Dr. Vinayak Gangadhar Nikam

Department :

Center For Hpb Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplantation

Designation :

Senior Consultant

Qualification :

Biosketch :

Experience

Dr. Vinayak G. Nikam brings over 11 years of expertise in Surgical Gastroenterology, HPB Surgery, and Liver Transplantation. Having contributed to more than 800 liver transplants, he is widely recognized for his proficiency in HPB Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology, and both living donor and cadaveric liver transplantation.

Career Highlights

•  Senior Consultant, HPB Surgery, Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplant at Dr. L.H. Hiranandani Hospital
•  Former Senior Consultant at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital , Global Hospitals, Mumbai & Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai.
•  Established liver transplant programs in multiple cities in western India, including Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Surat, and Vadodara.

Special Interests

• Living donor and cadaveric liver transplants
• Complex liver and pancreatic cancer Surgery
• Minimally invasive HPB surgery (laparoscopic & robotic)
• Minimal invasive Gastro intestinal Surgery (Colon)
• Gall bladder & Bile duct cancer Surgery

Affiliations

• Indian Society of Organ Transplant (ISOT)
•  Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI)

Research Article Publications

* Nikam V, Ramaswamy V, Chaudhary A, Singhvi S. Effect of orthotopic liver transplantation on the health-related quality of life in Indian patients with end-stage liver disease: a prospective study. J Surg Res. 2022;5:435-40.

* Nikam V, Deshpande A, Chandorkar I, Sahoo S. A prospective study of efficacy and safety of rubber band ligation in the treatment of grade II and III hemorrhoids–a Western Indian experience. J Coloproctol. 2018;30. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936317305853

* Golhar A, Nikam V, Rao P, Mohanka R. Laparoscopic resection of liver tumors – review. Mini-Invasive Surg. 2019;3:9. Available from: https://misjournal.net/article/view/3036

* Nikam V, Srivastava M. The outcome of living donor liver transplant recipients with recent episodes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2021 Apr;113(4):251-4. doi: 10.17235/REED.2020.6780/2019. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10.17235/REED.2020.6780/2019

* Nikam V, Mohanka R, Golhar A, et al. Dual graft living donor liver transplantation – a case report. BMC Surg. 2019 Oct 22;19(1):149. doi: 10.1186/S12893-019-0606-5.

* Mohanka R, Nikam V, et al. Acute liver failure secondary to yellow phosphorus rodenticide poisoning: outcomes at a center with dedicated liver intensive care and transplant unit. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2021 Jul-Aug;11(4):424-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.09.010.

* Varghese J, Nikam V, et al. A multicentric experience on living donor liver transplantation in coronavirus disease 2019 hotspots in India. Liver Transpl. 2020 Nov 30;10.1002/LT.25957. doi: 10.1002/LT.25957.

* Mohanka R, Nikam V, et al. A comparative study between stapled and sutured side-to-side cavo-caval anastomosis for outflow reconstruction in deceased donor liver transplants. Liver Transpl. 2024 Jan 1;30(1):110-112. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000194. Epub 2023 Jul 18. PMID: 37459047; PMCID: PMC10723765.

* Mohanka R, Nikam V, et al. Archimedes absorbable internal biliary stent in liver transplants to prevent bile leak. Transplant Proc. 2021 Dec;53(10):2923-2928. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.09.020. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID: 34756648.

* Motwani K, Nikam V, et al. Outcome of intraoperative pancreatic duct stenting during pancreaticoduodenectomy: A single-center experience. HPB. 2024;26:S908.

* Nikam V, Dhakre VW, Motwani K, Chattopadhyay S. Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with congenital afibrinogenaemia reversed after orthotopic liver transplant. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Jul 3;17(7):e259078. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259078. PMID: 38960420.