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Plastic Surgeon in Chennai

Dr Purushothaman V

MBBS MS (General Surgery) MCh (Plastic Surgery)

Work Experience

27 yrs+

Registration No

36749

Language

English

Location

Apollo Firstmed Hospital

Work Experience

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

  •  Senior Consultant, First Med Apollo – 2002 to till date
  •  Senior Consultant Malar Hospitals – 1995 to till date

 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PLASTIC SURGERY  

  •     Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and Department of Plastic Surgery.
  •     Government Stanley Hospital and Stanley Medical College, Madras.
  •     From June 1990 till June 1995
  •     Worked under Prof R Venkataswami, MS., MCh., FRCS (Ed)
  •     And Prof V Radhakrishnan, MS., MCh., FRCS(E) FRCS (G)
  •     Specially trained in Hand Surgery and Microvascular Surgery including Replantation.

 

PLASTIC SURGEON

  •      District Head Quarter’s Hospital, Cuddalore, South Arcot District,
  •      Tamilnadu.
  •      April 1990 to June 1990

 

GENERAL SURGEON

  •      Upgraded Primary Health Centre, Vadalur, South Arcot District,
  •      Tamilnadu.
  •      May 1987 to July 1988.

 

 JUNIOR REGISTRAR

  •    Department of Surgery, Government General Hospital, Madras.
  •    Under Prof . MG Muthukumaraswamy, MS., FICS.,
  •    June 1985 to May 1987

 

SENIOR HOUSEMANSHIP

  •     Department of Surgery, Government General Hospital, Madras
  •     Under Prof. R Saratchandra, MS., FRCS (E), FRCS (Ed).
  •     March 1983 to May 1985.

 

COMPULSORY ROTARY RESIDENT IN INTERNSHIP

  •     Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu  Feb 1982 to Feb 1983.
  •     OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY             …10.02.1982  -   19.04.1982
  •     PAEDIATRIC WARD                                         …20.04.1982 -    19.05.1982
  •     SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE       …20.05.1982  -   19.08.1982
  •     GENERAL MEDICINE                                       …20.081982   -    19.11.1982
  •     GENERAL SURGERY                                        …20.11.1982  -    19.02.1983

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • As a Senior Consultant training DNB Plastic Post graduates from 2004.
  • As an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery has trained MCh., and MS., Post graduates as well as Resident Internees from 1990-1995
  • As a Junior Registrar in Plastic Surgery undertaken training of MS (general surgery) Post graduates during 1988 to 1990
  • As a Junior Registrar in General Surgery has trained MBBS under Graduates during 1985 to 1987.
  • Organized and Participated in Monthly Journal club Meetings conducted by our department on 1st Saturday at Hotel Breeze between 3-5 pm for the past 15 years.
  • Faculty at the MICROSURGERY WORKSHOP held at Ethicon Institute for Scientific Education (EISE) conducted by Johnson & Johnson, Chennai. Have trained more than 50 surgeons in the past three years.

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

  • Deputed by Government of Tamilnadu as a member of a surgical team which organized and conducted cleft lip and palate clinics in rural areas and performed 9 cases lip and palate surgery at Dharmapuri Hospital during a camp.

Research and Publications

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PAPERS PRESENTED

  • Co-authored the presentation of “An analysis of 28 cased of Multiple Primary Malignancies
  •       (1987 – 1983) and a case report of Synchronous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Ectopic
  •       salivary gland published in Indian Journal of Surgery, No 48, June and July 1986.
  • Submitted a Dissertation on “Gangrene Bowel”, in March 1987 as a Registrar in General Surgery.
  • Submitted a Dissertation on “Analysis of 20 interesting cases”, in March 1990 as a Registrar in Plastic Surgery.
  • Submitted a Dissertation on “Organization of Cleft Palate Clinic” in March 1990 as a Junior Registrar in Plastic Surgery.
  • Presented a free paper on “Vascular Anatomy of Tensor Fascia Lata Flap at 17th Annual Conference of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India held in Bangalore in September 1992. Study was based on Cadaveric dissection dye injection studies and Angiography.
  • Presented a free paper on “Double Barrel Fibular Osteo Septocutaneous free flap cover – A case report” at First Biennial Conference of Indian Society of Reconstructive Micro Surgery, held at Hyderabad in March 1994.
  • Designed a New Technique of Vaginoplasty of Primary Vaginal Atresia and presented
  •       the paper at Apsicon 2000 at Agra.
  • Horse Shoe Flap Vaginoplasty – A new technique of Vaginal Reconstruction – presented in APSICON 2004, Jaipur in the prestigious Peet prize session.
  • Vascularised Fibular Graft for a case or Osteogenic Sarcoma of Fibula a case report at Indian Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery held at Hyderabad in 2004.
  • Delivered a lecture on Toe Transfer for finger Reconstruction at the symposium held at ISRM, Hyderabad in 2004.
  • Presented paper on “Our Experience with Upper Plexus Lesions of Brachial Plexus Injury” at II Brachial Plexus Workshop held at Delhi in January 2005.
  • Presented a Video demonstration of Horse Shoe flap Vaginoplasty at the workshop of Apsicon 2006 held at Hyderabad.
  • Authored a chapter “ Management of Burnt hand” in the book titled “Functional hand in trauma” by Prof R Venkataswami

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Horse Shoe Flap Vaginoplasty – new technique of vaginal reconstruction with labia minora flaps for primary vaginal agenesis -  British Journal of Plastic Surgery (2005) 58, 934-939.

 

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
  • Indian Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • Indian Society of Surgery for Hand
  • Brachial Plexus Surgery Group of India.
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