Meet The Team
Dr Fadi H Veerankutty
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB – SS (GI Surgery), FMAS,
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation.
Meet The Team
Dr Fadi H Veerankutty
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB – SS (GI Surgery), FMAS,Post-Doctoral Fellowship in HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation.
- Senior Consultant and Program Director, Comprehensive Liver Care Institute, VPS Lakeshore hospital, Cochin.
Dr. Fadl H Veerankutty, MBBS, MS, DNB-SS, Post-doctoral Fellowship in Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery, is the Senior Consultant and Program Director at the Comprehensive Liver Care Institute, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin. Trained under Prof. Rela (a pioneer in the field of liver transplantation), Dr. Fadl is an expert in living donor and pediatric liver transplantation, as well as minimally invasive HPB oncosurgery. He is a compassionate and dedicated surgeon with over 10 years of experience in the field of liver transplantation and hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgery. He has published extensively and is a reviewer for several international medical journals.Â
CLCI delivers top-quality liver care to patients from India and neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Our program offers timely, cost-effective care before and after liver transplantation. Liver care program at VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin, offers cutting-edge management of liver disease and liver transplantation, with a success rate of over 95%.
Our highly specialised team comprises dedicated liver surgeons, adult and paediatric hepatologists, liver transplant anaesthetists, liver intensive care team, diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologist, liver pathologists, nurses specialised in the care of liver transplant patients, dietician specialising in liver friendly nutrition, transplant nurse coordinators, physician assistants, physiotherapist and allied health professionals who are renowned for their work. Each patient is assigned a nurse coordinator for personalized support, ensuring thorough and individualized care.
Our liver care program at VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin, offers cutting-edge management of liver disease and liver transplantation, with a success rate of over 95%.
Our highly specialised team comprises dedicated liver surgeons, adult and paediatric hepatologists, liver transplant anaesthetists, liver intensive care team, diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologist, liver pathologists, nurses specialised in the care of liver transplant patients, dietician specialising in liver friendly nutrition, transplant nurse coordinators, physician assistants, physiotherapist and allied health professionals who are renowned for their work.
Led by Dr. Fadl H Veerankutty, our specialized team provides holistic, family-focused care. Dr. Veerankutty, trained under Prof. Rela, is an expert in minimally invasive liver cancer surgeries and has authored numerous articles in leading journals.


Awards & Grants
- International Level
Presented a scientific paper on robotic donor hepatectomy at the 2023 International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Speaker (Faculty) at the Vanguard session of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) Annual Congress, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Travel grant- International Society of Liver Surgeons (ISLS) 2021, to be held at Busan, South Korea (November 25-27), Presentation: The Application of Blower-Mister in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
National Level
Chaired a session on minimally invasive living donor hepatectomy in the mid-term conference (March 2023) of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology at AIIMS Patna.
Best oral paper- ASGKGCON 2017 Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation; Incidence and its effect on the outcome
Chaired a session on minimally invasive living donor hepatectomy in the mid-term conference (March 2023) of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology at AIIMS Patna.
Best oral video- ASGKGCON 2020 - Laparoscopic Median pancreatectomy
Best Surgical E-video- IASGCON 2019, PGI CHANDIGARH
Surgery
Dr. FADL H VEERANKUTTY
(Chief of liver surgical services)
Dr. John Mathew Manipadam
MS, MCh (GB Pant), MRCS (Ed.)
Dr. Sharon Cherian
MBBS, MS (General Surgery)
Dr.Lydia Marium Abraham
Jazeel S A
MBBS, MS (General Surgery)
Dr. Glare George
Dr.Gracia Uduppu
Dr. Favaz
Hepatology Service
Dr. Roy. J. Mukkada
MD (Gen. Medicine), DNB (Gastro), MNAMS, FASGE, FRCP(UK). Fellowship Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (FSGEI).
Dr. Antony Paul Chettupuzha
(MBBS, MD, DM)
Pediatric and adult hepatologist
Dr.Maya Peethambaran
 MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DNB, MRCPCH, PGDAP
Dr. Antony Paul Chettupuzha
(MBBS, MD, DM)
Liver Transplant Anaesthesia
Dr. Mohan Mathew
MD, FICA, FICCM, Sr. Consultant & Director
Dr. George Jacob Malayil
MBBS, MD (Anesthesia)Â
Dr. Jayasankar SÂ
MBBS, MD (Anesthesia)
Liver Transplant - Critical Care Service
Dr. Nita George
M.D, FRCA (U.K), EDIC, CCT (Oxford)Â
Dr. Manu Prathap
MBBS, DNB (Anaesthesiology), FNB (Critical care), IFCCM (Indian Fellowship in CriticaCare Medicine), EDIC (European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine), MNAMSl
Dr. Gayathri Raj
 MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology) , IDCCM (Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine)
Liver Interventional Liver Radiology Service
Dr. Shaheer Ali
 MBBS, MD, DrNB (INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY), Diagnostic LIVER RADIOLOGY
Dr.Thara Prathap
MD, DMRD, DNB
Dr.Julio Chacko
MD, FRCR, CCT
Dr. Mishaal Halid
 MD
Liver Pathology
Dr. Pushpa Mahadevan
MBBS, MD, DrNB (MD,DCP, Sr.Consultant & DirectorINTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY), Diagnostic LIVER RADIOLOGY
Dr. Lona Leekha Mathew
 MD
Professional Affiliations
Publications
Reviewer
- Official reviewer for Pubmed indexed international journals
Nature.com/Journals
Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International Journal
International journal of Surgery
Gastroenterology Report Journal
World Journal of Gastroenterology
World Journal of Hepatology
BMJ case reports
OncoTargets and Therapy
Journal of Medical Case Reports
Frontiers in surgery
Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research
Reviewer
- Official reviewer for Pubmed indexed international journals
Nature.com/Journals
Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International Journal
International journal of Surgery
Gastroenterology Report Journal
World Journal of Gastroenterology
World Journal of Hepatology
BMJ case reports
OncoTargets and Therapy
Journal of Medical Case Reports
Frontiers in surgery
Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research