Dr. Prashant gained experience in Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation at two of the most reputed Institutes in India; G.B. Pant Hospital and Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi. He then successfully completed a Masters Programme in HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation at the Henri Bismuth Hepatobiliary Institute in France followed by a Fellowship Programme at Centre Hepatobiliare, Hopital Paul Brousse, Paris. He holds a European Inter University Diploma in Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Cancers: Oncosurgical Strategies and was awarded the Merck KGaA Germany International Educational Grant for clinical research. Dr. Prashant’s areas of special interest include hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver metastases and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and he has more than 100 publications in key peer reviewed International journals on these subjects. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal Transplantation. Dr. Prashant is recognised as a key opinion leader for LDLT and HCC management, and an invited Faculty involved in development of Consensus and practice guidelines worldwide.
Liver Transplantation
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Hepatocellular Carcinoma management
Management of colorectal liver metastases
Liver Surgeries
Milestones Achieved
2023
REAL Advancing in Liver Transplantation Award by the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) for contribution in advancing education and training in Liver Transplantation worldwide
2023
Elected Council Member International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
2019
Best Oral Paper Award XXIX IASGCON, Delhi, India
2012
Award Paper at 18th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), San Francisco, USA
2008
“Goa Scholar 2008-2009” Government Of Goa, India for excellence in academics and higher education
2004
Jindal Jubilee Gold Medal and the Late Smt. Laxmibai Raghunath Shirodker Memorial Prize for standing first in the Master Of Surgery (M.S) examination of Goa University
2016
“Vanguard Award 2016” for Best Published Clinical Research Paper of the year by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS)
2016
"Dr. K.N. Udupa Memorial Oration 2016” for Outstanding Research and contributing to the development of Organ Transplantation in India, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT)
2015
Best paper award, 2nd Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study Group, Seoul,South Korea
2014
Award Paper at 20th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), London, United Kingdom
2014
MERCK KGaA Germany, International Student Educational Grant further to Masters in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation for clinical research work in the field of colorectal liver metastases.
2014
Award papers at the 1st International Congress of the International Living Donor Liver Transplant Study Group (ILDLT) held in Seoul,Korea
2012
Award papers at the XXII Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Bengaluru, India
2013
Award paper at the 19th Annual International Congress of the ILTS, Sydney, 2013; 18th Annual International Congress ILTS, San Francisco
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