Senior GI and Laparoscopic Surgeon

I started my life´s journey in August 1965 from a missionary hospital in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. I spent the first 12 years of my life in our village and studied in our local school up to 7th standard. I was fortunate to get into Andhra Pradesh Residential School, Tadikonda, Guntur District for my secondary education. This I believe is a turning point in my life. I then went onto Andhra Pradesh Residential Junior College, Nagarjuna Sagar, Guntur District, for Intermediate education. Both these institutions were managed by Andhra Pradesh Residential Educational Society which is a governmental organization and whose aim was to get the best students and handpicked teachers from all over the former combined state of Andhra Pradesh and put them together to give the best possible education and up bringing. That was a tremendous experience.

I can’t go further without paying tributes to my teachers from both those institutions. They have looked after us, taught us and shaped our futures in the true “Gurukul” style. They have put the interests of students before themselves and their families. There are no words to express gratitude to them for what they have done to us. I most sincerely thank them all.

Due to the sound foundation from APRJC, it was a cake walk getting a good rank in EAMCET. Without ever going to any of the coaching institutions, I got state 3rd rank in EAMCET and was fortunate to get into Guntur Medical College in September 1982. Thanks again to some wonderful teachers, seniors and classmates to give tough competition, I received excellent training in medicine. I received two gold medals in Anatomy, one in Pathology and Orthopedics and a Merit Certificate in Medicine during under graduation. The same month I finished house job, I got a seat in MS General Surgery in one of the premier medical institutions in the country – PGIMER, Chandigarh. It was again a wonderful experience being trained in one of the best institutes. After finishing my post-graduation, I headed west to the United Kingdom.

Soon after going to the UK, I got fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCS). I have worked in the UK for 10 years in increasing grades of seniority and was a Consultant before returning to India in 2004. Most of the work I had done in the UK was Abdominal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, General Surgery and Breast Surgery. I had a marvelous experience in the UK. It has broadened my horizons and I had the opportunity to travel and see the world. Beyond training and experience, it had given me a different perspective in medicine and life as whole – being able to see and treat the patients as fellow human beings. Ever since coming to India, I am attached to KIMS Hospitals in Secunderabad, since it’s inception. I was instrumental in setting up the department of General & GI Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology, Liver Transplant unit. I was the Head of Department for a major period of time in the last 20 years.

Present Position

Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Hyderabad, India

Qualifications

MBBS- Guntur Medical College Guntur (A.P)- April 1989
MS (Surgery)- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Chandigarh- December 1992
FRCS-The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin- June 1994
FRCS- The Royal College of Surgeons of England (ad eundem)- Dec 2010

Academic Distinctions

Gold medal in Anatomy- Guntur Medical College- 1983-84
Gold medal in Pathology- Guntur Medical College- 1984-85
Gold medal in Orthopaedics- Guntur Medical College- 1987-88
Certificate of merit-Medicine- Guntur Medical College- 1987-88

Experience

Locum Consultant Surgeon- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster, Lancs
Associate Specialist in General Surgery- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster, Lancs
Specialist Registrar General Surgery- Blackpool Victoria Hospital Blackpool, Lancs
Specialist Registrar General Surgery- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster, Lancs
Specialist Registrar General Surgery- Furness General Hospital Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

Publications

Mallipudi BVP, Chawdhery MZ and Jeffery PJ – “Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of spleen – a case report”, published in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology – October 98.
Sandeep Dabade, S Surapaneni and Mallipudi BVP – “Scarless Cholecystectomy – Point of technique” – submitted to Indian Journal of Surgery – November 12

Lectures & Presentations

Since coming to India, I have participated actively in the CME programmes organised at the district centres by the Indian Medical Association. I also lectured at the Association of Surgeons meeting in Hyderabad.
Attended annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India in Bhubaneswar, India – December 2007, and presented a video of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with portal cavernoma.
Attended annual conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology and British Association of Surgical Oncology in Hyderabad, India – September 2008, and presented “Laparoscopic Splenectomy in haematological disorders”.
Given an invited lecture on Robotic Surgery – an overview at the International Medical Sciences Academy annual conference in Hyderabad, India November 2011.

Courses & Meetings

Attended annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons in Cardiff – May 2000, Birmingham – April 2001, Dublin – May 2002, Manchester – May 2003, Glasgow – April 2005 and Liverpool 2010.
Attended M62 Coloproctology Course in Huddersfield – March 2001.
Attended the Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery course at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee – June 2003.
Attended annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India in Rajahmundry, India – September 2003, Hyderabad, India – December 2004 Jaipur, India – December 2005 and Bhubaneswar, India – December 2007.
Attended the 3rd International Laparoscopic workshop at GEM Hospital, Coimbatore, India – November 2003.
Attended the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India Conference in Delhi, India – March 2005.
Attended Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA – May 2005.
Member of the Organising Committee of the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India Conference in Hyderabad, India – March 2007.
Attended and given a “how I do it” presentation on Laparoscopic Splenectomy at the combined IASO – BASO annual conference in Hyderabad, India – September 2008.
I was operating faculty in the live workshop conducted during ASICON 2014 Hyderabad, India – December 2014

Trainings

I am a PG Trainer for the DNB General Surgery students in our hospital. The program commenced in 2006. I am main guide for the thesis work of five PG surgical trainees and co-guide for three. Six thesis have been submitted so far to the National Board and all have been approved.
I conduct hands on “Basic Surgical Skills” , “Anastomotic” and “Laparoscopic Skills” Workshops for surgical trainees. I have conducted ten such workshops so far, both in our Institute and in other places.

Memberships

Indian Medical Association
Association of Surgeons of India
Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
Member of court of examiners for intercollegiate MRCS examination (RCS England)
Member of Association of Colorectal Surgeons of India