Introduction

Dr. Suhas Kalghatgi is a specialist in advanced laparoscopy, liver surgery and bariatric surgery. He is a gold medalist in Surgery, and is an alumnus of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. He has completed his MCh in Surgical Gastroenterology from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

He has gained experience as Assistant Professor in the department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver transplantation, AIMS, Kochi. He has undergone additional training in hepatobiliary oncology at the City of Hope National Cancer Centre, Los Angeles. His aim is to provide world class gastroenterology services at affordable prices to the people of North Karnataka

Academic achievements

    • Awarded ‘ R.H.N.Shenoy Gold Medal’ in Surgery in 2003

    • Awarded First Prize for paper presentation at the National conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, 2011

    • First Rank to the class of 1998, KIMS, Hubli for three consecutive years starting from Ist MBBS to IIIrd MBBS

    • Awarded 2nd prize for paper presentation in the Surgical Society of Bangalore ASICC 2007

    • Awarded 3rd prize for paper presentation at Kerala Chapter of Indian Society of Gastroenterology in 2011

Work Experience

AssistantProfessor

Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver transplantation, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala.

Clinical Fellow

Department of Hepatibiliary Surgery City of Hope National Cancer Centre, California.

Consultant

Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist in Hubli since 3 years

Special Interests

    • Hepato-biliary Surgery and Liver transplantation

    • Bariatric surgery

Papers presented

    • “Post- operative bilirubin as a predictor of outcome after liver transplantation” at IASGCON 2012, Jaipur

    • “Auxillary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplant : Half mine, Half yours” at the Cochin Gut Club in August 2012

    • “Donor morbidity after Living Donor Liver Transplantation” at ISGK2011, Munnar

    • “Our experience with GIST” at the Bangalore Surgical Oncology Meet 2007

    • “Bridge for loop colostomy: A new technique” at the Surgical Society of Bangalore ASICC 2007

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Dr. Suhas Kalghatgi

“Dr. Suhas kalghatgi is a specialist in Liver surgery and advanced laparoscopy including bariatric surgery. He is a gold medalist in Surgery, and has completed his MCh in Surgical Gastroenterology from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi”