Dr. Sunil Rajendran
Senior Consultant and HOD, Dept of Vascular Surgery, Starcare Hospital, Kozhikode.
Faculty, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Assistant Editor, Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.
About Dr Sunil Rajendran
Did his basic medical degree (MBBS- 1997) and Post-Graduation (MS (General Surgery) -2002 from Calicut and Govt Medical Colleges, one of the most prestigious medical schools in the state of Kerala, India. He obtained Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in the year 2005. Obtained Fellowship in Vascular Surgery from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, India in 2005. He was admitted as a Member of Royal College of Surgeon’s of Edinburgh in 2006. He obtained MCh in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery from University of Edinburgh, in 2019. He further obtained advanced training in Vascular Surgery at various international centres of repute in Venous and Arterial diseases. He has been faculty at the meetings of Vascular Society of India (VSI) meetings from 2009, Venous association of India (VAI) from 2010 and also at various meeting of Association of Surgeons (ASI).He is a currently a Faculty at University of Edinburgh, UK for ChM in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery course conducted by Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He is also the Assistant Editor of Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Experience
He had been in Vascular Surgery practice since 2006 and presently is the Senior Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Head of the Department at Starcare Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala. He also works as Senior visiting consultant Vascular Surgeon at Aster MIMS, Kozhikode. He had previously worked as Associate Professor and Consultant in Vascular Surgery at MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala from August 2008 to December 2021. Also had worked as Consultant at PVS hospital Kozhikode from 2009 to 2018.
He has extensive experience in dealing with all types of Vascular Surgical Problems. His areas of interest being, Limb salvage surgery, Infra-popliteal angioplasty, Venous interventions & AV access surgeries.
Training
Did further training in Vascular Surgery at various hospitals of international repute.
2006: Advanced training in vascular surgery at St.Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
2008: Vascular surgery training at Augusta Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2009: St. James’s hospital, Dublin, Ireland as a part of Endovascular Fellowship of Vascular Society of India.
2012: Training in Deep venous intervention at RANE centre for Venous & Lymphatic diseases, Jackson, USA. Vascular training at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,USA
2014: Training programme in technique of sub-intimal angioplasty at Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Hospital Affiliations
Department Of Vascular Surgery Starcare Hospital
Innovative vascular group , Starcare hospital, N H Bypass Junction, near Thondayad, Kozhikode, Kerala 673017
Department Of Vascular Surgery, Aster MIMS
Mini Bypass, Govindapuram, Kozhikode, Kerala 673016
Publications
Raval M, Rajendran S, Stephen E. The Outcome of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in COVID-19-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2022 Jan 2:15385744211068640. doi: 10.1177/15385744211068640. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34974761.
Rajendran S, Ramachandran Nair H, Irshad K M, Muhammed UT, Thaikattil NJ. Ultrasound-assisted varicose vein surgery and endovenous laser ablation using 1470-nm laser in the treatment of great saphenous vein incompetence has similar outcomes at one year: A single centre prospective randomized study. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 Aug 23:S2213-333X(21)00423-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.08.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34438089.
Rajendran S, Nair HR. Endovenous laser ablation of incompetent great saphenous veins with 1470-nm laser using bare tip and radial fibers results in similar short-term outcomes. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 Sep;9(5):1209-1214. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.12.069. Epub 2020 Dec 16. PMID: 33340731.
Rajendran S, Anto R, Nair HR. Ten-year follow-up of direct interposition graft repair of persistent sciatic artery aneurysm. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2021 May 6;7(3):508-509. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.04.013. PMID: 34401612; PMCID: PMC8355832.
Rajendran S, Sreekumar R C, Chandran J. Arthur B. Voorhees, Jr.: Inventor of prosthetic vascular graft – A birth centennial tribute. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2021;8, Suppl S1:69-71
Kiran S K, Shaji P C, Rajendran S, Gopinath T N, Jagdish J. Lower limb vascular anomalies and malformations with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: A case series. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2021;8, Suppl S1:72-4
Rajendran S, Ramachandran S, Sarma PS, Unnikrishnan M. Graft patency and determinants of outcome in infrainguinal bypasses – A retrospective study. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2021;8:222-7.
Rajendran S, Nair HR. Peripheral Bypass – Looking back into the past. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2020;7:181-4
Presentations
Latest Presentations at State and National level meetings
- Varicose vein : Role of Glue” at 45th Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala Chapter , organized by Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram & City branch of ASI on 18th & 19th June 2022
- “Improving results of open Varicose Vein Surgery” at Peripheral Meet of ASI Kerala Chapter on 13th February 2022.
- “Managing difficult varicose veins recurrences” – Peripheral meet of Association of Surgeons of Kerala held at Trivandrum on 1st and 2nd February 2019.
- Endovenous laser ablation vs. Ultrasound assisted varicose vein surgery: 26th annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON 2019) at Hyderabad on 17th to 20th October 2019.
- Great saphenous varicose veins and management: 12th Annual conference of Venous association of India was held at Hyderabad on Jan 17th to Jan 20th 2019.
- US Guided AmbulatoryHook Phlebectomy: 42nd Annual conference of Association of surgeon of India, held at MES medical college, Perinthalmanna on 26th and 27th April 2019.
- Audit of ROSUD in Tibial Interventions: 25th annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON 2018) at Jammu & Kashmir 3rd to 6th October 2018.
- Radiofrequency Ablation tips and tricks: 41st Annual conference of Association of surgeon of India, Kochi 4th to 6th May, 2018
- Ultrasound evaluation of AV access: 11th Midterm meeting of Vascular Society of India , Bengaluru 15th to 17th June 2018.
- Ultrasound guided ambulatory hook phlebectomy: 11th Annual conference of Venous association of India was held at Grand Mercure Hotel, Vadodara, Gujarat on Jan 18th and 19th 2018.
- Role of Surgeons in POAD: 39th Annual conference of Association of surgeon of India, , Medical college , Trivandrum, May 2016.
Previous Presentations
1. “Subintimal angioplasty in Tibial arteries” – TEP 2016 organised by Vascular society of Gujarath on 30th and 31st January 2016 at Anand,Gujarath
2. “Comparison of post operative pain score in patients undergoing EVLT using bare tip fibres with radial fibres” in the 9th Annual conference of Venous association of India – VAICON 2016, 11th -13th Februray 2016 at Hotel Marriot in Jaipur
3. “Advances in Tibial interventions” – Calicut forum for Diabetes, held at Hotel Hyson
4. “ Role of Surgeons in POAD”- KASICON 2016 – 39th Annual conference of Association of surgeon of India, , Medical college , Trivandrum
5. Angiosomes – What are they and their relevance: 74th Annual Conference of The Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2014) , Hyderabad 2014.
6. A case of SFA dissection: TEPCON – 2015 organised Vascular Society of Gujarat held at Ahemadabad, Gujarat..
7. Duplex assessment in Venous diseases – The venous Association of India ( VAICON 2015) at Christian Medical College, Vellore 2015.
8. Approach to a patient with varicose veins at the Annual conference of cutaneous surgeons of India, Wayanad, Kerala, 2014.
9. Video presentation of Endovenous ablation of varicose veins at Mid-term meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala, Chapter held at Kovalam, Trivandrum, Kerala, 201
10. Salvage of AV graft: Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Kodaikanal , 2014.
11. Tibial angioplasty in diabetic foot: at the state conference of the Vascular Surgeons of Kerala (VASK 2014), Kozhikode , Kerala.
12. Live workshop on RF ablation of Varicose Veins at the Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala State (KASICON), Trichur, 2014.
13. Extreme pedal bypass: is it worth the effort: at the state conference of the Vascular Surgeons of Kerala (VASK 2012), Kochi, Kerala
14. Limb salvage following vascular interventions in patients with Peroneal Artery only run-off. Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Jaipur, 2012
15. Tibial revascularisation in diabetic foot: Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala State (KASICON), Kottayam, 2012
Previous Presentations
1. Live workshop on Endovenous ablation of Varicose Veins at the Mid-term meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala, Chapter held at Perinthalmanna, Malappuram, Kerala, 2011.
2. Management of Congenital Vascular Malformations: Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Chennai , 2010
3. Above Knee Vs Below Knee Amputations: Mid-Term meeting of the Vascular Society of India, Goa, 2010
4. Endovascular interventions in Peripheral Occlusive Vascular Disease: Annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala, Chapter, 2010
5. Outcome of patients undergoing pedal bypasses : Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON),Hyderabad, 2009
6. Approach to Chronic Limb Ischemia: Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Chandigarh, 2008
7. Ascending aorta as an inflow source for Aorto-bifemoral bypass grafting. Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON),Baroda , 2007
8. Mid-Team results of phase II MCT of Chitra vascular graft. Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), New Delhi, 2006
9. Is there a single threshold diameter for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm? Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Trivandrum, 2005
10. Factors affecting patency of infrainguinal bypass grafts – 10 year follow-up study, Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), Trivandrum, 2005
11. Carotid body tumors – 18 years of Chitra experience, State level annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala State (KASICON), Calicut, 2005
12. Carcinoma breast – A surgeons perspective, participated as a faculty and presented this topic at a workshop in palliative care of cancer patients, conducted by pain and palliative care society, Medical college Calicut (a WHO demonstration project), 2002
13. Cystadenoma of pancreas arising from an ectopic rest of tissue in the stomach, State level annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala State (KASICON), Calicut, 2001
Awards
1. Outcome of Infra-popliteal bypasses- Our Experience, Second Best Paper at the Annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON) at Coimbatore, TN, 2010.
2. Outcome of Infra-popliteal bypasses- Our Experience, Best Paper at the Annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala Chapter (KASICON) at Kozhikode, Kerala, 2010.
3. Mid-Team results of phase II MCT of Chitra vascular graft, Second Best Paper at the Annual conference of Vascular Society of India (VSICON), New Delhi , 2006
4. Cystadenoma of pancreas arising from an ectopic rest of tissue in the stomach, Second Best Paper at the Annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala Chapter (KASICON) at Cochin, Kerala, 2002.
5. Cystadenoma of pancreas arising from an ectopic rest of tissue in the stomach, Best Paper, at the proceedings of the Calicut surgical club during 2000-2001.
Memberships
1. Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
2. Member of Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
3. Member of Vascular Society of India.
4. Founder member of Venous Association of India
5. Member of Society for Vascular Surgery, USA
6. Member Indian Medical Association