Dr. Kumar Palaniappan

Senior Consultant

25 Years of Experience

HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon

MBBS, DNB, DNBE, Fellowship

English, Hindi, Tamil

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Dr. Kumar Palaniappan is a renowned Hepato Pancreato Biliary and Liver Transplantation surgeon with 25 years of experience.
His areas of expertise include living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation, pediatric liver transplantation, management of abdominal trauma, and laparoscopic donor hepatectomy.
Dr. Kumar excels in single-incision laparoscopic surgery.
He is proficient in laparoscopic HPB surgery, including laparoscopic hepatic and pancreatic resections.
He completed his MBBS from Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, in 1999 and pursued a DNB in General Surgery from Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai, in 2004.
Dr. Kumar attained a DNB in Surgical Gastroenterology from Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai, in 2009.
He holds a Fellowship in Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery from Medanata The Medicity, Gurgaon.
He underwent training in Robotic HPB Surgery from Vattikutti Institute of Robotic Surgery and training in HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery at Asan Medical Center, Seoul.
Dr. Kumar is trained in laparoscopic liver surgery at Iwate Medical University, Japan.
He is a member of reputed organizations, including the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) and the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC).

MBBS, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, 1999
DNB in General Surgery, Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai, 2004
DNB in Surgical Gastroenterology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai, 2009
Fellowship Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, 2012

He has numerous publications. Some of his papers published are:

Khiria LS, Ardhnari R, Mohan N, Kumar P, Nambiar R. Laparoscopic appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis: is it safe and justified?: A retrospective analysis. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011 Jun;21(3):142-5. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31821ad770. PMID: 21654295.
Rela M, Bharathan A, Palaniappan K, Cherian PT, Reddy MS. Portal flow modulation in auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 May;19(3):255-60. doi: 10.1111/petr.12436. Epub 2015 Feb 18. PMID: 25692474.
Cherian PT, Mishra AK, Kumar P, Sachan VK, Bharathan A, Srikanth G, Senadhipan B, Rela MS. Laparoscopic liver resection: wedge resections to living donor hepatectomy, are we heading in the right direction? World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Oct 7;20(37):13369-81. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i37.13369. PMID: 25309070; PMCID: PMC4188891.
Palaniappan K, Borkar VV, Safwan M, Vij M, Govil S, Shanmugam N, Rela M. Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma in a developing country: Is the etiology changing? Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Nov;20(7):898-903. doi: 10.1111/petr.12754. Epub 2016 Jul 8. PMID: 27392999.