Dr. K. Hemanth Kumar is a highly experienced Consultant in Surgical Gastroenterology, GI Oncology, HPB and Robotic Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road. He has over 15 years of experience in gastrointestinal and HPB onco surgery, laparoscopic pancreatic and biliary surgery, hernia laparoscopy and reflux procedures. His qualifications include MBBS from BMCRI, MS and M.Ch from PGIMER Chandigarh, and DNB in General Surgery. He also holds FIAGES fellowship and previously served as Associate Professor at PGIMER Chandigarh. He is fluent in English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Punjabi.
Educational Qualifications
- MBBS – BMCRI
- MS (General Surgery) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
- DNB (General Surgery) – NBE, New Delhi
- M.Ch (Surgical Gastroenterology) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
- FIAGES
- Ex–Associate Professor, PGIMER Chandigarh
Professional Experience
- Consultant – Surgical Gastroenterology, GI Oncology & HPB, Robotic Surgery, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road
- Ex–Associate Professor, PGIMER Chandigarh
- Over 15 years of experience in gastrointestinal and HPB onco surgery
Awards & Achievements
- First Order Medal for academic excellence in MS (General Surgery), PGIMER Chandigarh, 2008
- Travel Grant, 10th World Congress of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Paris, 2012
- Bursary Award, IASGCON 2016, Coimbatore
- Best Poster Award, IASGCON 2016, Coimbatore (Surgical Anatomy of Liver)
- Best Poster Award, XXIX IASGCON, AIIMS New Delhi 2019 (Esophageal tuberculosis)
- Chaired the “Invited Lectures” session, 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER Puducherry, 2017
Professional Memberships
- Fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Surgeons
- Life member, Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
- Life member, Indian Chapter – International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- Life member, Association of Surgeons of India
- Life member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons
- Life member, Chandigarh Surgical Society
Fellowships
- FIAGES (Fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Surgeons)
Publications
- Surgical anatomy of the vasculobiliary apparatus at the hepatic hilum as applied to liver transplantations and major liver resections. Journal of the Anatomical Society of India, 2018
- Surgery for abdominal tuberculosis: experience from a tertiary-care center. Surg Infect (Larchmt), 2018
- Clinical relevance of cholesterol homeostasis genes in colorectal cancer. BBA Mol Cell Biol Lipids, 2019
- Surgical management of jejunal tumours: experience from tertiary care centre. J Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2019
- Surgical management of hepatic hydatid cysts – conservative versus radical surgery. HPB (Oxford), 2020
- Delayed referral increases the need for surgery and intervention in acute pancreatitis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2020