| DR HARI KRISHNA ANKEM M.B.B.S, M.S (Ortho), DNB (Orth), MRCS (Edin, UK) Consultant Shoulder, Elbow & Arthroscopy Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India Dr. Hari Krishna has an experience of over 15 years as a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon. He completed MBBS from Andhra Medical College, UHS, AP. He is an active member of ISAKOS, AANA and a reviewer of Journal of Arthroscopy, JSES, KSST. He presently associated as a Consultant in Shoulder & Elbow surgery, Arthroscopy - Sports related Injuries at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. | |
| DR. ABDELRAHMAN NIMERI Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dr Nimeri is currently the Head of Division of General, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery, Director of Bariatric & Metabolic Institute (BMI) Abu Dhabi, and Surgeon Champion of ACS NSQIP at SKMC. He is an adjunct staff at the Cleveland Clinic’s Endocrine and Metabolic Institute in Cleveland Ohio, and adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at the UAE University college of Medicine. Dr Nimeri joined SKMC as a consultant surgeon in May 2009. Prior to that he was an Assistant Clinical Professor at University of California San Francisco. He finished his general surgery residency training at Huron hospital Cleveland Clinic Health System in Cleveland Ohio in 2004. Dr Nimeri did his fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis Missouri in 2005. He has been in practice at the University of California San Francisco-Fresno starting in 2005. At UCSF Fresno he was on faculty at the general surgery residency program, and was one of three faculty of the Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship program at UCSF Fresno. Dr Nimeri has interests in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Education and Surgical Quality. | |
| DR. MANISH C. VARMA MS (AIIMS), DNB, MNAMS Associate Professor & Consultant Multi-organ Transplant and Hepato‐Biliary- Pancreatic Surgeon Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India Dr. Manish C. Varma is currently Associate Professor & Head of Department of Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana. He completed his M.S in Surgery from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is Fellowship trained from Harvard Medical school and completed his Fellowship in Multi‐organ transplantation from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. He is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) for multi‐organ transplantation. He is, also, trained in Surgical Oncology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
His clinical expertise is in the field of Liver Transplantation,Hepato-biliary‐pancreatic onco-surgery, and Kidney and Pancreas transplantation. His special interest is in multidisciplinary management of liver tumors including surgical resection, transplantation, and non-surgical options like TACE, RFA and Radio‐embolization.
His academic career is marked with multiple gold medals in surgery, scholarships, distinctions, awards on scientific forums and publications in national and international journals. He has performed research in the field of solid organ transplantation and has been a reviewer for the American Journal of Transplantation. | |
| DR. PAUL JUDE RAMESH T. FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glas), FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) Senior Consultant Cardio-thoracic, Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Adjunct faculty / Adjunct Faculty, Department of Physics Apollo Hospitals / IIT-Madras, India Dr. Paul Jude Ramesh established the heart and lung transplant program in Apollo hospital group. He also established the multidisciplinary team for management of advanced heart and lung disease. He has performed the entire spectrum of adult cardiac, thoracic and transplant operative procedures, including heart, single lung, double lung, heart and lung transplantation, mechanical extracorporeal implantation, LV aneurysms, ischemic VSDs, multiple valve repairs and replacements, pericardiectomy and coronary artery revascularsation (beating heart, hybrid, all arterial conduits). Dr. Paul is the architect of the multi-disciplinary approach to advanced heart and lung disease, the heart and lung transplantation program, the Extracorporeal Life Support program and the integrated post-operative critical care at Apollo Hospitals. | |
| DR. SADIR AL RAWI Director of Surgical Oncology Services Alzahra Hospital Dubai, UAE
Dr Alrawi is currently the Director of all Surgical Oncology Services at Alzahra Cancer Center in the Heart of Dubai and its tertiary referral cancer center for all UAE, hosting highly specialized surgical oncology subspecialties, including Colorectal, Breast oncology, Head & Neck Surgery, Urology, Gynecological Oncology, Sarcoma/ Melanoma and Peritoneal surface malignancy,in addition to pancreatic and hepatic surgery. DR Alrawi was the Chief of Surgical OncologyDivison at Tawam Hospital and was the interim chair of department of surgery from October 2013-September 2015. Tawam Hospital is affiliated with JOHN HOPKINS Medical System. Dr Alrawi major interest is Gastrointestinal Oncology, including Esophageal, Gastric, Pancreas, Liver and colonic surgery with special interest in endocrine surgery including thyroid , parathyroid and adrenal surgery, Sadir Alrawi, was the Chief of the Surgical Oncology Program at Comprehensive Cancer Center of 21st Century in Jacksonville, Florida from 2008- 2013. Dr. Alrawi, who is American board certified, completed his Head & Neck fellowship and Surgical Oncology fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer institute (NCI) designated in 2006. Dr Alrawi did advanced Laparoscopic oncology training with Professor Alfred Cuschieri in Dundee 1992-1993, advanced colorectal oncology training with E Lloyd Davis in Cornwall, England 1993-1995 and advanced surgical oncology with Professor Marc Winslett, London 1995-1996. He has received many academic and scholarly honors while in training and during his clinical practice years, and is an often-invited speaker at both public and professional meetings dedicate to helping education with cancer management. Dr. Alrawi has been involved in numerous research activities throughout his career in an effort to improve our understanding of cancer early diagnosis and multidisciplinary approach. In his 28 year experience of Surgical Oncology, Dr Alrawi was able to publish more than 40 papers in per reviewed journals and more than 150 presentations in local, national and international meetings both in clinical and basic sciences. Dr. Alrawi is passionate about community outreach, and fervently believes that cancer care and health awareness, coupled with excellence in cancer diagnosis and treatment handled in multidisciplinary approach by specialized team, can and will continue to save lives. | |
| DR. VENKATESH MUNIKRISHNAN MRCS(Edin), FRCS(Colorectal Surgery), CCT(UK) Consultant Colorectal Surgeon ,Clinical Lead, Institute of Colorectal Surgery Apollo Hospitals, India | |
| DR.M.BALAMURUGAN Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery Apollo Hospitals, India Dr. M. Balamurugan is a Neurosurgeon with an experience of 23 years in this field. Dr. M. Balamurugan practices at Apollo Main Hospital in Greams Road, Chennai. He completed MBBS from University of Madras in 1993 and DNB-Neurosurgery from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi in 1998. He performed, over 15,000 neurosurgical procedures including craniotomy, laminectomy, spinal stabilization& stereotactic procedures (biopsies, implanting deep brain stimulation electrodes and radiosurgeries). He is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA). | |
