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Dr. Vaithiswaran Velayoudam

Medical Director & Senior Consultant

MBBS, MS Surgery, MRCS, FAIS, FMAS

17 years experience overall

Educational Qualification & Training

  • Completed MBBS/MS in one of India’s top medical schools JIPMER. MBBS (1993-1999) MS (2000-2003)
  • Senior Residency Surgical Oncology AIMS New Delhi (2004-2008)

Experience

  • Medical Director & Senior Consultant GI Oncology, Sringeri Sharada Equitas Hospital, Since August’23.
  • Senior consultant GI Surgical oncology and Minimally Invasive surgery, Apollo Proton Cancer centre and Apollo OMR 2021- 2023
  • Lead Consultant GI surgical Oncology Apollo Proton Cancer centre 2019 to 2021
  • Senior Consultant and Head MIS and GI surgery AND GI ONCOLOGY at Global Health City, Chennai (2013 - 2019)
  • Consultant GI Oncology and Upper GI surgery at GEM Hospital, Coimbatore (2009 - 2013)

Membership and fellowship

  • Member Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
  • Fellow, Association of Surgeons of India
  • Fellow, Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
  • Member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons

Certificates and Awards

  • Distinction in Microbiology
  • Certificate of honour in Biochemistry, Preventive & Social Medicine, Microbiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics

Conference Presentations:

  • Invited faculty at numerous National conferences (INDIAN CANCER CONGRESS, IASGCON, ASICON, AMASICON, etc)
  • Operated as faculty in Numerous live workshops
  • More than twenty abstract publications in international conferences
  • Faculty at skill courses (Conducted by AMASI and IAGES)
  • Presented 13 papers at international conferences.
  • BEST PAPER award IASGCON 2010, Hyderabad 2010 on Minimally Invasive esophagectomy
  • BEST PAPER AWARD: ISDE KAGOSHIMA JAPAN, 2010 on Minimally Invasive esophagectomy
  • Best of Videos session IASGCON 2015, Pune: Laparoscopic TotalProctocolectomy with IPAA for colon rectal cancer
  • First Live workshop of rectal cancer surgery at Apollo Proton cancer centre

Publications

  • Composition of gallbladder bile in healthy individuals and patients with gallstone disease from north and South India. Jayanthi V, Sarika S, Varghese J, Vaithiswaran V, Sharma M, Reddy MS, Srinivasan V, Reddy GM, Rela M, Kalkura S. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016 Sep;35(5):347-353. Epub 2016 Sep 16.
  • Single incision laparoscopic colorectal resection: Our experience. Palanivelu C, Vij A, Rajapandian S, Palanivelu P, Parthasarathi R, Vaithiswaran V, Palanisamy S. J Minim Access Surg. 2012 Oct;8(4):134-9. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.103118.
  • Laparoendoscopic single-site lateral pancreaticojejunostomy. Palanivelu C, Ahluwalia JS, Parthasarathi R, Palanisami S, Vaithiswaran V, Rajapandian S, Palanivelu P. Pancreatology. 2011;11(5):500-5. doi: 10.1159/000331461. Epub 2011 Oct 27.
  • Laparoscopic duodenojejunal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: preliminary results of a prospective series from India. Raj PP, Kumaravel R, Chandramaliteeswaran C, Vaithiswaran V, Palanivelu C. Surg Endosc. 2012 Mar;26(3):688-92. doi: 10.1007/s00464-011-1938-0. Epub 2011 Oct 13.
  • Minimally invasive oesophagectomy for carcinoma oesophagus--approaches and options in a high volume tertiary centre. Rajan PS, Vaithiswaran V, Rajapandian S, Senthilnathan P, Praveenraj P, Palanivelu C. J Indian Med Assoc. 2010 Oct;108(10):642-4.
  • Gall bladder cancer: usual presentation, unusual outcome. Sharma A, Dwary AD, Vaithiswaran V, Pal S, Gupta SD, Shukla NK, Raina V, Thulkar S, Mohanti BK. Trop Gastroenterol. 2010 Apr-Jun;31(2):127-8.
  • Evolution in techniques of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: a decade long experience from a tertiary center. Palanivelu C, Rajan PS, Rangarajan M, Vaithiswaran V, Senthilnathan P, Parthasarathi R, Praveen Raj P. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2009;16(6):731-40. doi: 10.1007/s00534-009-0157-8.
  • Effect of early enteral feeding after upper gastrointestinal surgery. Vaithiswaran V, Srinivasan K, Kadambari D. Trop Gastroenterol. 2008 Apr-Jun;29(2):91-4.
  • A review of evidence based management of colorectal cancers. Deo SV, Vaithiswaran V, Shukla NK. Trop Gastroenterol. 2006 Oct-Dec;27(4):154-9. Review. No abstract available.
  • Postoperative intussusception in the adult: a case report. Maroju NK, Srinivasan K, Kadambari D, Vaithiswaran V. Trop Gastroenterol. 2004 Jan-Mar;25(1):40-1. Review.