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Dr Baiju Senadhipan
MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology)
Dr.Senadhipan is the Senior Consultant & Head of the Department of GI, HPB, Bariatric & Transplant Services of SK Hospital at Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He is a Visiting Consultant at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram and Meditrina Hospital,Kollam. He is the only Consultant in GI Surgery who has got the license to practise in Dubai. He is the erstwhile Professor, Dept of Surgery, in Travancore Medical College, Kerala.
Dr Senadhipan is an eminent leader of Keyhole Surgery, which is also known as laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgery. He is an international expert in Cancer Keyhole Surgery for gastrointestinal cancers such as that of the food pipe, stomach, liver, pancreas, bile duct, small and large intestines and in rectum. He has successfully performed more than 5000 complex gastrointestinal cancer surgeries laparoscopically placing him amongst the most experienced in the world
Dr Senadhipan has significantly contributed to the advancement of keyhole surgery in India through pioneering the technique since late 1990s and through extensive teaching of peers and junior surgeons. Dr Senadhipan was thefirst Indian Surgeon to perform Laparoscopic Coloplasty for Benign Oesophageal Stricture. He is also the first Indian to perform Laparoscopic Re-Do Hepato Jejunostomy for HJ Stricture. He is one of the few surgeons in India to perform complex Laparoscopic procedures like Whipple’s Resection, Liver resections, Colorectal Surgeries and Metabolic surgeries like Diverted Ileal Interposition. Dr Baiju has so far performed more than 1600 laparoscopic colorectal surgeries and more than 50 Laparoscopic Whipples procedures with good results. He routinely performs other Complex Open and Lap surgeries as well as Endoscopic surgeries like ERCP and Endoscopic Ultrasound. Through early adoption, continuous learning and teaching, he has significantly contributed to the advancement of laparoscopy in Indiato transform surgical care to patients with GI Cancers, Benign GI Diseases, and Morbid Obesity.
Dr Senadhipan is an international educator. His prominent international teaching assignments include Visiting Professor, Asia Pacific Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal and Transanal Surgery, IRCAD Taiwan, October 2016, 4th International Upper GI Master Class, Cardinal Santose Medical Centre, Manila, Philipines,September 2019,21st International Workshop, Asia Endosurgery Task force, Fuji, Japan 2014, 3rd Biennial meeting Euro Asian Colo rectal Technologies Association at Singapore 2013 and in CME on Advanced Laparoscopic GI surgery, Srilanka Society of Gastroenterology, National Hospital of Srilanka in March 2014.
Dr Senadhipan trains hundreds of surgeons in India every year. He has taught at more than 100 national congresses and hundreds of local meetings more often as operating faculty in the recent years. He has also organized congresses to benefit skill development of local surgeons in Kerala such as Annual Conference of Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala at Trivandrum in March 2015, AWRCON KERALA at Trivandrum in May 2019 being the most recent in this series. The Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala is the brainchild of Dr. Baiju Senadhipan and he was its founder secretary. Dr Baiju was also an examiner at AMASI Skill Course and FMAS Examination, AMASI, Kovalam, 2015.He conducts Fellowship programs in Advanced Laparoscopy under the banner of Senadhipan Education Foundation which attracts aspiring surgeons interested in Laparoscopic Onco Surgery across the globe.
Dr Senadhipan has published and presented papers internationally. Two of his recent coauthored papers are “Laparoscopic Liver resection: Wedge resection to living donor hepatectomy; are we heading in the right direction?” in World J gastroenterol Oct 2014;20(37):13369-13381and “Imaging of peritoneal ligament in endoscopic ultrasound” Euro EUS Meeting 2014,Vol 3;issue 5:pp 16-17.
Dr Senadhipanwon Best Video Presentation Award: (Laparascopic Whipple’s) at IHPBA INDIA 2014, and Best Paper Award at Dubai at Annual Conference of Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India, 2014, to name a few.
Dr Senadhipan has been honoured with Karmaratna Award in 2018 by Media City Channel,Asianet Excellence award in 2018 by Asianet channel,EM Sankaran Memorial award by EMS Samskarika Samithi in 2017,K.R.Narayanan National Founder Award in 2015 and International Malayali Achievement Award ,Malayali Association,Singapore 2012 for his immense contribution to patients and society. He has been twice recognised by Rotary International for Vocational Excellence Award
Dr Senadhipan is trained in Robotic Surgery in Korea 2012, Lap Donor Hepatectomy training in Korea 2015, Training in Radio Frequency Ablation of liver tumors in Taiwan 2008, Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Korea 2006. Lap Bariatrics training in Pune 2006 to name a few key programs.
Dr Senadhipan partners with industry as a medical and education expert. He is a faculty with Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Merril and Cipla in educating Doctors about new technologies and therapies.
Dr Senadhipan is the Founder Secretary, Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala, Secretary, Gut club, Kollam and Secretary,Surgeons Club,Kollam
Dr Senadhipan dedicates considerable amount of his time towards charity. His charitable initiative called Snehardram provides free cancer care to underprivileged patients. He is striving to train all government surgeons in Kerala in this procedure. He believes this will make it possible to perform gastrointestinal surgeries in a timely manner and thus reduce in the possibilities of the disease worsening and the patient losing his life. Dr Senadhipan’s vision is to make keyhole surgery accessible to all.
Dr Senadhipan is the Founder Secretary, Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala, Secretary, Gut club, Kollam and Secretary,Surgeons Club,Kollam
TrainingAchieved
- Training in Laparoscopic Surgery V.G.Institute, Coimbatore, Sep 2001
- Training in Stapler Haemorrhoidectomy Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai, July 2002
- Fellowship in Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery Gangaram Hospital, NewDelhi, Jan 2004
- Training in Complex Stapler Anastomoses Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, New Delhi, Jan 2004
- Training in Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai, Oct 2004
- Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery DongGuk University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Jan 2006
- Training in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Dr.Shashank Shah, Laparo-Obeso Centre, Pune, Jun 2006
- Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS) Awarded by AMASI, Jul 2007
- Training in RadioFrequency Ablation of liver tumors Chag Gung Memorial Hospital,Taiwan, Aug 2008
- Training in ERCP Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India,
- Training in Robotic Surgery Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Aug 2012
- Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Jaswant Rai Specialty Hospital, Meerut, April 2013
Qualifications
M.B.B.S
1986-1992 Govt.Medical College Alleppey
M.S.General Surgery
May1998-April2001 Govt.Medical College Calicut
DNB
General Surgery June 2002
MCh
Surgical Gastroenterology Nov 2001-Nov 2004
MNAMS
June 2004
Present Positions
Senior Consultant & Head of the Department of GI, HPB, Bariatric & Transplant Services at SK Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Director, Senadhipan Institute of Medical Science (SIMS)Ulloor, Trivandrum; SIMS, Kollam (www.keyholesurgerykerala.com)
Visiting Consultant at
Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology,Trivandrum, Kerala, India(Website: www.sctimst.ac.in)Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, India
Special Mention
- One of the few surgeons in India doing complex Laparoscopic procedures like Whipples Resection ,Liver resections, Colorectal Surgeries and other cancer surgeries
- First Surgeon in India to perform Laparoscopic Coloplasty for Benign Oesophageal Stricture
- One of the few surgeons in India to perform Laparoscopic Metabolic surgeries like Diverted Ileal Interposition
- One of the few surgeons in India routinely performing Complex Open and Lap surgeries as well as Endoscopic surgeries like ERCP
- Performed more than 500 laparoscopic colorectal surgeries and more than 25 Laparoscopic whipples procedures so far with good results
Publications
- Laparoscopic Choecystectomy for A/c Cholecystitis.Does timingmatter? Indian Journal of Surgery ,Aug 2013,Vol 75,Issue 4,pp 268-270
- Laparoscopic Liver resection:Wedge resection to living donor hepatectomy;are we heading in the right direction? World J gastroenterol Oct 2014;20(37):13369-13381
- Imaging of peritoneal ligament in endoscopic ultrasound Euro EUS Meeting 2014,Vol 3;issue 5:pp 16-17
Clinical Highlights
- First Indian Surgeon to perform Laparoscopic Coloplasty for Benign Oesophageal Stricture
- First Indian Surgeon to perform Laparoscopic Re-Do Hepato Jejunostomy for HJ Stricture
- One of the few Indian surgeons to perform Laparoscopic Metabolic surgeries like Diverted Ileal Interposition
- One of the few Indian surgeons performing complex Laparoscopic procedures like Whipples Resection, Liver resections, Colorectal Surgeries and other Cancer surgeries
- One of the few Indian surgeons routinely performing Complex Open and Lap surgeries as well as Endoscopic surgeries like ERCP and EUS
- Has performed more than 1600 laparoscopic colorectal surgeries and more than 50
Laparoscopic Whipples procedures so far with good results
Areas of Interest:
- Laparoscopic Cancer Surgery
- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- Colo rectal Surgery
- Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery
- ERCP and Endoscopic surgeries
- Teaching Surgical Techniques to Surgeons
Special Training Achieved
- Training in Therapeutic EUS, Jaswanth Ray Hospital, Meerut, India, July 2016
- Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy, Samsung Medical Center,South Korea,Sept 2015
- Endoscopic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, ShangHai, China, April 2014
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Jaswant Rai Specialty Hospital, Meerut, April 2013
- Robotic Surgery, Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Aug 2012
- ERCP, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
- RadioFrequency Ablation of liver tumors, Chag Gung Memorial Hospital,Taiwan, Aug -2008
- Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS), Awarded by AMASI, Jul 2007
- Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Dr.Shashank Shah, Laparo-Obeso Centre, Pune, June 2006
- Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery, Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai, Oct 2004
- Complex Stapler Anastomoses, Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, New Delhi, Jan 2004
- Fellowship in Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery, Gangaram Hospital, NewDelhi, Jan 2004
- Stapler Haemorrhoidectomy, Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai, July 2002
- Laparoscopic Surgery, V.G.Institute, Coimbatore, Sept 2001
Work Experience
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- June 2021 onwards till date: Visiting Consultant & Head of the Department of GI, HPB and Bariatric Services, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam
- Feb 2019 onwards till date: Senior Consultant & Head of the Department of GI, HPB, Bariatric &
Transplant Services of SK Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India - June 2017 – Jan 2019: Director & Head of the Department of GI, HPB, Bariatric & Transplant Services at Sunrise Hospital, Kakkanad, Cochin, Kerala. (Date of Joining : 15.06.2017)
- March 2013 – September 2018: Visiting Consultant in GI Surgery, Travancore Medical College and Hospital, Kollam, Kerala
- Nov 2012- May 2017: Director and Chief Consultant Gastro, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon, Trivandrum Institute of Digestive Diseases and Minimal Access Surgery SUT ROYAL Hosp, Trivandrum-695011
- Dec 2004-2012: Head of Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Gastroenterology Unit, Holy CrossHospital, Kollam, Kerala
- Oct1996-Apr1998: Resident Medical Officer, Nicholas Hospital, Alleppey
- Nov1995-Sep1996:Assistant Surgeon Pazhambalakkode Primary Health Centre, Palakkad
- Nov1994-Nov1995:Assistant Surgeon,Primary Health Centre, Parli Palakkad
- Jan1994-Nov 1994: Resident Medical Officer, R.M.Hospital Alleppey
Participation as Faculty in International CME/Conferences
- Faculty, IASGO 2022, Turkey, 33rd World Congress of International association of Surgeons Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) Talk on Laparoscopic Spleen preserving Distal Pancreatectomy,28th Sep-1st Oct 2022
- Faculty-Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy-INDO-UK SURGICON 2020-3rd International and Midterm Virtual conference-IAGS and RCSSed Collaborative meeting-15-16 Oct 2020
- Faculty, EDGE EXPERTiSE,-Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery 29-30 October 2020, Conducted by Johnson and Johnson Institute
- Faculty (Speaker and Demonstrator-Thoracoscopy) , 4th International Upper GI masterclass at Cardinal Santos Medical Centre, San Juan City, Manila, Philippines, September 2019
- Faculty, Talk on Tips and tricks on Laparoscopic suturing, CME at Daira, Dubai, November 2018
- Faculty, Talk on Laparoscopic Oncosurgery, CME at Bur Dubai, April 2018
- Faculty,Talk on Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgeries,CME at Fujairah Hospital,Fujairah,UAE,December, 2017
- Visiting Professor, Asia Pacific Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Colorectal and Transanal Surgery, IRCAD Taiwan, October 2016
- Faculty, 21st International Workshop, Asia Endosurgery Task force, Fuji, Japan, March 2014
- Faculty, 3rd Biennial meeting Euro Asian Colorectal Technologies Association, Nov 2013, Singapore
Participation as Faculty in National level CME/Conferences
- Faculty, Live demonstration of pancreatic and colorectal surgery 45th Annual conference of the Association of Surgeons of India, Tamilnad chapter, TNASICON August 2022
- Faculty, Talks on Current evidence in Minimally Invasive Gastric Cancer surgery, and Laparoscopic Lateral pancreaticojejunostomy19th National Congress of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons IAGES, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry 9th-12th June 2022
- Faculty, Offline Fellowship course on Advanced laparoscopic surgeries in Surgical Oncology FALSOncology, 28th May 2022 Fortis Hospital,Mumbai
- Faculty, GI Onco Summit 2022, Indoamerican cancer hospital-Talk on Colon Conduit as Esophageal replacement, May 1st, 2022
- Faculty, Live surgery on Upper GI, FIAGES 25th -27th March,2022, Thiruvananthapuram
- Faculty, Panel discussion on Laparoscopic management of Incisional hernia 81st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India, Virtual ASICON 2021, 17-19 Dec 2021
- Faculty, Panel discussion on Laparoscopic management of Incisional hernia, 14th SELSICON and IHSCON 2021, Dec 4-5, 2021
- Faculty -Safe Laparosopic Cholecystectomy-Virtual meeting-Association of Ahmedabad Surgeons- 17thJanuary 2021
- Faculty, Panel discussion on Laparoscopic management of Incisional hernia , 80th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India, Virtual ASICON 2021, 17-19 Dec 2020
- Faculty, GLENEAGLES GLOBAL GI SURGICON 2019, Chennai, November 2019
- Faculty, Panel discussion on Laparoscopic management of hernia in a low resource centre, HSICON 2019, Kolkata, August 2019
- Faculty, 1st International Conference and workshop, Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery, Gem Hospital Chennai, August 2019
- Faculty,10th International workshop on EUS and ESD Interface, Aryavat Hospital, Meerut, UP, August 2019
- Faculty, Max Cancer Congress and ISES-2019, Indian Society for diseases of oesophagus and stomach, August 2019
- Faculty, Live demonstration of Sutured IPOM, Sunshine Global Hospital, AWR Obesity Live-2019, Surat, August 2019
- Faculty, Live demonstration of Laparoscopic management of chronic pancreatitis, Vedanayakam Hospital, Coimbatore, South zone conference of Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of India, July 2019
- Faculty,3rd bariatric Masterclass, Indain association of Gastro-intestinal Endosurgeons at CEEMAST, organized by Wockhardt hospitals Mumbai, June 2019
- Faculty, Talk on Laparoacopic ventral Hernia repair, ENDOLAP MAMC at Maulana Azad Medical College, NewDelhi, March 2019
- Faculty, Talk on Laparoscopic IPOM in Master Video session, Annual National conference of Association of surgeons of India, Chennai, December 2018
- Faculty, Live Demonstration of Lap Low Anterior Resection for Ca Rectum at Dharan Hospital,SLAPCON-2018,October 2018,Salem ,Tamil Nadu
- Faculty, Live Demonstration of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy, Apollo Hospital,Mysuru,ENDOCON-2018,October ,Mysuru,
- Faculty, Live Demonstration of Lap Low Anterior Resection for Ca Rectum at TATA CANCER CENTRE,Annual Conference of Association of Colorectal Surgeons of India,ACRSCON-2018,September 2018,CULCUTTA
