Best Colorectal & Robotic Surgeon - Dr. Venkatesh Munikrishnan

Dr. VENKATESH MUNIKRISHNAN

Consultant - COLORECTAL & ROBOTIC SURGEON

DR VENKATESH MUNIKRISHNAN joined Apollo Hospitals in 2012 as Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. In 2016 He was instrumental in launching The Institute of Colorectal Surgery & The Robotic Colorectal Surgery Programme at Apollo Hospitals Chennai as the first standalone subspecialist unit in the private healthcare space in India. The Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery Programme at the Institute is one of the busiest in the country offering Robotic, Laparoscopic & Open Colorectal Surgery for both malignant and benign colorectal pathology. He has performed 600+ robotic colorectal cancer surgery procedures which is the highest volume in India using both the Intuitive & Medtronic Robotic platforms.

As Programme Director for the Apollo Robotic Colorectal Surgery Programme he has helped develop the Robotic Colorectal Surgery Programme across the Apollo Hospitals network. This includes developing standardized colorectal cancer surgery procedures, assessing new robotic platforms, achieving world class outcomes and cost effective robotic colorectal surgery programmes. He has worked with surgeons at Apollo Hospitals across the country to adopt Robotics into their colorectal surgery practice. He was conferred as Professor of Colorectal Surgery by AHERF in April 2023

Education & Training

  • Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons (F.R.C.S.) The Royal Surgical Colleges of Great Britain & Ireland, UK – 2009
  • Admitted to the Specialist Register (4682543) General Medical Council, London, UK
  • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) Post Graduate Medical Education & Training Board, UK
  • Intercollegiate Specialty Board Examination In General & Colorectal Surgery
    The Royal Surgical Colleges of Great Britain & Ireland
  • Member of The Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.)Royal College of Surgeons of
    Edinburgh, UK – 2001
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK
  • M.B.B.S Sri Ramachandra Medical College Dr MGR Medical University, India

Professional Work

    • Apollo Hospitals: Consultant- Colorectal and Robotic surgery Since 2012, 11 years
      and 5 months
    • Chennai colorectal clinic: Since March 2010, the first dedicated clinic for colorectal
      diseases in Chennai, 14 years 1 month


Publications & Awards

  • Distinguished Researcher Academician Award, Apollo Hospitals 2020
  • The Royal Society of Medicine Traveling Fellowship 2002 RSM Section Of Coloproctology, Overseas Meeting, Toulouse, France, 2002.
  • Awarded grant by Bracco, Milan, Italy to fund research project on CT
    Colonography – December 2000
  • Distinction in ENT Surgery in the Undergraduate Pre-final University Examinations
    – December 1993

  • Programmed to Heal: Healthcare Roboti

     

  • Sameer Mehta & Venkatesh Munikrishnan
  • Book Chapter
  • The Future of Healthcare: Transforming with Technology, 1 st Edition, 2023

  • Artificial Intelligence in Colorectal Surgery

     

  • Venkatesh Munikrishnan & Manish Chand
  • Book Chapter
  • Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1 st Edition, November 2022

  • Rectal Cancer Practice Guidelines 2021

     

  • Contributing Author
  • Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India, 2021
  • Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1 st Edition, November 2022

  • Rectal Cancer Practice Guidelines 2021

     

  • Contributing Author
  • Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India, 2021
  • Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1 st Edition, November 2022

  • Novel Treatment Strategies for Advanced and Aggressive Colorectal Cancer

     

  • Venkatesh Munikrishnan & Manish Chand
  • Guest Editor
  • Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 5, Volume 33, September 2020

  • Robotic Colectomy

     

  • Venkatesh Munikrishnan & Manish Chand
  • Book Chapter
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery: Abdominal Operations (2nd Ed 2018)

Peer Reviewed Papers


  • Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (India Chapter) and Indian rectal cancer
    expert group’s practical consensus statements for surgical management of
    localized and locally advanced rectal cancer

     

  • Contributor
  • Front Oncol. 2022; 12: 1002530.

  • How to report educational videos in robotic surgery: an international
    multidisciplinary consensus statement

     

  • Valerio Celentano, Neil Smart, John McGrath, Ronan A. Cahill, Antonino Spinelli,
    Ben Challacombe, Igor Belyansky, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Venkatesh Munikrishnan,
    Gianluca Pellino, Jamil Ahmed, Filip Muysoms, Avanish Saklani, Jim Khan, Daniel
    Popowich, Conrad Ballecer, Mark G. Coleman
  • Updates Surg. 2021 Jun;73(3):815-821.

  • The High-Tech, Multidisciplinary Management of Colorectal Cancer

     

  • Manish Chand, Venkatesh Munikrishnan
  • Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2020 Sep;33(5):245-246

  • Commentary on ‘Robotic colorectal training-the-trainer: a commentary’

     

  • Venkatesh Munikrishnan
  • Colorectal Disease. 2019 Aug;21(8):909

  • Robotic Ventral Rectopexy: Initial Experience In An Indian Tertiary Healthcare
    Centre and Review of Literature

     

  • Swain SK, Kollu SH, Patooru VK, Munikrishnan V
  • J Minim Access Surg 2017 Aug

  • The Effect of Patient Controlled Analgesia on Inpatient Stay following
    Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

     

  • S. Sinha, V. Munikrishnan, J Montgomery, S. Mitchell
  • Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007; 89: 374-378

  • Management of Acute Diverticulitis in the East Anglian Region:
    Results of a U.K. Regional Survey

     

  • Munikrishnan V, Helmy A, ElKhider H, Omer AA
  • Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Sep;49(9):1332-40.

  • Late Complications of an ileal pouch

     

  • Munikrishnan V, Ryley N, Teague R, Pullan RD
  • Gut. 2005 Oct;54(11):1514 -1526

  • Prospective Study comparing Multislice CT Colonography With Colonoscopy
    in The Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Polyps.

     

  • Munikrishnan V, Gillams AR, Lees WR, Vaizey CJ, Boulos PB
  • Dis Colon Rectum. 2003 Oct; 46(10): 1384-90

  • The Small Bowel Wrap – An Effective Way of Packing Small Bowel in the
    Surgical Field.

     

  • Munikrishnan V, Keeling NJ
  • Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2002 Mar; 84(2):139-40

  • Cardiac rupture: an unusual cause of sudden death secondary to bladder
    transitional cell carcinoma.

     

  • Munikrishnan, V., Waine, D.J., Kennedy, C. & Al-Rufaie, H.
  • BJU International 2000 86 (9), 1093

  • Primary amyloidosis of the ureter

     

  • Munikrishnan, V., Kennedy, C. & Al–Rufiae, H.
  • BJU International 2000 85 (6), 776

Abstracts

  • The Role Of Laparoscopic Rectal Excision And Timing Of Surgery Following
    Chemoradiation In Advanced Rectal Cancer Within The Enhanced Recovery
    Programmes
  • V Munikrishnan, E Pring, C Boulind, S Falk, N Francis
  • Endoscopy, December 2009

 

  • Laparoscopic port site hernias: Results of a national survey of the ALSGBI
    membership
  • V Munikrishnan, M Wiggans, R Das, SJ Mitchell
  • British Journal of Surgery, 2009, 96(S4), 26

 

  • The management of Colovesical Fistula at a district general hospital: A 10-year
    experience
  • M Asrani, V. Munikrishnan, R. D. Pullan, D. Defriend, S. J. Mitchell
  • British Journal of Surgery, 2009, 96(S4), 26

 

  • Permacol: a new prosthetic material resistant to intra-abdominal sepsis
  • V Munikrishnan, RD Pullan, D Defriend, I. T. Virlos
  • ANZ J. Surg. May 2006; 76 (Suppl. 1) A20

 

  • The management of complex abdominal wall and parastomal hernias with Permacol
  • V. Munikrishnan, S. J. Mitchell, D. Defriend, R. D. Pullan
  • ANZ J. Surg. May 2006; 76 (Suppl. 1) A18

 

  • Permacol: a new prosthetic material resistant to intra-abdominal sepsis
  • I Virlos,V Munikrishnan, RD Pullan, D Defriend
  • Colorectal Disease September 2005; 7 (Suppl. 2), 65

 

  • A Novel Biomaterial (Permacol) for use in complex abdominal wall reconstructions:
    Early results
  • F. Verey,V Munikrishnan, N. Kenefick, D. Defriend, R. Pullan
  • Colorectal Disease July 2004; 6 (Suppl. 1), 85

 

  • The effect of intravenous contrast on cancers and polyps in CT Colonography
  • V Munikrishnan,A. Gillams, P. B. Boulos, W. R. Lees
  • Colorectal Disease 2002; 4 (Suppl. 1), 6-7

 

  • Management of Acute Diverticulitis – Results of a survey in the East Anglian Region
  • V Munikrishnan,A. A. Omer, D. Lawrence, N. J. Keeling
  • Colorectal Disease 2002; 4 (Suppl. 1), 79

 

  • CT Colonography for the detection of Colorectal Disease
  • V Munikrishnan,A. Gillams, W. R. Lees, C. J. Vaizey, P. B. Boulos
  • Colorectal Disease 2002; 4 (Suppl. 1), 22

 

  • CT Colonography for the detection of colorectal disease
  • V Munikrishnan,A. Gillams, W. R. Lees, P. B. Boulos
  • Br. J. Surg. 2002; Vol. 89, Suppl. 1: 39

 

  • The role of CT Colonography in colonic strictures
  • V Munikrishnan,A. Gillams, W. R. Lees, P. B. Boulos
  • Br. J. Surg. 2002; Vol. 89, Suppl. 1: 85

 

  • The detection of colorectal cancers and polyps using Multislice CT Colonography
  • V Munikrishnan,A. Gillams, W. R. Lees, C. J. Vaizey, P. B. Boulos
  • Dis Colon Rectum 2002; 45(4): A9

 

  • Does IV Contrast contribute to CT Colonography
  • A.R. Gillams,V Munikrishnan,W. R. Lees
  • Eur Radiology 2002, 12 (B14), SS 7.5

 

  • Enhancement in Polyps and Cancers Following IV Contrast in CT Colonography
  • A.R. Gillams,V Munikrishnan,W. R. Lees
  • Radiology, Nov 2001; 221(P), 577

Audit Projects

December 06 : Outcome of Pelvic Exenteration Surgery
Dept of Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, UK

September 05 : The management of Colovesical Fistula at Torbay

Hospital – 10 years experience
Dept of Surgery, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, UK

March 99 : Surgical Misadventures! – The truth
Audit meeting, Dept of General Surgery
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds, U.K.

October 97 : Early complications following joint replacement

surgery
Audit meeting, Dept of Orthopaedics & Trauma
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds, U.K.

Registration with Professional bodies

  • The Specialist Register (4682543), General Medical Council, UK
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • The Tamil Nadu Medical Council, Chennai, India (56254)
  • The Association of Colorectal Surgeons of India
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