Sudhindran, Surendran. (2022). Extended criteria donors for Robotic Right Hepatectomy? A Propensity Score matched Analysis. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 29. 10.1002/jhbp.1145. Koneti, Akshadhar & Singh, Malika & Mallick, Shwetha & Titus Varghese, Christi & Nair, Krishnanunni & S T, Binoj & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Sudheer, Voleti & Sudhinan, S. (2022). Noradrenaline versus terlipressin in the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome: a randomized study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 12. S39-S40. 10.1016/j.jceh.2022.07.108. Srinivasan, Madhu & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Mallick, Shweta & Nair, Krishnanunni & Kathirvel, Manikandan & Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & S T, Binoj & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Menon, Ramachandran & SUDHEER, OV & Sudhindran, S. (2021). Middle hepatic vein reconstruction in adult living donor liver transplantation: a randomized clinical trial. British Journal of Surgery. 108. 10.1093/bjs/znab346. Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & Sudhindran, S. (2021). Robotic Donor Hepatectomy—Safety in Novelty Is the Essence. JAMA Surgery. 156. 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.4428. S T, Binoj & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Razak, M. & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & Menon, Ramachandran & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Devi, Padma & Sudheer, Voleti & Sudhindran, S. (2021). Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure: Not Supportive Enough? Indian Journal of Surgery. 84. 10.1007/s12262-021-02925-9. Thirunavaya Kalathil, Mohammed & Titus Varghese, Christi & Bharathan, Viju & Chandran, Biju & Nair, Krishnanunni & Mallick, Shweta & Shaji Mathew, Johns & S T, Binoj & Menon, Ramachandran & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & SUDHEER, OV & Sudhindran, S. (2020). Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial of N-acetylcysteine infusion following live donor liver transplantation. Hepatology International. 14. 10.1007/s12072-020-10109-y. Kathirvel, Manikandan & Mallick, Shweta & Thillai, Manoj & Durairaj, Madhusrinivasan & Nair, Krishnanunni & Sunny, Aleena & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & S T, Binoj & Menon, Ramachandran & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Sudhindran, S & Sethi, Pulkit. (2020). Randomized trial of steroid-free immunosuppression with basiliximab induction in adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2020.09.012. Shaji Mathew, Johns & Mallick, Shweta & Nair, Krishnanunni & Titus Varghese, Christi & Chandran, Biju & S T, Binoj & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Menon, Ramachandran & Sudhindran, S. (2020). Reply to comments on – “Biliary complications among live donors following live donor liver transplantation.” The Surgeon. 19. 10.1016/j.surge.2020.04.002. Menon, Ramachandran & S T, Binoj & Chandran, Biju & Shaji Mathew, Johns & Titus Varghese, Christi & Mallick, Shweta & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Sudhindran, S. (2019). 13. Robotic Donor Hepatectomy: Guts to Change a Winning Team?. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 9. 427-428. 10.1016/j.jceh.2019.04.016. Titus Varghese, Christi & Bharathan, Viju & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Menon, Ramachanndran & SUDHEER, OV & Dhar, Puneet & Sudhindran, S. (2018). Randomized trial on Extended versus Modified Right Lobe Grafts in Live Donor Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 24. 10.1002/lt.25014. Bharathan, Viju & Chandran, Biju & Gopalakrishnan, Unnikrishnan & Titus Varghese, Christi & Menon, Ramachandran & Balakrishnan, Dinesh & Sudheer, Voleti & Dhar, Puneet & Sudhindran, S. (2016). Perioperative Prostaglandin E1 Infusion In Live Donor Liver Transplantation: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial. Liver Transplantation. 22. 10.1002/lt.24479.

Area of Expertise

Aneurysm Surgery: Traditional Open Surgery
Plantar Fascia Release
Pollicization Surgery
Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT)
Skin Rejuvenation and Resurfacing
Vulvectomy

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