• Dr. P Balachandran Menon did MS, M.Ch (GI Surgery), PDCC (Vascular, Fellow Liver Transplant). 
• Dr. P Balachandran Menon is very experienced Liver Transplant surgeon with an overall experience of performing and assisting over 2000 Liver Transplants. He is super specialized in Gastrointestinal surgeries, including trauma surgeries, vascular advanced HPB surgeries like hepatectomy to name a few.
• He is very well versed in the entire range of Pancreatic Surgery including Re-Pancreatic Surgery.
• Dr. Menon is one of the very few doctors who is proficient at the aorto-femoral bypass, aortic aneurysm repair, and limb revascularization.
• He is heading the liver transplantation team at Yashoda Group of Hospitals, Secunderabad. The Yashoda Group of Hospitals operates 3 Multi Speciality Tertiary care Hospitals in Secunderabad providing 24*7 Advanced Medical services with the latest equipment.

Education Qualifications

• MS (General Surgery)
• M.Ch (GI Surgery)
• PDCC (Vascular, Fellow Liver Transplant)
• Fellowship transplantation from Samsung Hospital, Seoul.
• Fellowship transplantation from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

Special Interest and Expertise

• Experience of 10 years in Laparoscopic surgeries including pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery as well as performing advanced laparoscopic surgeries
• Surgical treatment of advanced HCC, cholangiocarcinoma and extended liver resections including segmental, caudate lobe and central hepatectomies
• Developing Laparoscopic HPB surgery including liver resection, Laparoscopic and minimal invasive donor hepatectomy program and cost cutting in Transplant
• Conducting Open General, Vascular and Gastrointestinal Surgeries including:Trauma Surgery
• Advanced HPB surgeries including Hepatectomies , donor and Recipient surgeries in LT
• Entire range of Pancreatic Surgery including Re-Pancreatic Surgery
• Adept at aorto-femoral bypass, aortic aneurysm repair and limb revascularisation
• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeries (Colorectal, Esophagectomies and Gastrectomies), Hernia repairs and Lap Surturing
• Has had good exposure in over 200 cases of liver transplantation at Samsung Medical centre, Seoul Korea and Gangaram Hospital as Fellow
• Has been involved in over 1000 case at Medanta Hospital, working as a consultant and independently performing both donor and recipient surgeries

Special Interest and Expertise

• Trained and participated in various Heart and Lung Transplantations along with Dr. K. M. Cherian at Frontier Life Line Hospitals. Also excelled in Redo-Cardiac Surgeries, Aortic Aneurysm Repairs and LV Reconstructions for the last 3 years.
• 20 years of cardiothoracic surgical experience, and performed over 8000 Cardiac surgeries.
• Off-pump coronary revascularization and total arterial revascularization
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and can do MIDCAB for triple vessel disease also.
• Heart & Lung failure treatment like Heart Transplantation, Lung Transplantation, LV reconstruction and LVAD implantation and even H & L Transplant.

• Neurooncology - Surgery for Brain / Spinal Tumors- Gliomas, Maximal Safe Resection of Gliomas in Eloquent Area /Deep Seated Areas / Insular Cortex - with Image Guidance and Intra operative MRI
• Endoscopic Surgery for Pituitary Tumours / Anterior Skull Base Tumours with Image Guidance and Intraop MRI Imaging
• Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intraventricular Tumours / Colloid Cyst
• Functional Neurosurgery-for Movement Disorders- Parkinsons Disease - Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

• Partial Knee Replacement

• Revision Replacement

• Total Hip Replacement, All related Hip surgeries

• Shoulder replacement, Rotator cuff surgery

• Arthroscopic surgery, Major Trauma

• Sports Surgery and Rehabilitation