Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan
Associate Professor
28 years of experienceLiver Transplant Surgeons, Surgical Gastroenterologists, Surgical Oncologists
MBBS, MS, DNB, Fellowship
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Dr. Dinesh Balakrishnan is a distinguished Surgical Gastroenterologist, Surgical Oncologist, and Liver Transplant Surgeon with more than 28 years of professional 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 Coll. Calicut in 1996, an MS (General Surgery) from Medical Coll. 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 Coll.. 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 Hosp. Cambridge, focusing on Transplant Surgery. During his tenure, he gained extensive professional experience in organ retrieval, implantation, and the care of patients undergoing multivisceral transplants. Dr. Balakrishnan has served as actively involved in public health initiatives, collaborating with state government bodies like KNOS and voluntary organizations such as the National Service Society. He has performed numerous awareness camps across the state on public health issues and promoted awareness about organ donation. He is an active part 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.Education
MBBS, Medical Coll. Calicut, 1996 MS (General Surgery), Medical Coll. Kottayam, 2001 DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Fellowship in Transplant Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hosp. Cambridge, 2010Past Experience
Lecture, Kottayam Medical Coll., 2001Associations/Membership
Association of Surgeons of India Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
Paper Published
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 Coll. 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 professional 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
Area of Expertise
- Abdominal Surgery
- ABO Incompatible Transplant
- Adhesion Lysis
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Appendectomy
- Benign and Cancerous Tumor Excision