Introduction: Dr. Kishore is the Senior Consultant & Clinical Lead, HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. He has over 17 years of surgical experience and is committed to providing safe, high-quality patient-centric care. Work Experience: Dr. Kishore has worked as a Senior Consultant in HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation at Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore where he was instrumental in setting up the liver transplant program. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor for Liver Transplantation at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi. At ILBS he was part of the core team which performed ~ 100 liver transplants/year and led retrieval teams for deceased donor liver transplantation in various cities in India. Education: Dr. Kishore completed MBBS from St. Johns Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore. He completed his MS in General Surgery from St. Johns Medical College & Hospital. He has also been awarded the DNB in General Surgery. He holds an Mch degree in Surgical Gastroenterology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, and Master of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery from Henri Bismuth Institute, Villejuif, France.

Honors & Awards Visiting Fellowships MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas USA, St. James’ University Hospital, Leeds, UK Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea Memberships: Liver Transplant Society of India International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, India Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology Association of Surgeons of India Honors & Awards: Examiner for National Board for DrNB, Surgical Gastroenterology Co-guide for many dissertations, HPB Surgery & Surgical Gastroenterology Invited as faculty to many National Conferences Publications: Has ~ 50 indexed publications in national and international journals Area Of Expertise Liver transplantation for decompensated chronic liver disease, acute on chronic liver failure, acute liver failure in both adults and children Living donor hepatectomy Liver resection for hepatocellular cancer (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma, other tumors Management of cystic liver lesions- polycystic liver disease, hydatid cysts, biliary cystadenoma Surgery for benign biliary strictures, choledochal cyst, gallstones, gallbladder cancer Management of acute pancreatitis Frey's procedure, pancreaticojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation), distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic tumors