Dr. Gayatri Balachandran

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Qualifications & Education:

• IHPBA International Travelling Fellowship  - Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust (2025)
• LTSI Fellowship in Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery – Gleneagles Health City, Chennai (2023-2025)
• Visiting Fellowship in Liver Transplantation – CLBS, Max Hospital, Saket, New Delhi (2021)
• DrNB Surgical Gastroenterology – Institute of Digestive and HPB Sciences, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru (2018–2021)
• Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery – Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (2016)
• M.S. (General Surgery) – Christian Medical College, Vellore (2010–2013)
• M.B.B.S – Christian Medical College, Vellore (2004–2010)

Areas of Expertise:

• Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
• HPB oncology – liver, gallbladder & pancreas resections, vascular reconstruction
• Advanced laparoscopic GI and HPB surgeries
• Multi-organ retrieval for transplantation
• Holistic patient care with clear, empathetic communication
• Surgical training, mentorship, and quality improvement

Clinical Interests:

• Minimally invasive HPB surgery
• Complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic resections
• Liver transplantation – adult & pediatric

Professional Experience:

• Associate Consultant – Institute of Digestive and HPB Sciences, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru -  2022-2023
• Assistant Professor – Dept. of General Surgery, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru - 2014- 2018
• Senior Resident – Dept. of General Surgery, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru - 2013-2014

Awards & Prizes:

• Best Outgoing Medical Student, First Rank holder, MBBS – Christian Medical College, Vellore (2010)
• Mrs. Janaki & Edward Gandham Medal, awarded to the First Rank holder in Surgery in the Final Year MBBS batch, CMC Vellore (2009)
• Balfour Medal for the University MBBS First Rank Holder in General Surgery, TN MGR Medical University (2010)
• Dr. Ida Scudder Gold Medal, awarded to the Best Outgoing Medical Intern, Batch of 2004, in CMC Vellore (2010)
• Dr. N Rangabashyam Gold Medal, awarded for the All-India First Rank position in DrNB Surgical Gastroenterology, 2020
• IHPBA International Travelling Fellowship to Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust (2025) -  Prestigious scholarship awarded to selected Indian HPB surgeons
• Linnaeus Palme International Exchange Programme Scholarship (2007)-  merit-based award to a select few MBBS students to train at the Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden

Research & Publications:

• Multiple publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals in GI and HPB surgery, and liver transplantation. 
• Co-authored chapters in numerous standard textbooks in Surgical Gastroenterology

Memberships:

• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG)
• Indian Chapter of the International HPB Surgery Association (IHPBA-IC)
• Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI)
• Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI)
• Founder Member – Women in GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation (WIGIL)

Languages Known:

English, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi