Dr. Prakash K

Senior Consultant - Surgical Gastroenterology

Aster Medcity

Dr. Prakash K is an esteemed Surgical Gastroenterologist with more than 16 years of experience. He is the first surgeon to perform single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy and single incision laparoscopic colorectal resection in Kerala, India.

Speciality

Gastro Science

Education

FMAS: Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery
AFSA (Attestation de Formation Specialisee Approfondie) at University of Pierre et Curie, Paris
MCh in Surgical Gastroenterology (Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram)
MS in General Surgery (Medical College, Baroda)
MBBS (Govt. Medical College, Thrissur)

Areas of Expertise

Complex Hepatobiliary
Pancreatic Surgeries
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeries
Surgical Gastroenterologist

Awards And Honours

Best Poster Award. ISG Mid-Term Conference, Kollam for Surgery for Crohn’s Disease Involving Small Bowel - Oct 2006
Best Poster Award. ISG Mid-Term Conference, Kollam for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: preliminary experience - Oct 2006
Best Paper Award ASI Annual Conference for Laparoscopic Versus Open Colonic Resections for Left-Sided Colonic Tumors: Short Term Results of 62 patients - May 2008
Best Paper Award and Palanivelu Gold medal in 8th International Congress of AMASICON, Indore, India for an Audit of 423 Elective Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeries in a Tertiary Care Center - September 2013
Best Paper Award in IASG National Conference, Kolkata, India - October 2013

Memberships

Performed more than 6000 GI surgeries
Performed maximum number of laparoscopic colorectal resection in Kerala
The second to perform a laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy in Kerala
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial on use of Octreotide in patients with Soft Pancreas undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Chief Course Co-Ordinator and faculty: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery training program, Ethicon Endosurgery
Published 22 research articles
Chief of Gastrointestinal surgery, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi
Certificate course in training of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at Kyungpook National University, Taegu, S. Korea
Resident, division of Hepatobiliary and Liver transplantation unit, Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, University of Paris
Workshop on hands-on training and animal lab in Micro Vascular surgery, Ethicon Training centre, Chennai