About me

OUR MISSION

Having spent a major part of his career in Govt Hospitals, one of Dr Pranav’s lifetime ambition is to achieve affordable healthcare for the needy. Good healthcare especially superspecialist care is unfortunately expensive. There are many schemes like Ayushman Bharat (Arogya Bhagya – Suvarna Arogya Suvarna Trust – SAST), CM health fund etc for the underprivileged and Dr Pranav gets involved actively in the care of such patients so that they are provided the optimal treatment that they deserve. 

Professional Life

Majority of Dr Pranav’s schooling was from Baldwin Boys’ high school, Richmond town, Bangalore where he has received awards every year for academic excellence.

He completed his MBBS from M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore which is consistently ranked among the top 20 institutes of India for medical education.

He pursued his 3 year MS general surgery from Govt. Medical College, Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala which is one the centres with high patient volumes in South India with his department performing over 5000 surgical procedures every year.

He obtained MRCS Edinburgh, UK immediately after his masters.

He secured the 1st rank in all India MCh super-specialty entrance exam and completed 3 year MCh training in Surgical Gastroenterology at the prestigious Madras Medical College in Chennai becoming one of the youngest MCh GI Surgeons in India. Madras Medical College was the first hospital in India to start the MCh program in Surgical Gastroenterology and is the largest referral centre for complicated Gastrointestinal surgical cases for the whole of South India.

Dr Pranav worked in Medanta hospitals, Lucknow being part of a team monthly performing a whopping 100 complex GI Surgical, Colo & Anorectal and Cancer cases – with a majority of them being performed by minimally invasive techniques like laparoscopically.

He was one of the few surgeons in North India to have been treating complicated anorectal diseases and laparoscopic cancer cases as a result of which he used to get routine referrals from all over Uttar Pradesh and other states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and neighboring countries of Bangladesh and Nepal.

He moved back to his hometown, Bangalore (Bengaluru) permanently in April 2022, and joined SS Sparsh Hospital, Rajarajeshwari Nagar as Consultant in Surgical Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Cancer (Onco) Surgery, Colorectal surgeon, Bariatric (Weight loss) surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. 

He has published a number of research articles on gastrointestinal surgery in international journals of repute and is a member of various national and international surgical associations.

He currently consults physically in Bangalore Gastroenterology and Child Care Clinic (BGC) – Jayanagar and SS Sparsh Hospital, Rajarajeshwari Nagar. He also offers video consultation over Skype, Zoom, Google Meet and Whatsapp.

Personal life

Dr Pranav is married to Dr Shruthi Badarinath (Consultant in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology – Bangalore Gastroenterology and Child Care Centre and SS Sparsh Hospital).

 

He is a passionate table tennis and badminton player and a regular golfer.

Languages Spoken

Dr Pranav can speak English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

Qualifications

MB BS – M.S.Ramaiah Medical College

M.S (General Surgery) – Government Medical College, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala

M.Ch (Surgical Gastroenterology) – Madras Medical College, Chennai

M.R.C.S (EDINBURGH) – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

MNAMS – National Academy of Medical Sciences

DNB (General surgery) – National Board Of Examinations, Delhi

FMAS – Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India

FIAGES – The Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES)

(FRCS) – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Scientific Conference Presentations

National

1. 2014 January- POSTER presentation in National conference, IHPBA, Indian chapter on “Review of a 3 year experience with hepatic resections at a government tertiary health centre in south India” conducted in Mumbai. 

2. 2014 January – POSTER presentation in National conference, IHPBA, Indian chapter on “Organ preserving resections for cystic neoplasms of the pancreas -Case series.” conducted in Mumbai. 

3. 2014 December- POSTER presentation in National conference ASICON, on “GIST jinx- A rare case of massive bleed from a jejunal GIST” conducted in Hyderabad. 

4. 2015 May- ORAL PAPER presentation in KASICON, State conference on “Comparison of per-operative contrast enhanced computed tomography and radiography in the diagnosis of hollow viscous perforation” conducted in Kerala. 

5. 2017 October – POSTER presentation – An analysis of 174 consecutive gastrectomy specimen reports for extent of lymphadenectomy and margin involvement- need for standardization at IASGCON, Pondicherry. 

6. 2018 January – POSTER presentation – Complications of chronic calcific pancreatitis – a retrospective observational study at IHPBA India conference, Pune 

7. 2018 October – POSTER presentation – Cross sectional imaging studies accurately diagnose cystic neoplasms of pancreas when endoscopic ultrasound is not feasible at IASGCON, Chandigarh 

8. 2018 December – ORAL PAPER presentation – Management of post cholecystectomy biliary injuries – A 10 year experience at ASICON, Chennai

International

1. 2018 September – POSTER presentation – Adult Biliary Cysts – Hurdles Faced in Diagnosis and Treatment at IHPBA, Geneva, Switzerland 

 

2. 2018 September – POSTER presentation – Diagnosis and Management of Benign Biliary Strictures – Disease Benign but Hostile to the Patient and the Surgeon at IHPBA, Geneva, Switzerland

Research Publications in Reputed Journals

1. Nirupama S, Manasa S, Meghana JK, Sreehari D, Manasa NA, Manasa Sosale, Pranav H S, SR Marcus, Mala D. Role of retinol-binding protein 4 in obese Asian Indians with metabolic syndrome. J Med Biochem.2012;31:40-46 

2. GIST Jinx – A Rare Case of Acute Massive Life Threatening Bleed from a Jejunal Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumour. Srinivasan PH, Maliekal JI, Reddy CS, Suda S. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Mar;10(3):PJ03-4. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16828.7391. Epub 2016 Mar 1. 

3. Sinister Splenic Artery Pseudoaneursym: A Rare Case of Unidentified Aetiology. Srinivasan PH, Vithon GE, Dhati KN, Rajendran VR. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Apr;10(4):PD01-3. doi:0.7860/JCDR/2016/16833.7536. Epub 2016 Apr 1. PMID: 27190881 

4. Fistulojejunostomy For Difficult External Biliary Fistula – A case report – – MGR University Journal Of Surgery And Surgical Specialities

5. Surgical management of choledochal cysts at a tertiary care centre – A nine year experience from India – Pranav Honnavara Srinivasan , Amudhan Anbalagan , Rajendran Shanmugasundaram , Naganathbabu Obla Lakshmanamoorthy, PMID: 32373713,PMCID: PMC7191366, DOI:10.1155/2020/8017460, Surg Res Pract, Apr 20;2020

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