Narasimhan Ragavan
Dr. N. RAGAVAN
Adjunct Professor in UroOncology , TN DR MGR Med University
Senior Consultant Urological Surgeon and Uro-Oncologist
(Robotics and Laparoscopy)
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Qualifications
MBBS, MS, FRCSEd, MD (Uro-Oncology), FRCS (Urol)
PGCTLCP, Fellow in Robotics and Laparoscopy (Germany)
Biography
An alumni of PGI Chandigarh (General Surgery) , Dr. N. Ragavan, trained and worked as a Consultant Urologist and UroOncologist in UK. He did his fellowship in Germany under Prof Stolzenburg. He has 15 + years of working in UroOncology with expertise in open, laparoscopy and robotic surgeries for patients with prostate , bladder, kidney , penile and testicular cancers.
He was first in South India to perform novel and pioneering works in Robotics including Extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy Total Intracorporeal nephroureterectomy , RPLND, Cystectomy with ileal conduit, Boari flap , Culp pyeloplasty and more.
A keen academician, researcher and teacher, Dr Ragavan conducts training programme in UroOncology , mentors Urology trainees and has published 35 papers in international journals,
He is a member and faculty in national and international urology and urooncology societies . Has completed more than 1000 robotic surgeries
Primary Interests
• Complete Uro-Oncology care ( covering Kidneys, Bladder , Prostate , Penile and Testicular Cancers)
• Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery (Robotics and Laparoscopy).
• Prostatic diseases and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Special Expertise
• Robotic and Laparoscopic Uro-Oncological Surgery ( including Radical Prostatectomy, Radical Cystectomy, Radical Nephrectomy and Partial Nephrectomy and Nephroureterectomy)
• Robotic and Laparoscopic Incontinence and Reconstructive surgery ( along with UroGynec team)
• Penile and Testicular Cancer surgery
Fellowship/ Membership / Work Experience including International Experience
• Consultant Urological Surgeon and Uro-Oncologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK (Regional Cancer Centre)
• Fellow in Laparoscopy and Robotics with Prof. Stolzenburg, Germany
• Completed Specialist Registrar Training in Urology , Liverpool , UK
• Uro-Oncology research and training , Preston, UK
• Senior Resident in General Surgery at JIPMER Pondicherry and PGIMER Chandigarh, India
• Junior Resident General Surgery PGIMER Chandigarh, India
• Membership
- SOGO
- USI
- ASU
- TAPASU
- British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), UK
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), UK
- General Medical Council , UK
- European Association of Urologist (EAU)
Awards, Honours and Grants
• Best of BAUS – Poster no 90 , Manchester 2006
• Brian Booth Research Prize - Rosemere Cancer Foundation, 2005
• Best Poster award – Poster session 37 at EAU, 2005
• Best Presentation prize - North West Trainee’s Research Meeting, 2004
• Best young Scientist award -1993-94, State Medical Council for Science and Technology.
• Gold medal in surgery -1993, SRMC, India.
• Gold medal in anatomy -1990, SRMC, India
• Grant for fellowship from Prostate UK
• Norman Gibbon Travelling Fellowship
• Seedcorn funding by the research directorate of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Rosemere Cancer Foundation funding for my research project.
Publications and Presentations
40 publications in the international medical journals and have presented extensively in the international meetings. Some are listed below
• Ragavan .N , Selvaraj N etal. Robot assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy . Does size matter? Cureus 12(8); e9887 ( Accepted)
• Ragavan. N, Dholaki K; Day Case Laparoscopic nephrectomy – Feasibility and Safety . JCU 2019
• Ragavan N, Dholakia K, Ramesh M, Stolzenburg JU. Extraperitoneal vs.
transperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy-analysis of
perioperative outcomes, a single surgeon's experience. J Robot Surg. 2019 Apr;13(2):275-281
• Shah P, Ragavan N, Bhat S, Dholakiya K. Case report: Robot-assisted
laparoscopic excision of giant ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland. J Robot Surg. 2017 Jul 26.
• Primary Intrarenal Yolk Sac Tumour . N Ragavan, K Dholakia, S Annapurneswari. IJU 2017 ; 33;2; 167
• Robot assisted Laparoscopic excision of Organ of Zuckerkandl . N Ragavan, NK Narayanan, Malavizhi Ramesh, YVC Reddy. J. Robotic surgery. 2016. Dec;10(4):373-374
• Prostate Biopsy for elevated PSA – Indian Perspective .N. Ragavan
Indian J Med Res. 2014 Jun;139(6):802-3.
• Feasibility of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy in prostate cancer
patients with high prostate-specific antigen: feasibility and 1-year outcomes Do M, Ragavan N, Dietel A, Liatsikos E, Anderson C, McNeill A, Stolzenburg JU. Int J Urol. 2012 Oct;19(10):923-7.
• Comments on the extraperitoneal approach for standard laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: what is gained and what is lost.
Liatsikos E, Kyriazis I, Kallidonis P, Do M, Haefner T, Dietel A, Holze S,
Ragavan N, Stolzenburg JU. Prostate Cancer. 2011
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