Dr. Ganesh Nagarajan
Director
Gastro Intestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Oncology Reconstructive Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology
Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
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About Dr. Ganesh Nagarajan
I am presently a Full time consultant HPB , liver transplant and GI surgeon at the PD Hinduja national hospital, Mumbai since December 2013. Over the last eight years, me and my team have carried out more than 1400 complex...;
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Work Experience
- More than 18 years experience
- Prior to joining Hinduja hospital I was working as a Consultant Surgical Oncologist and Liver Transplant surgeon at Bombay hospital and Fortis hospital for four years.
- Prior to this, I was working at Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, France as a Fellow in Hepatobiliary Pancreatic surgery and Liver transplantation with Prof Jacques Belghiti- one of the world’s leading liver surgeons for a period of one year from May 2008 to April 2009.
- This is one of the world’s leading HPB and liver transplantation centers with more than 250 liver resections and 100 liver transplantations per year. I have been actively involved in all these complex surgeries including the liver transplantations. I have independently performed more than 40 donor liver surgeries and recipient surgeries for liver transplant under supervision.
- I was also actively involved in scientific research . some of the work has been published in international journals while others are in the process of being submitted to leading journals.
- Prior to this, I completed 3-year residency training program in surgical oncology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai as a senior registrar from September 2004 to August 2007. Tata Memorial Hospital is one of the best cancer centers in the country and is well recognized internationally. This residency program is one of the most sought after and prestigious training programs in surgical oncology.
- Subsequently, I continued in the Tata Memorial Hospital for a period of 6 more months as a Senior Specialist Registrar in the Gastrointestinal and HPB oncology service since it was my field of interest. I was on this post from September 2007 to February 2008.
- Completed 3 years Residency programme in General Surgery from February 2001 to January 2004 at LTMGH, Sion, Mumbai . This is one of the busiest trauma centers in India and one of the tertiary refferal centers attracting patients from all parts of the country.
- One year rural service as a Medical Officer from 2000-2001 at the Rural Hospital Surgana, Nasik District. This included participation and implementation of various national health programs like the Tuberculosis control program, malaria eradication program and national family planning program among the rural parts of India.
- One year internship from 1999-2000 at Seth GSMC & KEM Hospital with 82 days training each in General Medicine,Genral Surgery, Preventive and Social Medicine, Obstetrics &Gynaecology with elective training in Chest and TB
Education & Training
- Fellowship in Hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery and Liver Transplantation from Hospital Beaujon, Paris (2008-2009).
- 4-year residency training program in surgical oncology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (2004 - 2008).
- M.S. General Surgery from Bombay University in January 2004 with Post Graduate instruction from LTMMC Hospital, Sion, Mumbai.
- M.B.B.S. from Bombay University in January 2000 with Professional Medical Instruction from Seth GSMC & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai.
Memberships
- International IHPBA
- IHPBA India
- Association of Surgeons Of India
- Association of Colorectal Surgeons Of India
- Association of Medical Consultants
Awards
- Recipient of the OUTSTANDING YOUNG INDIAN award from JCI in 2011
- Recipient of the prestigious ROTARIAN AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP in FRANCE in 2008-09.
- Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai.
- All India Rank 321 at theAll India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination, 2000.
- All India Rank 403 at the All India Pre Medial Entrance Examination, 1994.
- Distinctions in Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemist
Research Papers & Publications
- Ganesh Nagarajan 1, Kaushal Kundalia. Editorial . Should every cholecystectomy specimen be sent for histopathology to identify incidental gall bladder cancer? Indian J Cancer. Jan-Mar 2020;57(1):2-3.
- Maitreyi Patel 1, Chetan Shenoy 1, Ganesh Nagarajan 1, Vinod Chandiramani 1
- Mesh migration into the sigmoid colon after total extraperitoneal hernioplasty - Report of a case and review of the literature J Minim Access Surg Oct-Dec 2020;16(4):411-414.
- Daniele Sommacale 1, Ganesh Nagarajan 2, Martin Lhuaire 3, Federica Dondero 2, Patrick Pessaux 2, Tullio Piardi 1, Alain Sauvanet 2, Reza Kianmanesh 1, Jacques Belghiti 2 Surgical procedures in liver transplant patients: A monocentric retrospective cohort study2017 May;41:58-64. Int J Surg
- Banerjee Abhirup 1, Kundalia Kaushal 2, Mehta Sanket 3, Nagarajan Ganesh 2
- Malignant hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) - Case report and a brief review J Egypt Natl Canc Inst. 2015 Dec;27(4):239-42.
- Dokmak S, Aussilhou B, Sauvanet A, Nagarajan G, Farges O, Belghiti J.
- Parietal Peritoneum as an Autologous Substitute for Venous Reconstruction in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery.Ann Surg. 2014 Sep 19.
- Balzan S, Nagarajan G, Farges O, Galleano CZ, Dokmak S, Paugam C, Belghiti J. Safety of Liver Resections in Obese and Overweight Patients. World J Surg. 2010 Aug 14.
- Buc E, Flamein R, Golffier C, Dubois A, Nagarajan G, Futier E, Pezet D.
- Peng's binding pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a French prospective study.J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Jan 7.
- Shukla PJ, Barreto SG, Kulkarni A, Nagarajan G, Fingerhut A. Vascular anomalies encountered during pancreatoduodenectomy: do they influence outcomes? Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jan;17(1):186-93.
- Liddo G, Buc E, Nagarajan G, Hidaka M, Dokmak S, Belghiti J. The liver Hanging Manoueuvre. HPB (Oxford). 2009;11(4):296-305.
- Shukla PJ, Nagarajan G, Barretto SG. Use of staplers to divide the pancreas during pancreatoduodenectomy: is it justified? HPB (Oxford). 2009;11(1):90.
- Kamath A, Nagarajan G, Kulkarni AV, Kulkarni S, Deshpande MS, D'Cruz A. Radiology quiz case 2. Pseudoaneurysm of the facial artery.Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Apr;134(4):443, 445.
- Qureshi SS, Shet T , Nagarajan G , Dcruz AK. Extranodal Non Hodgkins lymphoma of the parapharyngeal space. Indian J Med Sci 2006 Apr;60(4):159-61.
- Gore MA, Joshi AR, Nagarajan G, Iyer SP, Kulkarni T,Khandelwal A. Virtual bronchoscopy for diagnosis of inhalation injury in burnt patients . Burns. 2004 Mar;30(2):165-8.
- Nagarajan G., Deshpande A, Supe A. Progressive macrosyndactyly due to nerve territory oriented lipofibromatosis .Surgery 2002 Apr, 131 (4) : 468 – 9.
- Parmar H, Nagarajan G, Supe A. Subcutaneous rupture of a hydatid cyst – uncommon presentation of a common disease. Scand. J. Infect. Dis 2001; 33 (11) : 870 – 2.
- Nagarajan G, Subramanyam P .Relevance of clinical scores in diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Journal of Colorectal Diseases 2006 Dec, 21(1).
- Prabhakar S, Iyer SP, Nagarajan G, Gore MA. A case of bilateral obstructed lumbar hernia. Case report published on the website of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edin) . edu.rcsed.ac.uk/case_presentations_abdominal.HTM.
- PrabhakarS SandyaP, Samdani T, Nagarajan G, Gore M A . Oesophageal perforation due to foreign body impaction. Report of three cases and review of literature published on the website of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edin). www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk/case _presentations_ENT.HTM