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Dr. Sanjay Bhat

Dr. Sanjay Bhat

Senior Consultant-Urology

MBBS
JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
MS (General Surgery)
JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
DNB (General Surgery)
JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
FRCS (Edin) General Surgery
MCH (Genitourinary surgery)
CMC Hospital, Vellore
FAGE
KMC, Manipal

He completed his MBBS and MS from JIPMER, Pondicherry in the year 1991, receiving the best all round graduate and B.S Sen gold medals. He trained for his M.Ch in Urology at the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore where coincidentally the first post graduate course in Urology in India was started by his father,

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the legendary Dr. H.S Bhat (popularly known as the father of Indian Urology).He set up the Department of Urology at The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala in 2000 and this department is currently one of the best in the country. He served as Professor and head of urology till he joined Sunrise hospital in November, 2009. He resigned from the Amrita Institute of Medical sciences in May 2014 and joined the Rajagiri Hospital, Kerala as Head of the Department of Urology and Renal Transplant in October 2014.

He is a pioneer and well known exponent of advanced urological laparoscopy, Endourology, Paediatric and reconstructive urology. He is credited with largest series of laparoscopic adrenalectomies in India, one of the largest series of laparoscopic live related kidney retrieval for transplant and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. He is credited with performing the first laparoscopic right sided kidney retrieval in India and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for tumours. He is one of the few surgeons in the UAE performing Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.

His other areas of interest and expertise include urethral reconstruction in hypospadias and after trauma, upper tract Endourology (PCNL, RIRS), Uro-oncology and Paediatric Urology

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Experience

  • Resident Intern - JIPMER - February 1987 to  February 1988
  • Junior Resident - Department of Surgery, JIPMER - March 1988 to March 1991
  • Senior Resident - Department of Surgery, JIPMER - August 1991 to December 1991
  • Senior Registrar - Department of Urology, CMC&H - January 1992 to January 1994
  • Chief Registrar - Department of Urology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India - April 1994 to June 1995
  • Assistant Professor - Department of Urology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India - June 1995 to June 1997
  • Registrar - The Armed Forces Hospital Muscat, Sultanate of Oman - June 1997 to July 2000
  • Professor - Urology, Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences,Kochi, India - August 2000 to 2014
  • Senior Consultant Urologist - Sunrise Hospital, Kochi - 2009 to 2014
  • Visiting specialist Urologist - International Modern Hospital, Dubai


Expertise

  • Upper and lower tract Endourology: (PCNL, URS, TUR, Endopyelotomy, RIRS)
  • Laparoscopic urology: Adrenalectomy, simple nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, donor nephrectomy Pyeloplasty, pyelolithotomy, partial nephrectomy, ureterolithotomy, ureteric-reimplant, ureteroureterostomy, orchidopexy, ,cystectomy, radical prostatectomy (Largest single series of over 100 adrenalectomies in India, over 220 donor nephrectomies)
  • Paediatric & Reconstructive urology: Hypospadias repair
  • Renal transplantation
  • Oncology: Both laparoscopic and open radical procedures.

Memberships and Certifications

  • Examiner for National Board in Urology

Awards and Accomplishments

  • Best All round medical graduate [MBBS] JIPMER – 1987
  • Third rank in the All India Postgraduate medical entrance examination-1988
  • Best outgoing student & Gold Medalist, MS General Surgery, Pondicherry University-1991.
  • “C Raghavacharry” Memorial Gold Medal in General Surgery, Madras-1990
  • “Howard – Eddy” Gold medal of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons [FRACS Part –1] Examination conducted in Singapore-1989
  • Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – 1991
  • “Bard Scholar” Urological society of India – 1992.
  • “ First prize in Uroquiz” conducted at the annual conference of Karnataka Urology Association held at Manipal in October 2001.
  • “Brijkishore Patna prize” for the best paper at the Annual conference of The Urological Society of India National conference held at Guwahati, India in January 2003. “Double barrel single loop stoma diversion after pelvic exenteration: A good alternative to ileostomy and colostomy.”
  • “ Best video paper prize” for “ Retroperitoneoscopic right sided donor nephrectomy is feasible” at the Annual Conference of Urological Society of India held At Kochi in January 2004
  • “ Best Poster prize” for “ Single stage correction of Diphallia with complete scrotal duplication and hypospadias” at the annual conference of Urological Association Kerala held al Kollam, Keral in August 2003.
  • “Bangalore Urology Club best video paper” for “Laparoscopic assisted Pyeloplasty: An easy operation in infants and children” at the annual conference of The Association of Southern Urologists held at Vijayawada in July 2004.
  • “ Travel scholarship” to attend the Asian Society of Organ Transplantation Annual conference conducted at Kuala Lumpur in November 2003.
  • “Uro-quiz” prize at the annual conference of the Urological Association of Karnataka, Mangalore, October 2003
  • “ Uro-quiz” second prize at the annual conference of Association of urologists of karnataka