Dr. N. V. K. N. Karthik

Qualifications:

• M.B.B.S - Gandhi Medical College, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (2009-2014)
• M.S. (General Surgery) - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (2015 - 2018)
• M.Ch (Renal and Pancreas Transplant Surgery) - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (2022 - 2024)

Experience:

• Senior Resident, General Surgery (2019–2020) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
• Senior Resident, Renal & Pancreas Transplant Surgery (2021–2022) – PGIMER, Chandigarh

Surgical Experience:

• Over 9 years of hands-on experience in a diverse range of general surgery procedures (elective and emergency), including trauma and vascular surgeries.
• Speciality training in Kidney and Pancreas transplantation
• Experience in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
• Experience in deceased donor multi-organ retrieval
• Experience in deceased donor kidney transplantation
• Experience and special interest in Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation
• Trained well in vascular access procedures and salvage surgeries (angioplasty/ thrombectomy, etc.) under both ultrasound and C-arm guidance.
• Experience in the management of complex AV fistula and AV grafts
• Experience in Transplant immunology
• Experience in Perioperative management of transplant patients and their complications.
• Experience in various other miscellaneous procedures (neckline/ Permcath insertion, PD insertion, Kidney biopsies, etc..)

Teaching Experience:

• 4 and half years of teaching experience in General Surgery at PGIMER, Chandigarh
• 4 years of teaching experience in Renal and Pancreas Transplant Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Publications: 

• Rare case of retroperitoneal cystic lymphangioma in an adult: Cheering Tandup*, Anish Chowdhury, Yashwant Raj Sakaray, Nasika Venkata Kanaka Naga Karthik. Int Surg J. 2019 Jun;6(6):2213-2215, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20192397
• Retroperitoneal Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Retroperitoneal Cystic Tumor: K. Hemanth Kumar, Anish Choudhary, Amaresh Aruni and N.V.K.N. Karthik. American Journal of Infectious Diseases 2019, 15 (3): 80.86 DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2019.80.86
• COVID-19 infection in simultaneous pancreatic kidney transplant recipients - case series with a review of literature: Karthik, Nasika Venkata Kanaka Naga1; Sharma, Ashish1; Kenwar, Deepesh1; Singh, Sarbpreet1; Kumar, Vivek2.Indian Journal of Transplantation 107(10S2):p 200, October 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000994896.32731.a
• Successful pregnancy outcome in a recipient of simultaneous pancreatic kidney transplantation: Nasika VKNK, Sharma A, Kenwar DB, et al. BMJ Case Reports CP 2025;18:e261484 https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-261484

Presentations:

• 2019 – ASICON – Poster Presentation
• 2023 – ISOT Midterm – Poster Presentation
• 2023 – ISOT – Oral and Poster Presentation
• 2024 – TTS – Oral and Poster Presentation
• 2024 – ISOT – Oral and Unique Case Presentation

Awards:

• Orthopedics – Gold Medal (2013)
• ISOT term meet 2023 – Third prize for e-Poster presentation on “Successful pregnancy outcome in a recipient of simultaneous pancreatic kidney transplantation”
• TTS 2024 – Mentor-Mentee Award “A prospective comparative study assessing the learning curve of trainee surgeons in hand-assisted vs. pure total laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
• ASI – Lifetime member
• ISOT – Lifetime member