Dr. Ravi Chandran K

Dr. Ravi Chandran is a Consultant Uro-oncologist and a Robotic Surgeon at Apollo Hospital,Bannerghatta road, Bengaluru. He has been fellowship trained in Uro-oncology & roboticsurgery at Amrita Institute of medical sciences, Kochi, where he spent two years treatingprostate, kidney, bladder, testis, penile, adrenal, retroperitoneal cancers exclusively. AIMS,Kochi is one of the high-volume quaternary referral centres in India for uro-oncology &robotic surgeries.His areas of interest and expertise include urological malignancies and robotic surgeries.During his fellowship period, he has done numerous Robotic, laparoscopic, Open,Endourological surgeries providing comprehensive and cutting-edge treatment forUrological cancers. He has also extensively researched in the field of uro-oncology and hasnumerous papers and presentations at national and international conferences.Surgical experience:Dr Ravi Chandran has performed numerous uro-oncological surgeries including manycomplex surgeries listed below using Open, Endourological, Laparoscopic & Roboticprocedures.Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy (for prostate cancer)Radical Cystectomy and ileal conduit / Neobladder (for urinary bladder cancer)Radical and partial nephrectomy (Kidney Cancer)Zero ischemia partial nephrectomyPartial and radical penectomy (Penis Cancer)Video Endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL)Radical orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphnode dissection (for testicular cancer)Surgeries for adrenal tumoursSurgeries for retro peritoneal tumorsAcademic achievements:1. RGUHS Gold medal in MS General Surgery examination April 2015 for obtaininghighest marks in General surgery exams awarded by Karnataka state medicaluniversity, RGUHS, Bengaluru.2. Gold medal in Mch Urology examination 2020, AIMS, Kochi, Amrita University,Coimbatore.Honors and awards1. “Prof. CKP Menon Best Paper Prize” at 53rd Annual conference of Urological societyof India (USICON 2020) held at Kochi in January 2020. Development of a Novel IndianNomogram for predicting extra capsular extension in prostate cancer.2. “Indian journal of Urology Best article for year 2021” at 55th Annual conference ofUrological society of India (USICON 2022) held in January 2022. Second prize forDevelopment of a Novel Indian Nomogram for predicting extra capsular extension inprostate cancer. Indian J Urol 2021;37:65-713. Developing a nomogram for predicting pentafecta outcomes after radicalcystectomy in an Indian cohort. Nominated for “USI Best paper prize for youngUrologists” at 55th Annual conference of Urological society of India (USICON 2022) held inJanuary 2022.4. Diagnostic potential of Ramanspectroscopy in the bladder cancer: Identifying andcharacterizing grades. Nominated for “USI Best Innovation award session” at 54thAnnualconference of Urological society of India (Virtual USICON 2021) held in February2021.5. Testis sparing surgery in Small tumours - Is it safe.? Nominated for “Vijaywada prizeposter” at 53rd Annual conference of Urological society of India (USICON 2020) heldat Kochi in January 2020.6. Laparoscopic Bilateral Adrenalectomy: A Review of 15 years’ experience at Singletertiary centre in India. Nominated for “Best poster” at South Zone Urological societyof India conference (SZUSICON) 2019, Coimbatore.7. Partins Nomogram and its performance in high risk carcinoma prostate - A SouthIndian cohort. Nominated for “Best paper” at Urological association of Kerala annualconference (UAKON) 2019, Trivandrum.8. Fast track surgery in pancreatic resections – A single centre experience. Nominatedfor “Best paper” at Karnataka state conference - Association of Surgeons of Indiaconference 2014 (KSC-ASICON) 2015, Mysore.9. SecondPrize in Poster category. Ancient schwannoma of thigh presenting as sciatica– A rare case report. Karnataka state conference - Association of Surgeons of Indiaconference (KSC-ASICON) 2014, Manipal.10. SIOAS - Small incision open appendectomy surgery, a renewed approach. Nominatedfor “Best video” at Karnataka state conference - Association of Surgeons of Indiaconference 2014 (KSC-ASICON) 2014, Manipal.11. A Clinical audit of Colonoscopy: Our Single centre experience. Nominated for “Bestpaper” at Karnataka state conference - Association of Surgeons of India conference2014 (KSC-ASICON) 2014, Manipal.12. SecondPrize in Inter-Collegiate General surgery quiz conducted at St. Johns medicalcollege during continued surgical education programme 2014.13. SecondPrize in Inter-Collegiate Pulmonary medicine Quiz conducted at AJIMS,Mangalore in 2009.