Dr Vivekanandan Shanmugam

Dr. Vivekanandan Shanmugam is a highly skilled liver transplant and HPB surgeon with over 15 years of surgical experience. He has been involved in more than 750 successful liver transplants and complex hepatobiliary procedures across India and abroad. Before joining SIMS Hospitals, he headed a leading Liver Transplant Program in Western Tamil Nadu and trained at several prestigious international centers, including Mount Sinai Hospital (New York) and Vienna. Dr. Vivekanandan is also a Founder Member of the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) and a regular faculty at international CMEs and liver transplant conferences.

Educational Qualifications:

• FRCS, Intercollegiate Exit Exam, September 2007
• MRCS, Royal College of Edinburgh, May 2002
• MBBS, Annamalai University, India, July 1996

Professional Experience:

• Lead Surgeon – Liver Transplantation, SIMS Hospitals, Chennai
• Head – Liver Transplant Program, Referral Hospital, Western Tamil Nadu
• Senior Consultant – HPB & Liver Transplant Surgery, International Hospitals
• Performed over 750 Liver Transplants & HPB Surgeries globally

CME & Conferences:

• International Liver Transplant Society – 2010 till date (Annual Participation)
• LICAGE – Critical Care for Liver Transplantation, Vienna (2009)
• Live Donor Nephrectomy & Hepatectomy – Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (July 2009)
• American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association – Miami, USA (March 2009)
• European HPB Association – Meet the Experts, Leeds (November 2008)

Publications:

• Sequential Liver & Kidney Transplant from a Single Live Donor for Primary Hyperoxaluria
• Functional SFS Presenting as Isolated Cholestasis – Managed with Splenic Artery Embolization
• Transdiaphragmatic Echocardiography as a Rescue in Liver Transplantation
• A Heavy Metal Knocking at the Door – Transarterial Radioembolization with Rhenium-188 as a Bridging Strategy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to Transplant
• Outflow Reconstruction in Domino Liver Transplantation

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