Dr. Babu Elangovan

About Dr. Babu Elangovan

Dr. Babu Elangovan is a Surgical Gastroenterologist and Liver Transplant Surgeon in Chennai with over two decades of experience in advanced gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery. He has been involved in 230+ liver transplants — including both donor and recipient surgery — and performs the full spectrum of GI surgery, from laparoscopic gallbladder and hernia repair to complex cancer resections, Whipple’s procedure and liver transplantation. After his MBBS at Sri Ramachandra Medical College (Chennai), he completed his MS in General Surgery at Rajah Muthiah Medical College (Annamalai University) and his super-specialty MCh in Surgical Gastroenterology at Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, along with a Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery (FMAS) and Da Vinci robotic surgical training. A former Assistant Professor of Surgical Gastroenterology, he now consults at leading Chennai hospitals, bringing transplant-grade precision and minimal-access (laparoscopic and robotic) techniques to every patient.

Focus areas

• Liver transplantation (live & deceased donor)
• HPB surgery — liver resection, Whipple’s, bile-duct surgery
• Laparoscopic & robotic GI surgery
• GI cancer surgery (stomach, colon, rectum, oesophagus)
• Gallbladder, hernia & minimal-access surgery
• Pancreatitis & complex pancreatic disorders

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Conditions & procedures

Dr. Babu treats and leads on:

Education & training

• MCh (Surgical Gastroenterology)

  Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai

• MS (General Surgery)

  Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University

• MBBS

  Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai

• FMAS — Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery

  TGO University, India

• Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System (Certificate)

  Kauvery Hospital, Chennai

Career

• Senior Consultant — Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery

  Kauvery Hospital, Chennai

  2022 – Present

• Consultant — Surgical Gastroenterology & Liver Transplant

  Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai

  Former

• Assistant Professor — Surgical Gastroenterology

  Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGMCRI)

  Oct 2010 – May 2011

Awards & recognition

• Prof. Dr. Sambamdam Gold Medal — highest rank in MCh Surgical Gastroenterology, SRMC
• Travel Grant & Chairman Scholarship — Asia-Pacific HPB Association, Seoul, Korea (2019)
• Special Mention Paper — Academy of Medical Sciences, Annamalai University (2005)

Selected publications

• Early Outcome of Marginal Grafts in Deceased Donor Liver Transplant — Elangovan B, et al.
• A Novel Technique of Physiological Portal Inflow Augmentation During Liver Transplantation for Yerdel Grade 4 PVT — Liver Transpl, 2020;26:294–298
• Clinico-pathological Presentation of GEP-NETs and IHC Study — J Clin Diagn Res, 2019
• Single-Incision vs Conventional Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Randomised Controlled Trial — Int Med J, 2015
• Caustic Injury of the Upper GI Tract — Int J Recent Trends Sci Technol, 2015
• GIST in a Roux-en-Y Limb — Int J Sci Study, 2017
• Study of Factors Affecting the Outcome of Caustic Injury — Ann Pathol Lab Med, 2016
• Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour in an Adult — Case Report, 2015
• A Rare Association of Serous Cystadenoma of the Pancreas and Mediastinal Lipoma — Cases Journal, 2009
• A Case of Intrahepatic Stones — Tropical Gastroenterology, 2009

Presentations & invited talks

• Annular Pancreas — ISG Conference, Madurai (2011)
• Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas — Sri Balaji Medical College (2018)
• Abdominal Tuberculosis – Different Presentations — Rapid Review, SRMC (2014)
• Intrahepatic Stones – An Overview — IASG Conference, Mumbai (2009)
• Hepatolithiasis – Rare Presentation — Stanley Medical College Clinical Meet (2009)
• Small Bowel Obstruction in the Left Paraduodenal Fossa — Academy of Medical Sciences, RMMCH

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