
Dr. Sonal Asthana
Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Bangalore
MD, MS (JIPMER) Surgical Oncology (AIIMS), MRCS(Edinburgh), MSc
About
- University of Alberta Hospital - Clinical Transplant fellowship, HPB Surgery and Multiorgan Transplant
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi - Senior Research Associate, Senior Resident, Surgical Oncology
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) Pondicherry, India - Chief Resident, General Surgery, Surgical Residency
- He joined the Liver Unit at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, UK, where he spent four years training in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ transplantation, as well as on a higher surgical (Sub specialty) training rotation, in 2003
Specialities
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Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery
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Kidney Transplantation
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Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Bariatric Surgery
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Surgical Gastroenterology
Procedures
Liver Transplant
Pancreatic Surgery
Renal Transplant
Expertise
- Surgery of the liver, bile duct and pancreas
- Liver transplantation- cadaveric and living donor
- Pancreatic Surgery and transplantation
- Liver tumor management
- Renal Transplantation-living donor and cadaveric
- Cell transplantation
- Multi-Organ Transplantation
- Diabetes
- Viral Hepatitis
Education
- Bachelors Degree from JIPMER, Pondicherry
- Master Degree from JIPMER, Pondicherry, University of Alberta, Canada
- Training: Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation
- Residency Training from JIPMER Pondicherry and Leeds, United Kingdom
- Residency from Yorkshire School of Surgery
- Chief Residency: JIPMER, Pondicherry and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) , New Delhi
- FellowShip American Society of Transplant Surgeons ( ASTS)
- Fellowship in Multi-organ transplantation in Edmonton, Canada
- He had comprehensive training in, and exposure to all aspects of complex liver biliary and pancreatic surgery as well as training in liver, kidney, whole-organ pancreas, small bowel and clinical islet-cell cell transplantation.
Practice Information
Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore
#43/2, New Airport Road, NH.7, Sahakara Nagar, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560092
Achievements & Contributions
- Conferences Attended2011- AASLD (San Francisco, BSS (Cape Cod), ATC (Philadelphia), CST (Quebec)
- Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation award, American Association for the Study of Liver disease, November 2011
- Nominated for the BMO Financial Group Graduate Scholarship, Univ of Alberta, 2010
- Canadian Society for Transplantation (CST) grant, 2010
- European Health Leadership Program (INSEAD), Fontainebleau, France, June 2010
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Clinical Fellowship, 2009
- Alberta Transplant Fund Fellowship, June 2009
- Medawar medal session, British Transplant Society conference, Edinburgh March 2006
- Clinical Fellowship Hepatobiliary Oncology, International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists (IASG), Athens, Greece
- Commonwealth fellowship in Cancer research, Govt of India, Nominee 2002.
- Young Scientist Travel Grant Award - (CSIR), Govt of India, 2001
- Department of Science and Technology (DST) Endowment Award Govt of India, 2001
- He is a recipient of awards from the British Transplant Society, The American Society of Transplantation, The Canadian Transplant Society and has been a recipient of the Alberta Heritage fellowship (AHFMR)
- The American Association of the Society of Liver disease (AASLD) HPB surgery and Liver Transplantation award
- S Asthana, C Toso, G Meeberg et al. The impact of sirolimus on Hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation. Canadian J Gastroenterology Jan 2011.
- Bloodstream infection after elective liver transplantation is associated with increased mortality in patients with cirrhosis Karvellas CJ, McPhail M, Pink F, Asthana S , Muiesan P, Nigel Heaton et al Journal of Critical Care 2011
- C Toso, S Asthana, D Bigam, J Shapiro N Kneteman Reassessing selection criteria for liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with the scientific registry of transplant recipients database. Hepatology 2009 Mar; 49(3): 832-8
- P Goldsmith, S Asthana, N Ahmad. Transplantation Of Adult Sized Kidneys In Low Weight Paediatric Recipients Achieves Short-Term Outcomes Comparable To Size Matched Grafts Pediatric Transplantation 2010 Nov;14(7):919-24
- S Asthana, C Toso, M McCarthy, AMJ Shapiro. The management of splenic artery aneurysms in patients awaiting liver transplantation. Clinical Transplantation Sep-Oct;24(5):691-4
- Dr. Sonal Asthana has an extensive research background with more than 40 publications and scientific articles, numerous abstracts and presentations at national and international meetings to his credit
- Royal College of Surgeons ( Edinburgh)
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