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External resources

• Park Hill Hospital

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Upper GI & Bariatric Surgeon
Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust

Research interests

Bariatric Surgery
Minimmaly invasive surgery
Oesophageal motility
Pancreatitis

Personal interests

cricket

Awards received

•Ethicon Prize for best research presentation
Annual Scientific Congress of Australasian Surgeons- Perth May 10, 2005.
•Awarded “Gool Contractor Award” for the “Best Resident in General / Trauma surgery” for the year 1995-96 at the LTMG Hospital, Bombay, one of the busiest Trauma centers in the world.
•“Diabetic foot-Therapeutic modalities”- MS Dissertation nominated for the “Pfizer-best thesis prize” 1995-96 from the LTMG Hospital

Publications

1. The SPINK N34S variant is associated with acute pancreatitis
Bagul A, Pushpakom S, Balchandra S, Newman WG, Siriwardena A.

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Apr;21(4):485


2. Randomized Double-blind placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous (N-acetylcysteine, ascorbic acid, selenium) antioxidants in severe acute pancreatitis
Siriwardena AK, Mason JM, Balachandra S, Bagul Aet. al

Gut. 2007 Oct;56(10):1439-44


3. Hyperlipidaemia and outcome in acute pancreatitis
Balachandra S, Virlos IT, King NKK, Siriwardana HPP, Siriwardena AK.

Int J Clin Pract. 2006 Feb;60(2):156-9.


4. Inhibition of Tyrosine kinase mediated cellular signaling by Tyrphostins AG126 and AG556 modulates murine experimental acute pancreatitis
Balachandra S, Genovese T, Mazzon E, Di Paola R,Thiemerman C, Siriwardena AK, Cuzzocrea S.
Surgery.2005 Nov; 138(5):913-23




5. Systematic appraisal of the management of the major vascular complications of pancreatitis
Balachandra S, Siriwardena AK
Am J Surg. 2005 Sep;190(3): 489

Courses offered to GPs

Presentations on Bariatric Surgery in TARGET & BEST
Bariatric seminars
Laparoscopic Inguinal hernia workshop