Doctor discovery · Surgical Gastroenterology
Chennai has the longest-established international-patient corridor of the five cities, and named esophageal-cancer surgery listings at MGM Healthcare (Dr. Manikandan Venkatasubramaniyan, Dr. S. Srivishnu) and Rela Hospital (Dr. P. Saravanan). Listed surgical-oncology campuses also include Gleneagles HealthCity. Interpreters and visa-extension paperwork are ordinary desk work. Heat from April onward is the trade-off for a three-week ICU-to-hotel recovery.
Quick answer
Surgical gastroenterology treats selected oesophageal, stomach, bowel, liver, pancreatic, biliary and abdominal-wall disease. Planning depends on diagnosis, anatomy, disease extent, nutrition, organ function, previous operations and whether endoscopic, laparoscopic, robotic or open treatment is most appropriate.
Surgical gastroenterology treats selected oesophageal, stomach, bowel, liver, pancreatic, biliary and abdominal-wall disease. Planning depends on diagnosis, anatomy, disease extent, nutrition, organ function, previous operations and whether endoscopic, laparoscopic, robotic or open treatment is most appropriate.
Chennai has the longest-established international-patient corridor of the five cities, and named esophageal-cancer surgery listings at MGM Healthcare (Dr. Manikandan Venkatasubramaniyan, Dr. S. Srivishnu) and Rela Hospital (Dr. P. Saravanan). Listed surgical-oncology campuses also include Gleneagles HealthCity. Interpreters and visa-extension paperwork are ordinary desk work. Heat from April onward is the trade-off for a three-week ICU-to-hotel recovery. 19 listed surgical gastroenterology specialists currently appear for Chennai, across 5 hospitals in the catalog.
A doctor appears only when the GAF catalog records the matching Surgical Gastroenterology specialty, location and, where selected, exact procedure relationship. Results are not ranked by outcomes or medical superiority.
This directory uses professional catalog information and exact specialty and procedure relationships. It does not constitute a medical ranking, guarantee availability or replace a case review by a qualified GI surgeon.
Airport transfers are the shortest of the five cities — typically 20 to 50 minutes. That helps a companion doing twice-daily ICU visits more than a one-night admission. Air-conditioned lodging next to the campus is part of the medical plan in summer, not a luxury line.
19 GI surgeons and 5 hospitals currently match this city and specialty filter. This directory uses professional catalog information and exact specialty and procedure relationships. It does not constitute a medical ranking, guarantee availability or replace a case review by a qualified GI surgeon.
Surgical Gastroenterology treatment costs in Chennai, India · Chennai Surgical Gastroenterology city guide
Specialists
19 catalog records match the current filters. Ordering is alphabetical by city and name, not a ranking.
Showing 11–19 of 19
Clinical Lead for HPB Surgery
Dr. Rajesh Rajalingam is Clinical Lead for HPB Surgery at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 20 years of experience. His profile records surgical gastroenterology together with gastroenterology and hepatobiliary wor…
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Consultant
Dr. Ramkiran Reddy Cherukuru is a Consultant at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 15 years of experience. His profile records surgical gastroenterology together with general surgery, and his operating list covers l…
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Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterology and Robotic GI Surgery
Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar is a Consultant in Surgical Gastroenterology and Robotic GI Surgery at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 12 years of experience. His profile records surgical gastroenterology together with ge…
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Senior Consultant in Minimally Invasive GI Surgery & GI Oncology
Dr. Saravanan M N is Senior Consultant in Minimally Invasive GI Surgery & GI Oncology at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, India. He has practised surgical gastroenterology in India for 11+ years experience. Livin…
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Senior Consultant
Dr. Senthilkumar Ganapathi is Senior Consultant at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, India. He has practised surgical gastroenterology in India for 20+ years experience. Living-donor versus deceased-donor work-up,…
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Consultant, Institute of Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery
Dr. Srikanth Thummala is Consultant, Institute of Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised surgical gastroenterology in India for 16+ years experience. Living-donor versus d…
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Senior Consultant and Head of Department, Minimally Invasive Bariatric & GI Surgery
Dr. T S Bala Shanmugam is Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and GI Surgery at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, with more than 30 years of experience. His profile records surgical…
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Senior Consultant & Director, Institute of Liver Diseases, Transplant & HPB Surgery
Dr. Thiagarajan Srinivasan is Senior Consultant and Director of the Institute of Liver Diseases, Transplant and HPB Surgery at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, with more than 20 years of experience. His profile records surgical…
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Associate Consultant
Dr. Vasantha Kumar is Associate Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised surgical gastroenterology in India for 20+ years experience. Living-donor versus deceased-donor work-up, Whipple sequencing…
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Clinical decisions
These are planning questions, not a scoring system. Technique, campus and follow-up still have to be confirmed in writing.
Treatments
Each digestive operation keeps its canonical cost guide. Doctor lists only include exact procedure mappings.
Liver Resection (Hepatectomy)
Liver resection, or hepatectomy, removes a diseased portion of the liver — tumour or selected benign disease — with a margin, while preserving enough functioning remnant to support recovery. The liver can later increase in volume; that regeneration is not a copy of the piece that was taken out. The exact operation depends on tumour location, size, number of lesions, liver function, underlying liver disease, relationship to blood vessels and bile ducts, cancer type, previous treatment, overall health and the surgeon's assessment. GAF Healthcare does not decide on this page whether resection is appropriate. Treatment plans are determined by qualified doctors after evaluation.
GI surgeons for Liver Resection (Hepatectomy)Liver Resection (Hepatectomy) treatment in India
4 mapped specialists
Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation replaces a failing liver with a graft from a living or deceased donor when medical treatment can no longer sustain liver function. The diseased liver is removed and a whole or partial graft is implanted with hepatic-vein, portal-vein, arterial and biliary anastomoses. ICU monitoring of graft flow, bile output and immunosuppression follows.
GI surgeons for Liver TransplantationLiver Transplantation treatment in India
15 mapped specialists
Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Pediatric liver transplantation replaces a child's failing liver with a whole, reduced or living-donor graft when hepatology and a paediatric ICU already agree that medical therapy is not enough. The native liver is removed and a size-matched graft is implanted, often with microvascular arterial anastomosis and Roux biliary reconstruction. Paediatric ICU monitoring follows.
GI surgeons for Pediatric Liver TransplantationPediatric Liver Transplantation treatment in India
6 mapped specialists
Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
The Whipple procedure is a complex operation used to treat selected diseases of the pancreas, bile duct and nearby digestive structures, including some pancreatic cancers. The pancreatic head, duodenum, gallbladder and bile-duct segment are removed and the remaining pancreas, bile duct and stomach or duodenum are reconstructed. After exploration for unexpected metastases, the pancreatic head, duodenum, distal bile duct and gallbladder are removed. Pancreaticojejunostomy, hepaticojejunostomy and gastro- or duodenojejunostomy restore continuity. ICU monitoring of drain amylase and gastric emptying follows.
GI surgeons for Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy) treatment in India
15 mapped specialists
Pancreatectomy
Pancreatectomy removes part or, in selected cases, all of the pancreas when disease extent is not captured by a named Whipple or distal-pancreatectomy template. The named portion of pancreas is mobilised and removed. Reconstruction, if any remnant remains, joins pancreas to bowel. After total removal, biliary and intestinal joins are completed without a pancreatic anastomosis.
GI surgeons for PancreatectomyPancreatectomy treatment in India
13 mapped specialists
Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication)
Anti-reflux surgery with Nissen fundoplication wraps the gastric fundus around the lower oesophagus to restore a barrier against reflux after manometry and pH testing already support an operation. Usually laparoscopically, the hiatus is assessed, any hernia reduced, crura approximated and a 360-degree fundus wrap constructed around the lower oesophagus. A bougie or calibration method may be used as the surgeon prefers.
GI surgeons for Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication)Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication) treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Cities
City pages use live catalog counts. Empty combinations are omitted rather than published as thin URLs.
Hospitals
Counts are current doctor relationships at each campus. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Chennai · 9 listed GI surgeons
Surgical Gastroenterology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 4 listed GI surgeons
Surgical Gastroenterology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 3 listed GI surgeons
Surgical Gastroenterology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 2 listed GI surgeons
Surgical Gastroenterology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 1 listed GI surgeon
Surgical Gastroenterology hospitals in ChennaiRelated conditions
These links come from the specialty guide taxonomy. They are not inferred from a doctor’s procedure list and are not a claim of individual doctor expertise.
Solid tumors
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Cancer second opinion
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Obesity
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Metabolic syndrome
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Type 2 diabetes
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
HPB disease
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Foregut and colorectal surgery
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Liver failure
The appropriate digestive operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Treatment guides
Canonical long-form articles remain the authoritative resource. This directory does not rewrite them.
Costs
These are the existing GAF cost guides. They are not doctor-specific prices.
Esophagectomy
View cost guide · $12,000–$28,000
Gastrectomy
View cost guide · $9,000–$22,000
Liver Resection (Hepatectomy)
View cost guide · $10,000–$26,000
Sleeve Gastrectomy
View cost guide · $4,500–$8,500
Liver Transplantation
View cost guide · $28,000–$55,000
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
View cost guide · $32,000–$62,000
Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
View cost guide · $28,000–$52,000
Pediatric Liver Transplantation
View cost guide · $32,000–$65,000
Liver Retransplantation
View cost guide · $35,000–$70,000
Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
View cost guide · $14,000–$32,000
Distal Pancreatectomy
View cost guide · $9,000–$22,000
Pancreatectomy
View cost guide · $12,000–$30,000
Biliary Reconstruction
View cost guide · $8,000–$20,000
Gallbladder Cancer Surgery
View cost guide · $7,000–$18,000
Bile Duct Cancer Surgery
View cost guide · $10,000–$26,000
Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication)
View cost guide · $4,000–$9,500
Hiatal Hernia Surgery
View cost guide · $3,800–$9,000
Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
View cost guide · $4,500–$11,000
Colorectal Cancer Surgery
View cost guide · $8,000–$20,000
Colorectal Resection
View cost guide · $7,000–$18,000
Low Anterior Resection (LAR)
View cost guide · $8,000–$20,000
Abdominoperineal Resection (APR)
View cost guide · $9,000–$22,000
Total Mesorectal Excision (TME)
View cost guide · $8,500–$21,000
Ostomy / Stoma Surgery
View cost guide · $2,500–$6,800
Gastric Bypass Surgery
View cost guide · $6,000–$11,000
The quick answer on this page is summarised from GAF Healthcare’s Surgical Gastroenterology treatment guide. That guide remains the canonical article for clinical context, treatment options and planning.
A GI surgeon evaluates the relevant diagnosis, explains suitable digestive operations, coordinates treatment-specific assessment and follow-up, and discusses alternatives and material risks. The specialty guide provides clinical context without ranking individual doctors.
19 catalog records currently match this Chennai listing. Filter by city, hospital or documented procedure. “Best” is the discovery heading for that search intent, not a clinical ranking.
Listed GI surgeons currently appear in Delhi NCR (43), Mumbai (11), Bengaluru (13), Chennai (19), Hyderabad (21). Counts are directory facts, not quality scores.
The catalog currently maps GI surgeons to Liver Resection (Hepatectomy), Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy), Pancreatectomy, Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication), Ostomy / Stoma Surgery. Procedure pages are published only when enough exact doctor relationships exist.
Hospitals with current listings include Rela Hospital, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Apollo Hospital, Chennai. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Use the compare tray to place two to four listed specialists side by side on experience, qualifications, hospital, city and mapped procedures. Comparison uses catalog fields only.
Plan against the stored India planning range for resection, reconstruction and quoted stay. Chennai does not have a separate verified city tariff on this page.
Named catalog listings currently include surgical oncologists at MGM Healthcare and Rela Hospital. Meet the person who would operate. Placement is not a ranking.
The corridor is older, transfers are shorter, and visa paperwork is routine. That is administration, not a clinical ranking, and not a guarantee that a particular approach is appropriate for your tumour.
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