Surname : SWAMINATHAN Vijayakumar Address: 13 Watermill Lane               Edmonton               London N18 1SU Web Site: www.liverclinicindia.com Undergraduate Education :                Madras Medical School (1977 – 1985)

Qualification :

                MBcHB University of Madras (1985)

                MS – General Surgery, University of Manglore, India. (1989)

                FRCS – Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, U.K. (1996)

                MBBS – Distinction in General Surgery

                FRCS – Gastro (1999)

GMC Number :

                 4255976 (Full Registration)

PRESENT APPOINTMENT

March 99 – Aug 200 – Fellow in Liver Transplant that Philadelphia University hospital USA.

Nov 1997 – Feb 1999 –  SNR REG. IN SURGERY
                                 KINGSTON HOSPITAL
                                 GALSWORTHY ROAD
                                 KINGSTON, SURGERY And
                                 CHELSEA & WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL
                                 LONDON.

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
OCT 4 97 – NOV 4 97 HONORARY REGISTRARA
                             KING’S COLLEGE LIVER TRANSPLANT UNIT

AUG – OCT 1997 LOCUM REGISTRAR IN SURGERY
                       KINGSTON HOSPITAL
                       KINGSTON, SURREY

MAY 96 – AUG 97 REGISTRAR IN SURGERY
                        INVERCLYDE ROYAL NHS TRUST
                        LARKFIELD ROAD
                        CREENOCK 

FEB 96 – MAY 96 REGISTRAR IN GENERAL SURGERY
                        KING GEORGE HOSPITAL
                        GOODMAYES
                        REDBRIDGE
                        ESSEX

JUNE 95 – FEB 96 (SENIOR SHO) – GENERAL SURGERY
                        ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL
                        PRESTON

AUG 93 – MAY 95 SHO (LONG SURGICAL ROTATION )
                        WEST OF SCOTLAND
                        MONKLANDS GENERAL HOSPITAL
                        AIRDRIE, SCOTLAND LAW HOSPITAL
                        N.H.S. TRUSE, CARLUKE

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS (INDIA)
OCT 90 – MAY 93 REGISTRAR IN GENERAL SURGERY
                        GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
                        MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE

JAN 90 – SEP 90 REGISTRAR IN GENERAL SURGERY
                       CHENGLEPET MEDICAL COLLEGE
                       MADRAS

JULY 86 – DEC 89 SHO GENERAL SURGERY
                        KASTHURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE
                        MANIPAL

JULY 86 DEC 89 SHO GENERAL SURGERY
                      KASTHURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE

JUNE 85 – MAR 86 SHO SURGICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
                         GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
                         MADRAS

APRIL 84 – MAY 85 RESIDENT INTERN
                          GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
                          MADRAS

EXPERIENCE IN SURGERY

I have been taught and can now perform, the following procedures on my own.

HEAD AND NECK Submandibular gland excision
Conservative superficial parotidectomy
Hemithyroidectomy
Lymph node biopsy

THORAX Intercostal drainage
Thoractomy

BREAST Fibroadenoma excision
Simple mastectomy with axillary clearance

ABDOMEN Inguinal, umbilical and femoral hernia repair
Partial gastrectomy
Cholecystectomy and CBD exploration
Right hemicolectomy
Sigmoid colectomy

LOWER LIMB Varicose vein surgery
Above and below knee amputation
Embolectomy
Fem. Pop bypass procedure

I have assisted my Consultants in the following major surgical procedures:

Radical neck dissection.
Total thyroidectomy.
Total oesophagectomy.
Hepatic resection.
Donor liver harvest.
Whippel’s procedure.
Total colectomy.
Low anterior resection.
Abdomino – perineal resection.
Aortic aneurysm repair.

EXPERIENCE IN MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY

Performed under supervision:
Laproscopic cholecystectomy
Appendicectomy and hernia repair.

Assisted in Laproscopic oesophageal mobilisation for oesophagectomy, fundoplication and pre-peritoneal hernia repair.

ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
Upper and lower GI endoscopy and polypectomy and injection of bleeding ulcers.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

Emergency tracheostomy
Cut down procedures
Insertion of central venous line
Laparotomy for DU perforation
Intestial obstruction
Small bowel resection
Liver and splenic injury
Hartman’s procedure
Right hemicolectomy

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Secretary : Medical Relief Wing
Madras Medical College Hospital
Whilst in this post I organised an emergency health camp for victims of natural calamity.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I was involved in teaching undergraduate medical students at Preston Royal, Inverclyde Royal and at Kingston Hospital.

AUDIT
I have been an active participant in regular audit in all the NHS hospitals in which I have been employed. The following audit study was undertaken.

Post – operative wound infection rate in West of Scotland.

SPECIALISED CLINIC
With the guidance of my consultant, Mr Morrice, I conducted the breast and vascular clinic in the West of Scotland and Inverclyde NHS Trust Hospital.

COURSES ATTENDED
Basis anastamotic workshop at North Manchester general Hospital Augest 1996
ATLS course at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow June 1995
Advance Laproscopic Surgery course – Mattus Unit , Dundee May 16 1997.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATION
1. Complications following definitive surgery for acid peptic disease (Journal of     Gastroenterology June 1989)
2. Conjuval Diabetics in South India (World Health Organisation & Indian Council of     Medical Research Project)
3. A Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Thromobosis in Tropics – IJS 1987     (March).
4. A Case Report of Primary Intestinal Lymphoma presenting in small bowel      obstruction –IJS 1987 October.

RECENT PROJECT
One hundred cases of Laproscopic Pre-Peritoneal Hernia Repair – o –going study to be completed in December 1998.

Case report of Abdominal Cocoon, to be published in Transplant Surgery Journal.

FUTURE CAREER PLAN
I would like to pursue a career in gastrointestinal surgery.

REFERENCES
Mr J Cahill MCHIR. FRCS
Consultant Surgeon
Clinical Tutor in Surgery
Kingston Hospital
Surrey
Tel No. 0181 546 7711

Prof.P E M Jarret MA, FRCS
Professor of Day Surgery
Kingston Hospital
Surrey
Tel No. 0181 546 7711

Mr.Nigel Heaton
Director of Liver Transplant
King’s College Hospital
London
Tel.No 0171 346 3575

Mr G Bell FRCS
Consultant Surgeon
Royal Inverclyde Hospital
Greenock PA16 OXN
Tel.No. 01475 633 777