Associate Professor Krishnakumar Madhavan

Associate Professor and Deputy Head, Department of Surgery, YLLSOM, NUS   Senior Consultant and Head, HPB Surgery, NUH   Co-Director, National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT)   Head, Liver Tumour Group, NCIS

 

Born in the Southern State of Kerala in India, Associate Professor Madhavan moved to Poona for his medical studies . After completing his MBBS, he joined the prestigious PGIMER in Chandigarh for an MS programme which was completed in 1982 after which he continued working as a Senior Resident for 18 months . Following short stints in Kerala and Kuwait, he started his Higher Surgical training in the UK in 1990 and on completion was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1996. After working as a Consultant HPB and Transplant surgeon there for 11 years, he moved to Singapore as a Senior Consultant Surgeon and Associate Professor at the YLLSOM in the National University of Singapore.

 

Education and Fellowships

MBBS, MS (Surgery), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), FRCD Ed (RCSE), FRCS ( Gen Surgery)

 

Specialty Interests

• Technical aspects of liver and pancreatic surgery 
• Adoption of multimodality treatment
• Translational research into the management of liver and bile duct cancer

• Pathophysiology of portal hypertension in the setting of chronic liver disease

 

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Society of Transplantation , Singapore
• International Liver Transplant Society  (ILTS)
• International Hepato pancreato biliary Association ( IHPBA)
• Asia-Pacific Hepato pancreato biliary Association ( A-P HPBA)