About Dr. Bharat Kumar Nara
Senior Consultant & Head — Surgical Gastroenterology, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, GI Onco Surgery, HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation.
A surgeon trained at India's leading GI & transplant centres
Having worked at the most premier institute in India for liver transplantation and trained under Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rela and Prof. Dr. A. S. Soin, Dr. Bharat Kumar Nara has a special interest in liver resections and transplantation. He has been performing both cadaver and live-related donor transplantations at Gleneagles Global Hospital since 2016.
He is currently an Executive Member of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons, and a member of various surgical societies including ASI, LTSI, IHPBA, IASG and ACRSI.
- Fellow in HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation
- Fellow in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Gold Medal — University Examination, MCh GI Surgery
Experience, research & recognition
Experience
→ Trained under Prof. Thirunavukkarasu, HOD of the Department of GI Surgery, as part of MCh (GI Surgery) training at Narayana Medical College (August 2011 – August 2014), including observerships at SGPGI Lucknow under Prof. Rajan Saxena and at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai under Dr. Shailesh Shrikhande.
→ Senior Resident at Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Gurgaon (January – June 2011).
→ Worked in the Department of GI Surgery at Narayana Medical College before joining MCh (February 2009 – December 2010) under Dr. S. P. Girish and Dr. P. Balachandran.
→ Registrar, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Global Hospital, Hyderabad (May 2008 – February 2009).
→ Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist at Simhapuri Hospitals, Nellore from August 2014.
→ Performs the full range of emergency GI procedures for upper and lower GI bleeding, severe ulcerative colitis, acute pancreatitis, peritonitis and abdominal trauma.
→ Independently performs transhiatal oesophagectomy, radical gastrectomy, Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy, radical cholecystectomy, hepatico-jejunostomy, Frey's procedure, restorative proctocolectomy, low anterior and abdominoperineal resection, major hepatectomies and multivisceral resections.
→ Trained in advanced laparoscopic procedures.
Research & Publications
→ MCh research projects: True incidence of choledochal cysts in adults and its management; Surgical management of corrosive injuries in the GI tract.
→ MS thesis: Efficacy of the Prostate Symptom Score in assessing severity of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
→ Frey's pancreaticojejunostomy in tropical pancreatitis: assessment of quality of life — a prospective study. World Journal of Surgery, December 2014, Vol. 38(12), pp. 3235–3240.
→ Predictors of outcome following Frey's pancreaticojejunostomy. HPB, April 2016, 18(1):e394.
→ Laparoscopic-assisted transgastric ERCP in patients with gastric bypass. Indian Journal of Surgery, May 2020.
→ Brunner's gland hyperplasia: a case series. Gut, June 2019, 68(Suppl A114).
→ Predictors of outcome following surgery for chronic pancreatitis. Gut, June 2018, 67(Suppl 2):A39.
→ Multiple hepatic and splenic abscesses due to Burkholderia pseudomallei. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, April 2021.
→ Amoeboma causing multiple gangrenous perforations in the right colon: an unusual presentation. Journal of Tropical Gastroenterology, 2012.
→ Gastric stump carcinoma — a plea for aggressive endoscopy. Journal of Tropical Gastroenterology, 2012.
→ Surgical management of corrosive injuries in the GI tract. Journal of Tropical Gastroenterology, 2013.
→ TB of the pancreas masquerading as malignancy — poster, IHPBA 2010, New Delhi.
Awards & Recognition
→ Topper and Gold Medal in the University Examination for MCh GI Surgery.
→ Prestigious Bursary Award, IASG 2013, Kolkata.
→ Vaidya Siromani Award 2019, Hyderabad.
Memberships
→ Executive Member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons (IAGES).
→ Member — Association of Surgeons of India (ASI).
→ Member — Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI).
→ Member — International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).
→ Member — Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG).
→ Member — Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI).
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