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  • 20+ years Experience
  • Rela Hospital, Chennai

Dr. Vasantha Kumar — Associate Consultant in Chennai

MBBS, MS, MCh, FMAS

Associate Consultant

Rela Hospital, Chennai

  • Associate Consultant
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary
  • Liver Transplant
  • Consults in English, Tamil, Hindi

Usually responds within 24 hours

  • Experience

    20+ years of experience

  • Hospital

    Rela Hospital, Chennai, India

  • Education

    MBBS, MS, MCh, FMAS

  • Languages

    English, Tamil, Hindi

About Dr. Vasantha Kumar

Professional summary

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 and biliary reconstruction are written after records review — not from a brochure wait-list. Training includes MBBS (2005) — Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. International patients meet him on camera first; travel to Chennai is offered only if this HPB floor is the right list.

Practises at

Rela Hospital

Chennai, India

  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of Approval
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of Care
  • NABL — National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
  • DHA

Rela Hospital in Chennai is a 450-bed JCI campus from 2018, with NABL and a DHA line for Gulf families. Radiation oncology is a head-of-department floor: EBRT, IMRT, SBRT, brachytherapy, a visiting CyberKnife list when the indication is real. It is a newer house with consultants who trained in older ones. Records on camera first; a date if Chromepet is the right city.

Hospital profile and full faculty

Specializations

  • Surgical Gastroenterology
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary

Procedures & Expertise

  • Liver Transplant
  • Liver Tumor Surgery
  • Whipple Procedure
  • Pancreatectomy (Pancreas Removal Surgery)
  • Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant
  • Gastrectomy
  • Pancreas Transplant

Education & Qualifications

  • MBBS (2005) — Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India
  • MS (General Surgery) (2009) — Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India
  • FMAS (Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery) (2012) — Gurgaon
  • MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology) (2016) — Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore
  • Fellowship in Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation (2018) — Institute of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai

Hospital Affiliations

  • Rela Hospital, Chennai, India

Quick answer

Quick Answer

Who is Dr. Vasantha Kumar?

Dr. Vasantha Kumar is a listed surgical gastroenterology specialist at Rela Hospital in Chennai with 20 years of listed experience. Qualifications on the profile include MBBS, MS, MCh, FMAS. Documented procedure relationships currently include Liver Transplantation, Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy), Pancreatectomy, Whipple Procedure. This summary uses catalog fields only and is not a clinical ranking or endorsement.

Dr. Vasantha Kumar profile

Quick facts

Specialty
Surgical Gastroenterology
City
Chennai, India
Hospital
Rela Hospital
Experience
20 years listed
Qualifications
MBBS, MS, MCh, FMAS
Languages
English, Tamil, Hindi

Why this doctor may be relevant

Dr. Vasantha Kumar is a listed Associate Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai with 20 years of listed experience. Catalog procedure relationships currently include Liver Transplantation, Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy), Pancreatectomy. Inclusion uses professional catalog information, not a clinical ranking or outcome score.

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