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Dr. Raghavendra Nagaraja

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB

Liver Transplant Surgeon in Bangalore

Consultant Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB
Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Surgical Gastroenterology

Dr. Raghavendra Nagaraja, a distinguished consultant in Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, holds an MBBS degree, an MS in General Surgery, and a DNB. With a specialized focus on liver transplants and complex hepatobiliary procedures, Dr. Nagaraja has extensive expertise in surgical gastroenterology. His comprehensive training and commitment to patient care make him a prominent figure in his field, dedicated to advancing surgical techniques and improving outcomes for patients with liver and gastrointestinal conditions.

Top Liver Surgeons in Bangalore.

As a qualified and experienced gastrointestinal and liver/pancreatic surgeon in Bangalore, I am passionate about providing top-notch surgical care and am an integral member of the liver transplant team at our hospital.

 Liver Surgeon In Bangalore

I am a qualified, experienced and passionate Gastro-intestinal and Liver/ Pancreatic surgeon in Bangalore. And am a part of Liver transplant team at our hospital
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SCHOOLING

  • Learned Sanskrit and flute during first 5 yrs of schooling.
  • Stood first in Taluk (Nagamangala) and District (Mandya, Karnataka) in art competition held in 1989 on occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary centenary celebrations.
  • Played flute over All India Radio in 1992.
  • Underwent training in Kannada literary work for 2weeks under Rasika Puttige in 1993.
  • Regional topper in Biology in 10+2 (Hyderabad region), 1996-97.
  • Batch topper in 10+2, JNV Mandya, 1996-97.
  • Represented college in Table tennis in regional sports meet, 1997.
  • Represented college in Science exhibition in 1996 held at JNV Bellary (Chikjogihalli).

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Major HPB resections for cancer
  • Advanced laparoscopic cancer surgeries
  • Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy and post cholecystectomy injuries

AWARDS

  • Biography selected for publication in the “Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2015”, 32nd edition.
  • First prize in plenary session (Liver) in Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2012, Bengaluru.
  • ICMR Young Scientist/ International travel grant award for attending IHPBA 2012, Paris.
  • Regional topper in Biology in 10+2 (Hyderabad region), 1996-97.

SUPERSPECIALITY TRAINING

  • I was part of active liver transplant program at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. During the training tenure of 3 years, 192 liver transplants were performed in the department (4 cadaveric and 188 living donation).
  • I was trained in performing all the major and complex GI surgical procedures- including pancreatic/ liver resections and shunt procedures, oncologic procedures.
  • After 3 years of training here, I visited Asan medical center, Seoul on International Visiting Scholar program for 2 months in the department of HPB & Liver transplantation under Prof SG Lee.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Nagaraja R. Life-Threatening Abdominal Bleed After DGHAL- A Case Report. Surgical Case Reports. 2021; DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.08.04.
  • Nagaraja R. Acute mesenteric ischaemia in Developing Countries. Nundy S, Gouma DJ (eds). Complications of GI surgery. Oxford University Press 2017: 247-260.
  • Adil MT, Nagaraja R, Varma V, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Nundy S. A Single Centre Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Endocrine Pancreatic Tumours. International Journal of Surgical Oncology 2015; DOI 10.1155/2015/538948
  • Nagaraja R, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Varma V, Kapoor S, Nundy S. Readmission after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Predictors, Causes and Outcomes. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2014;33(4):369-74
  • Nagaraja R, Rao P, Kumaran V, Yadav A, Kapoor S, Varma V, Mehta N, Nundy S. Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia- an Indian Perspective. Indian Journal of Surgery 2014; DOI 10.1007/s12262-014-1034-5
  • Nagaraja R, Arya V, Varma V, Jaggia A, Kumaran V, Bhargava M, Nundy S. Thrombophilia Evaluation during Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Digestive system 2015; DOI 10.4172/2161-069X.1000232.
  • Nagaraja R, Govindasamy M, Varma V, Yadav A, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Gupta A, Nundy S. Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysms- a Single Centre Experience. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2013; 27: 743-749.
  • Nagaraja R, Nundy S. Journal scan: Appendectomy by residents is safe and not associated with higher incidence of complications: A retrospective cohort study. The Ganga Ram Journal 2012; Vol 2(3): 208-209.
  • Nagaraja R, Jagadish, Rommel, Sachin. Appendicular diverticulosis – a diagnostic surprise. The Internet journal of Surgery 2009; Vol 20 (1).
  • Nagaraja R, Sandhyav R. Cannon ball secondaries? Not always!!!. The Internet journal of Surgery 2009; Vol 21 (1).
  • Nagaraja R, Kudva A, Prasad S, Nagpal N. Spontaneous Colocutaneous Fistula: A Rare Presentation Of Colon Carcinoma.The Internet journal of Surgery 2008; Vol 15 (1).
  • Nagaraja R, Joshua TV, Kamath J. Prospective Study Of Ipsilateral Perforator- Based Fasciocutaneous Flaps Of The Leg. The Internet journal of Surgery 2008; Vol 17 (2).
  • Bobby DMV, Rao HTJ, Alam S, Raghavendra N, Hegde SD. Phyllodes tumor and Carcinoma Breast . Indian journal of Surgery 2005; Vol 67 (6): 337-8.

ABSTRACTS

  • Nagaraja R, Chokshi J, Kumar S, Sandhyav R, Kulkarni A, Palankar N. Clavien- Dindo complication grading after HPB surgeries- Is there any scope for improvement? Tropical Gastroenterology 2014.
  • Chokshi J, Sikora S, Nagaraja R, Kumar S, Kulkarni A, Sandhyav R, Palankar N. Acute mesenteric ischaemia - Vascular treatment and outcome. Tropical Gastroenterology 2014.
  • Nagaraja R, Kapoor S, Varma V, Kumaran V, Nundy S, Mehta N. Readmission after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Predictors, causes and Outcomes. Tropical Gastroenterology 2012.
  • Nagaraja R, Sharma S, Yadav A, Kapoor S, Varma V, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Routine postoperative blood investigations after elective abdominal operations. Tropical Gastroenterology 2012.
  • Nagaraja R, Kapoor S, Varma V, Kumaran V, Nundy S, Mehta N. Readmission after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Predictors, causes and Outcomes. Liver Transplantation. 2012; S 213.
  • Nagaraja R, Varma V, Govindswamy M, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Changing trends in hepatic artery aneurysm- a single centre experience. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2011;32 suppl 3:S 42.
  • Nagaraja R, Varma V, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Jaggia A, Bhargava M, Nundy S. Thrombophlia investigation in acute mesenteric ischemia. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2011;32 suppl 3:S 27.
  • Adil T, Nagaraja R, Varma V, Mehta N, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasms – a single centre’s experience over 15 years. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2011;32 suppl 3: S 86.
  • Nagaraja R, Mehta N, Yadav A, Jaggia A, Varma V, Kumaran V, Nundy S. Acute mesenteric ischaemia- Indian perspective. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2010; 31 (3) suppl 1: S83

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  • Readmission after living donor liver transplantation- Predictors, Causes and Outcomes. Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2012, Bengaluru.
  • Routine postoperative investigations after elective abdominal operations. Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2012, Bengaluru.
  • Changing trends in hepatic artery aneurysm- a single centre experience. International Hepato Pancreatico Biliary Association 2012, Paris.
  • Thrombophlia investigation in acute mesenteric ischemia. Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2011, Jaipur.
  • Acute mesenteric ischaemia- Indian perspective. Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2010, Hyderabad.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  • Clavien-Dindo complication grading after HPB surgeries- Is there any scope for improvement? Poster presentation at Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2014, Ahmedabad.
  • Acute mesenteric ischaemia - Vascular treatment and outcome. Poster presentation at Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2014, Ahmedabad.
  • Changing trends in hepatic artery aneurysm- a single centre experience. Poster presentation at Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2011, Jaipur.
  • Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasms – a single centre’s experience over 15 years. Poster presentation at Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2011, Jaipur.

SUBMISSIONS

  • Nagaraja R. Acute Pancreatitis. In: Varma V (Ed) Management of Pancreatic Problems.- Text book of Family medicine
  • Nagaraja R, Kumaran V. Graft preservation in Liver Transplantation – Text chapter

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES/ WORK SHOPS

  • Live surgery workshop on hernia, conducted by dept of Surgery, KMC Mangalore, Jan 2004.
  • CME in Surgery, conducted by dept of Surgery, KMC Mangalore, Jan 2004.
  • Kshema Laparosurg-2005, a workshop on advanced laparoscopic procedures.
  • 24th Annual Conference Karnataka state chapter of Association of Surgeons of India, held at Bellary, Feb 2006
  • CME in Surgery, conducted by dept. of Surgery, KMC Mangalore, Mar 2006.
  • 11th National Conference of Breast Cancer Foundation- India, held at Manipal, March 2007.
  • Laparoscopic workshop-conference held on October 2007 at Bangalore.
  • BEST@50 golden jubilee congress 2007, with hands on training
  • 28 CME credits (online) in laparoscopic surgery (General and digestive) from McMaster University 2009.
  • HPB workshop. Hotel Regalis, Mysore 2009.
  • CME in Surgery 2009, MMCRI, Mysore.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2010, Hyderabad.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2011, Jaipur.
  • International liver symposium 2011, Gurgaon.
  • Tenth World Congress of International Hepato Pancreatico Biliary Association 2012, Paris.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2012, Bengaluru.
  • An update on neuroendocrine tumors, 2014. Bengaluru.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2014, Ahmedabad.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 2016, Pune.
  • ASICON 2016, Mysuru.
  • Masterclass in GI, Bengaluru 2018
  • IASGcon 2019, New Delhi
  • MCLD 2021, Chennai, Virtual conference
  • CLBS 2021, Virtual conference, Delhi
  • ISGAR 2021, Virtual conference, Bengaluru

WORK EXPERIENCE

Post 
Institution 
Period  
Assistant Professor
KMC, Manipal
Mar 2007- Aug 2008
Assistant Professor
MMCRI, Mysore
Sep 2008- Mar 2010
DNB resident
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi
Mar 2010- Mar 2013
Associate Consultant
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
July 2013- Feb 2015
Consultant
Vikram Hospital, Mysuru
Mar 2015- Nov 2016
Consultant
Sparsh hospital, Bengaluru
Dec 2016- Nov 2017
Consultant
Columbia Asia- Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
Dec 2017- till date

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

MBBS 
Vijaynagar institute of medical Sciences,                                Bellary.
1997 - 2002 
MS ( Gen. Sur.)       
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. Manipal Academy of Higher Education. 
2004 -   2006 
DNB  
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplantation)   
2010 - 2013 
International visiting scholar
Asan Medical Center, Seoul Samsung Medical center, Seoul                         
 May-June 2013   June 2013 

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