General Surgery

Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital Deralakatte Mangalore

Overview

The Department of Surgery offers high-quality, individualized patient care and academic teaching and training. The team consists of highly motivated and experienced academic surgeons, with a keen interest in academic teaching and research. On the clinical front, the department provides daily outpatient services, comprehensive in-patient services, surgical intensive care with round the clock emergency surgical services. The department emphasizes on high levels of surgical safety and competence, with high-quality outcomes, at affordable costs. The clinical services are well supported by specialty departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Urology.

On the academic front the department conducts teaching and training for the Bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program, Bachelor in Dental Sciences (BDS), Bachelor in Physiotherapy (BPT), BSc in Medical Imaging Technology (BSc MIT), and BSc in Anesthesiology and Operation Theatre Technology (BSc A&OTT) and the Master of Surgery (MS) Post-Graduate program. Teaching and training involves traditional techniques such as bed side clinics and lectures, as well as innovative simulation techniques. There is abundant focus on research, with several ongoing international collaborative research projects.

Faculty / OPD Schedule

Name Designation Unit OPD Day
Dr. K.R. Bhagavan Professor & Head I Monday
Dr. Prajwal Chandrashekhara Assistant Professor I Monday
Dr. Akanksh B Shetty Senior Resident I Monday
Dr. Iyer Kamakshi Venkatraman Senior Resident I Monday
Dr. Caren D'souza Professor and Unit Head II Tuesday
Dr. Rohith Holla Assistant Professor II Tuesday
Dr. Yajnesh C Shetty Assistant Professor II Tuesday
Dr. Akshaya Jnana Chandraraj Senior Resident II Tuesday
Dr. Udath M Senior Resident II Tuesday
Dr. Lancelot Lobo Professor and Unit Head III Wednesday
Dr. Lloyson Benix A V Assistant Professor III Wednesday
Dr. Abhijna Prasad Senior Resident III Wednesday
Dr. Prathvish Shetty Senior Resident III Wednesday
Dr. Rajesh Ramakrishna Ballal Professor and Unit Head IV Thursday
Dr. Meera K Assistant Professor IV Thursday
Dr. Suhan U Shetty Senior Resident IV Thursday
Dr. K V Rajeshwara Professor and Unit Head V Monday
Dr. Harvi Girisha Assistant Professor V Monday
Dr. K Rahul Shenoy Senior Resident V Monday
Dr. Rajesh Chidambaranath Assistant Professor VI Tuesday
Dr. Abhijith Acharya Associate Professor VI Tuesday
Dr. Yatish G Hegde Senior Resident VI Tuesday
Dr. Praveen M Pawar Associate Professor & Unit Head VII Wednesday
Dr. Dhananjay Kumar Assistant Professor VII Wednesday
Dr. K.P Abhishek Bhat Assistant Professor VII Wednesday
Dr. Abhijit S Shetty Professor and Unit Head VIII Thursday
Dr. Rahul Kumar V Assistant Professor VIII Thursday
Dr. Disha Shetty Assistant Professor VIII Thursday
Dr. Anish A Shetty Assistant Professor VIII Thursday

PG list

Name Designation Year Department
Dr. Apurva Hariharan Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Atheen Raj P Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. James Jijo Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. K J Pravardhana Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Karuturi Satya Prapoorna Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Kavali Sruthi Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Kiran Horatti Kallappa Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. M Priya Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Marri Chaitanya Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Pranjal Patil Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Sravika Malreddy Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Vijaya Singh Junior Resident III General Surgery
Dr. Aher Krishnakant Arun Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Aiswarya J Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Baswar Palash Rajesh Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Chitimalla Nikhil Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Jagadeesh Patil Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Kottagunda Sai Amruth Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. M Abhiram Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Nechwani Paresh Anil Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Nilesh Kumar Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Palleti Prathyusha Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Ritika Chawla Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Yadav Durgesh Lal Bahadur Junior Resident II General Surgery
Dr. Akhila Palakayala Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Ankush Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Chirag L Sagar Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Nihar Umesh Mudnur Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Nikhil Jambagi Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Prashanth Kumar Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Priya Chauhan Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Sharath S P Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Shreyash Chaudhary Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Srinivas C Sankol Junior Resident I General Surgery
Dr. Thanusha Menezes Junior Resident I General Surgery

Speciality Services

The Department of Surgery offers:

  • Basic General Surgical procedures (Hernia, Appendix, Gallbladder)
  • Minimal Access Surgery (Laparoscopy, Thoracoscopy)
  • Endoscopy (Upper GI, Lower GI, Diagnostic & Therapeutic)
  • Endocrine Surgery (Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Breast)
  • Head and neck surgery (Thyroid, Oral cancers)
  • Upper Gastrointestinal surgery (Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum, Small bowel)
  • Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery (Liver, Biliary system, pancreas)
  • Colorectal Surgery (Colon, Rectum, Anal canal, Motility disorders)
  • Gastrointestinal surgery (luminal, solid organs Spleen, Liver)
  • Cancer Surgery (Head and neck cancer, Breast cancer, Intestinal cancer)
  • General Thoracic surgery (Video Assisted Thoracoscopy, Pneumonectomy etc.)
  • Vascular Surgery (Peripheral arterial bypass and Varicose veins surgery)
  • Robotic -assisted Surgery
    While the word “robotic” is in the description, a robot doesn’t perform Surgery. Your surgeon is the one performing surgery using the Robot and instrument.

    Procedures

    General Surgery
    • Bariatric (Weight -loss) Surgery
    • Hernia Repair
    • Gallbladder Surgery
    Colorectal
    • Colon resection
    • Rectal resection
    Head and Neck
    • Benign base of tongue resection