Dr. Venkateshwara Mahadevan is a Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist & Gastrointestinal Onco-surgeon with over 14 years of experience. With academic qualifications from prestigious institutions and fellowships under world-renowned mentors in India and abroad, he is skilled in complex surgical procedures and post-operative care. He has extensive clinical training in gastro-surgery and has earned the FIAGES from the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons and FMAS from the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India. He has a number of publications to his name, and has presented his work at many international and national conferences.
Area of Expertise
- Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery for Gastric cancer
- Minimally invasive surgery for GERD, Hiatal hernia, achalasia, diaphragmatic hernia
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for benign and malignant esophageal lesions
- Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery for colorectal and small intestinal cancer
- Minimally invasive procedures for haemorrhoids, rectal prolapse including the LASER and STARR procedures
- Anal sphincter repair and pelvic floor reconstruction for faecal incontinence / complex perineal injuries
- Metabolic & Bariatric surgery for diabetes and weight loss
- Non-operative weight loss management & nutrition
- Surgery for chronic calcific pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer
- Laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder stones, gallbladder polyps & cancer.
- HIPEC for peritoneal seeding in gastric / colorectal cancer
- Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosolized Chemotherapy (PIPAC) for stage IV Gastrointestinal malignancies
- Upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy including interventional procedures
Special Interest
- Laparoscopic pylorus preserving gastrectomy & Robotic D2 Gastrectomy
- Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction (NOSE) for colorectal cancer
- Indocyanine green (ICG) technology aided resections and lymphadenectomy
- Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME) for very low rectal cancers
- Sphincter preservation and Turnbull-Cutait technique for ultra-low rectal cancers
- Abdominal trauma management
