Dr. Vivekanandan Shanmugam

Director

28 years of experience

Gastroenterologist

MBBS, FRCS, Fellowship

Reg. No.:60451, Tamil Nadu Medical Council

English, Tamil

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Dr. Vivekanandam Shanmugam is a gastroenterologist and liver transplant surgeon with over 28 years of experience in healthcare.
His areas of expertise include liver transplant surgeries in living, cadavers, and pediatric patients, domino liver transplantation, liver cancer surgeries, pancreatic cancer surgeries, and surgery for cholangiocarcinoma.
As a skilled transplant surgeon, he has performed over 750 liver transplant surgeries.
Dr. Shanmugam completed his MBBS at Raja Muthiah Medical College, Chidambaram in 1996.
He holds fellowships in liver transplantation from reputed institutes in the United Kingdom and South Korea.
The Government of Tamil Nadu has awarded him an award of appreciation for his contributions to the field of liver transplantation.
Dr. Shanmugam’s research prowess is seen from the several publications to his name in renowned journals such as the European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia.
He was one of the founders of the Chennai Liver Foundation, which aims to spread awareness about liver disease and its treatment, management, and prevention.
Dr. Shanmugam is the co-founder of the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI), a first of its kind in India.
His professional memberships include organizations such as the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS).

MBBS, Raja Muthiah Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 1996
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, 2007
Fellowship in Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea, 2010

Head, Liver Unit, Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, 2019
Head, KMCH Liver Unit, Coimbatore, 2018
Senior Consultant, Institute of Liver Diseases, Global Hospitals, India, 2014
Specialist Registrar, Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, 2010
Specialist Registrar, The Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, Birmingham, UK, 2008
Specialist Registrar, West Midlands Surgical Rotation, Birmingham, UK, 2006

Sinha, R., & Shanmugam, V. (2019). A heavy metal knocking at the door-Transarterial Embolization with Rhenium-188 as a bridging strategy for treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma. HPB, 21, S769.
Shanmugam, V., Balakrishnan, S., Kapoor, S., Vaijyanath, P., & Singh, H. (2018). Left gastric artery to Aortic anastomosis for the management of Coeliac Artery Stenosis during pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB, 20, S302.
Balakrishnan, S., Kapoor, S., Vijayanath, P., Singh, H., Nandhakumar, A., Venkatesulu, K., & Shanmugam, V. (2018). An innovative way of managing coeliac artery stenosis during pancreaticoduodenectomy. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 100(7), e168-e170.
Shanmugam, R. P., Balakrishnan, S., Varadhan, H., & Shanmugam, V. (2018). Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection from a population-based study in Southern India. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 30(11), 1344-1351.
Bharath, K., Nandhakumar, A., Singh, H., & Shanmugam, V. (2017). Post-reperfusion bronchospasm in a deceased donor liver transplant recipient: An enigma. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 61(11), 939-940.