General Surgery Dr. Nilesh Doctor is trained in General Surgery in India and in the UK at busy Surgical Units at University Hospitals. This involved a Rotating Residency and included Ward duties, Operative Experience, Outpatient Clinics, and Academic activities like Meetings and teaching activities for medical students.
Coloproctology and Upper G1 Surgery During the year Dr. Nilesh spent at Chase Farm Hospital, Dr. Nilesh worked with Mr. M. W.M. Ward and Mr. J. Bolton. Dr. Nilesh assisted and performed all types of colonic resections, ileal pouch-anal operations, sphincter repairs, and routine anal surgery.
Hepatopancreatobiliary & Liver Transplantation Surgery At the Royal Free Hospital, Dr. Nilesh worked with Prof. B.R. Davidson, who has a special interest in Hepatopancreatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery.
Clinical Experience: The Royal Free has a well-known Liver Unit and Dr. Nilesh participated in the diagnostic workup and surgical management of patients referred here. Dr. Nilesh assisted and performed hepatic resections, pancreatic resections, and bile duct reconstructions and was responsible for their postoperative management. As part of the Liver Transplant team, Dr. Nilesh independently retrieved donor livers and kidneys, assisted and performed orthotopic liver transplanation and was involved in their postoperative care. As Senior Registrar on the Liver Unit, Dr. Nilesh independently performed Liver transplants and trained the newer Fellows in Organ Retrievals.
Laparoscopic Surgery Dr. Nilesh began his laparoscopic training after obtaining certification at the Basic Laparoscopy Course in Dundee under the guidance of Prof. Cuschieri. Dr. Nilesh has performed independently a large number of diagnostic laparoscopies, laparoscopic cholecystectomies and appendisectomies. Dr. Nilesh is familiar with laparoscopic hernia repairs, fundoplications and colonic mobilisation.
As Consultant Surgeon in Mumbai: After being appointed to the staff of Jaslok and Bhatia Hospitals as a GI Surgeon with a special interest in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon, Dr. Nilesh have developed and established a referral practise in this specialty. Currently, his practise involves:
Evaluation for obstructive jaundice
Liver Resections and Transplantation
Hepatobiliary Oncology: Hepatocellular carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma Pancreatic and Ampullary cancer
GI Oncology, including Gastric and Colon cancers
Acute pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis surgery
Biliary strictures
Choledochal cysts
Laparoscopic surgery
Portal Hypertension
Inflammatory Bowel disease
Benign GI conditions
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases like Hepatoblastoma, Choledochal cysts.
Liver Transplantation We performed the first Living Related Liver Transplant in the country in November 1998, and recently performed cadaver liver transplantation. On January 6, 2005, we performed the first successful Cadaver Liver Transplantation in Western India at Jaslok Hospital and Research Center. We have subsequently performed 16 Liver Transplants at Jaslok Hospital.
Academics From February 2006, our Institute is recognized for DNB in GI Surgery, for which Dr. Nilesh is a teacher. Dr. Nilesh is involved with Teaching and Academic activities at both Institutes. We have a post-MS GI Fellowship program at Jaslok Hospital and a GI and Laparoscopic Fellowship Certificate course at the Bhatia Hospital, for which Dr. Nilesh is the Co-ordinator. This is in addition to the DNB program in General Surgery at the Jaslok Hospital. Dr. Nilesh is on the Faculty of the Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education and have been involved with teaching Laparoscopic Surgery to a large number of Surgeons from all over the country. As part of our Academic Program, Dr. Nilesh have organised Conferences at Jaslok Hospital on Gallbladder Surgery, Hiatus Hernia, and Colorectal Diseases..
At Bhatia, in 2007-2008, Dr. Nilesh have chaired the PostGraduate Course in GI Surgery, an unique lecture series prepared by the Senior Residents on a specific theme like Colorectal, Pancreas, etc.
Dr. Nilesh is involved with the National Liver Foundation, an NGO with an aim to create awareness about liver diseases. Dr. Nilesh is also Joint Secretary of the ZTCC, a semi-Government autonomous body responsible for the development of Cadaver Organ Transplantation in the city of Mumbai. Dr. Nilesh is also a member of the NODC (National Organ Donation Campaign), an umbrella organization of several NGO’s responsible for spreading awareness about cadaver organ donation.
Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai 15, Pedder Rd, IT Colony, Tardeo, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400026
The Bhatia General Hospital, Mumbai Tardeo Rd, Old Chikalwadi, Grant Road (W), Tardeo, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400007
Breach Candy Hospital 60 A, Bhulabhai Desai Marg, Breach Candy, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400026
Prince Aly Khan Hospital, MumbaiPrince Ally Khan Hospital Rd, Tara Bagh, Mazgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400010
In USA Visiting Clinican (2 months) Hepatobiliary Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
In Britain Senior Registrar in GI Surgery (4 years) Hepatopancreaticobiliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Free Hospital, London and Colorectal Unit, Chase Farm Hospital, London 1 August 1993 to 31 August 1997
In India Internship, Residency Program & Lecturer (5.5years) KEM Hospital, Mumbai , Rotating Internship through the various Departments, Residency Program in the Department of Surgery, as SHO, followed by rotation through Departments of ENT, Orthopaedics, Urology and CVTS, Registrar and Lecturer in General and GI Surgery.
Autologous Fibrin glue: We evaluated the results of a novel autologous fibrin sealant in a porcine hepatectomy model, which were subsequently published in the British Journal of Surgery.
Percutaneous Stents: Dr. Nilesh has retrospectively evaluated our experience in percutaneous stent placement. The Royal Free Hospital has the largest experience in percultaneous transhepatic Cholangiography in the UK. The findings have been presented at British, European, Indian, and International Meetings and have also been published.
Laparoscopic Surgery: Dr. Nilesh have analysed the results of managing patients with biliary problems after lap cholecystectomy. We maintain a prospective database of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in India, with respect to preoperative evaluation and operative techniques.
Pancreatic surgery: We maintain a prospective database of patients with Acute and Chronic pancreatitis, and some of these results have been presented at Meetings.
Liver Surgery: Analysis and presentation of data on Liver resections.
Training Programmes: Co-ordinator, Laparoscopic and GI Surgical Training Fellowship (Ethicon Training Fellowship) at Bhatia Hospital GI Fellowship course at Jaslok Hospital DNB (GI Surgery) Jaslok Hospital and Reseach Center, Mumbai
Association of Surgeons of India, Maharashtra Chapter, Pune 1992
Indian Association for the study of Liver (INSAL): Liver Transplantation Meeting Bombay, February 1992
INSAL: Subacute Hepatic Failure, Bombay, November 1992
Association of Surgeons of India, Annual Conference, Calcutta, December 1992
European Congress of the IHPBA, Athens, May 1995
20th International Update on Liver Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, July 1995
UK and Ireland Transplant Association Meeting, London, August 1995
British Society of Gastroenterology, Autumn Meeting, Warwick, September 1995
Association of Surgeons of India, Annual Meeting, Jodapur, December, 1995
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Annual Meeting Glasgow, 1996
Second World Congress of the International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association, Bologna, June 1996
First Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association Meeting, Miami, February 1996
European Congress of the IHPBA, Hamburg, 8 to 12 June 1997
Association of Surgeons of India, Annual Meeting, Bangalore, December 1997
Indian Association from study of the Liver, Annual Meeting, Mumbai, March 1998
International HepatoPancreatobiliary Association, Third World Congress, Madrid 2000
Indian Society of Gastroenterology Meeting, 39th AnnualMeeting Pune, October 1998
Association of Surgeons of India, Annual Meeting, Ahmedabad, December 1998
ELSA Meeting, New Delhi, February 1999
Indian Association for the Study of Liver, Hyderabad, April 1999
International College of Surgeons, Indian Chapter, Mysore, September 1999
Pancreatic Diseases: Challenges and Controversies, Chandigarh, October 1999
National Update of Hepatopancreatobiliary diseases, Mumbai, October 1999
Association of Surgeons Conference, Madurai, December 2000
International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association World Congress, Brisbane, May 2000
World Congress of Laparoscopic Surgery, Singapore, June 2000
ASI Annual Conference, Delhi, December 2000
Endoscopy in the New Millenium, Mumbai, February 2001
INASL, Annual Meeting, Goa, March 2001
Pancreato biliary Symposium, Mumbai, June 2001
International Gastro – Surgical Meeting, Hyderabad, July 2001
Indian DDW, Bhopal, September 2001
ICS, Asia Pacific Conference, Hyderabad, November 2001
SAGES Meeting, New York, March 2002
Annual Meeting of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2002 September
Theme-based SGPGI Meeting in Surgical Gastroenterology at Lucknow, 2003, 2004
IHPBA Asia-Pacific Meeting at Chennai, November 2003
IHPBA Annual Conference at Washington, June 2004
IHPBA Annual National Meeting at Hyderabad, Single-Theme Meeting on Biliary Diseases, August 2004
College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, Annual Meeting, Colombo, August 2004
Theoretical Medicine and its Applications in Clinical Gastroenterology, Mumbai, October 2004
IHPBA Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, 2006
IASG Annual Meeting Chennai, 2008
IHPBA Annual Meeting Mumbai 2008 Feb
Postgraduate Meeting, Bhopal, 2008 Nov
Endocrine Surgery Meeting, Mumbai, 2009
Asia-Pacific Meeting of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Bangkok, March 2009
M.B.B.S University of Bombay, India 1989
M.S. (General Surgery) University of Bombay, India 1992
Diplomate of the National Board NAMS. New Delhi, 1992
F.R.C.S. (Glasgow) Glasgow, UK, February, 1994
At the University Examination, awarded the Gold Medal in Surgery at the MBBS examination and ranked Second for the MS (General Surgery) Examination between 1987 and 1992.
