Dr. Surendra Kumar Mathur: Senior Consultant Surgeon, HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation in India

Profile of Dr.Surendra Kumar Mathur
Educational Qualifications: MS, FICS, FACS

Super Specialty Experience

• 1997-1998 Chairman and Professor Department of Surgery T N Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai. Chairman Surgical Gastroenterology Services T N Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
• 1991-1997 Deemed Chairman and Professor Department of Surgery T N Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Deemed Chairman Surgical Gastroenterology Services T N Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
• 1985-1997 Head of General Surgical Unit, KEM Hospital,Mumbai
• 1988-1997 Professor of General Surgery, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai
• 1990-1997 Professor of Surgical Gastroenterology Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai
• 1981-1988 Reader ( Associate Professor) in Surgery Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai
• 1978-1981 Assistant Professor in Surgery Govt. Medical College, Surat, Gujrat
• 1975-1978 Senior Registrar in Surgery Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated LNJPN (Irwin) Hospital, New Delhi.
• 1973-1975 Demonstartor in Surgery GR Meical College & Associated JA Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, MP
• 1972-1973 House Surgeon GR Meical College & Associated JA Group of Hospitals, Gwalior,MP.

Special Areas of Expertise/Interest

1. Liver Transplant Surgery
2. Hepato-biliary Surgery
   – Hepato-biliary Surgery
   – Hepato-biliary Surgery
   – Surgery for Post Cholecystectomy Complications
   – Surgery for Post Cholecystectomy Complications
3. Surgery for Portal Hypertension:
   -Distal Leino-renal shunt
   – Sarfe’s Shunt
   – Modified Sugiura Procedure
   – Meso-atrial shunt for Budd-Chiari Syndrome
4. Pancreatic Surgery:
   – Resection for Carcinoma of Pancreas and Periampullary tumours
   – Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis
   – Distal Pancreatectomy
   – Lateral Pancreatico-jejunostomy
5. Pancreatico-duodenectomy: Surgery for Acute Pancreatitis:Minimally Invasive approach to Pancreatic Necrosis  Surgery for Pancreatic Pseudo-cyst
6. Total Procto-colectomy with Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis:For Ulcerative colitis and polyposis coli.
7. Endoscopic and Surgical management of Upper G.I. Bleeding.
8. Re-exploration surgery for: – Intraperitoneal Adhesions. omplex Entero-cutaneous Fistulae.
9. Laparoscopic Surgery
   – Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
   – Laparoscopic Appendicectomy
   – Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis
   – Laparoscopic surgery for liver cysts
   – Colonic resection
   – Anterior resection
10. Management of Hepatic failure
11. Experience as G.I. Endoscopist:
    – Diagnostic Upper G.I. Endoscopies – about 10,000.
    – Endoscopic Sclerotherapy for Varices More than 1500 session in over 500 patients.
    – Endoscopic injection therapy for bleeding Gastro-duodenal ulcers
    – Therapeutic and Diagnostic E.R.C.P. – about 450

International Education/Experience

• Therapeutic G.I. Endoscopy: 1984 At Hamburg, West Germany under Prof. N. Soehendra.
• Liver Transplantation & Liver resection: 1989 – 1990 At Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris, France under Prof. H. Bismuth.
• Liver Transplantation: 1990 At University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine under Prof. T.E. Starzl.
• Liver Transplantation (split liver and living donor): June-July 1990 At the University of Chicago under Prof. C.E. Broelsch.

Critical Medical Breakthroughs/Complicated Cases Handled

• First successful Adult to Adult Liver Transplant in Western India.
• Re-resection of liver for recurrent Hepato cellar Carcinoma .
• Radio Frequency Ablation of Liver Tumour.
• Developed Endoscopic Esophageal Therapy for variceal Sclerotherapy using 3% Aquenous phenol.
• Endoscopic and Radiological Appraisal of Gastric Varices.
• Modified the Sugiura operation for Portal Hypertension (B.J.S.’97)
• Mesh Laparostomy with indigenous Nylon Net (Trop. Gastroenterol.)
• Percutaneous Sump drainage for Pancreatic abscess (Ind.J.Gastro)
• Sandwich technique for management of Complex enterocutaneous fistulae.
• Minimal access Surgery for Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

International Papers Presented

• Role of biliary scinti-scan in predicting the need for pre/per operative cholangiogram and bile duct exploration. Mathur SK, Shah SR. World Congress of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, 1994.
• Comparison of elective endoscopic sclerotherapy and surgery in the long term control of variceal bleeding. Mathur SK, Shah SR, Dalvi AN. World Congress of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, 1994
• Role of surgery in the management of non cirrhotic portal hypertension. Mathur SK, Shah SR, Dalvi AN, Dengle VV. 10th World Congress of Gastroenterology,Los Angeles, 1994
• Natural portasystemic shunts in portal hypertension: Incidence, influence on natural history and results of variceal sclerotherapy. Mathur SK, Shah SR, Dalvi AN et al. 10th World Congress of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, 1994
• Sclerotherapy in the management of non cirrhotic portal hypertension. Mathur SK, Dalvi AN, Supe AN, Kulkarni BA, Shah SR, Dengle VV. 10th World Congress of Gastroenterology,Los Angeles 1994
• Management of bleeding from gastric varices. Mathur SK, Shah SR, Kakkar L, Sanzgiri M. Second World Congress of the International Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association, Bologna, 1996
• Prevalence, classification and incidence of gastric varices in portal hypertension of different etiologies. Mathur SK, Kakkar L, Shah SR, Sanzgiri M. Second World Congress of the International Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association, Bologna, 1996
• Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy for patients with EHPVO: How effective is it in the long term? A study of patients completing 10 year follow up. Mathur SK, Shah SR. AASLD 1999
• Devascularisation procedures in children. Shah SR, Mathur SK. 5th World Congress of the International Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association, Tokyo 2002.