He has led the highest volume of liver and pancreas surgery units in Karnataka
Cytecare Hospitals announced the appointment of Dr Raghavendra Babu as Consultant – Gastrointestinal & HPB Surgery. Before working with Cytecare, Dr Raghavendra worked as the Senior Consultant and Head of Hepatobiliary, Pancreas and Liver Transplant at HCG Hospital in Bangalore. He has led the highest volume of liver and pancreas surgery units in Karnataka.
Suresh Ramu, Co-founder & CEO, Cytecare Hospitals, said, “He has been widely acknowledged for his versatile and patient-centric approach. The ultimate goal at Cytecare is to provide state-of-the-art advanced care and treatment, and I am confident Dr Raghavendra will help us abide by this vision.”
Dr Raghavendra holds various lifetime memberships with paramount associations such as the Indian Medical Association, Association of Surgeons of India, and International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA). He has written various articles and contributed to publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Raghavendra has been credited with the Best poster award in IHPBA 2014 for “Usefulness of Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in detecting bile leaks in living donor liver transplant recipients.”
Embodying over six years of rich experience in the field of medical science, he has donned many feathers to his cap and achieved several milestones. He is one of the few surgeons to combine skills of vascular surgery with advanced liver and pancreatic surgery to achieve good clearance in tumours with vascular infiltration. He is also one of the few doctors to have performed the highest numbers of surgical procedures for complicated, extended liver surgery for Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas. Prior to working with Cytecare, Dr Raghavendra worked as the Senior Consultant and Head of Hepato-biliary, Pancreas and Liver Transplant at HCG Hospital in Bangalore. He has led the highest volume of Liver and Pancreas surgery units in Karnataka.
