Dr. Jagadeesh Menon VR

Brief Profile

Dr. Jagadeesh Menon V R is a Clinical Lead and Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Liver Transplant Physician. He has extensive training in Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Pediatric Liver Transplantation, having completed advanced studies and a specialized traineeship in liver transplantation. His expertise covers areas such as Pediatric Hepatology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Pancreatology, and Pediatric Nutrition, focusing on improving care and outcomes for pediatric liver transplant patients.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Menon serves as the Governing Council Executive for the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) for 2025-2026, representing Pediatric Hepatology. He is deeply committed to advancing pediatric liver care through both clinical practice and leadership in the field.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS, Govt Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India 
• MD, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Center (APC), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
• D.M in Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
• Completed traineeship in Pediatric Liver Transplantation offered by the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)

Clinical Expertise

• Pediatric Hepatology & Pediatric Liver Transplantation
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Pancreatology
• Pediatric Nutrition

Affiliations and Memberships

• Member, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
• Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Indian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN)

Honors and Awards

• Best oral/poster presentation at 6th IYCF Conference, GMCH 32, Chandigarh, 2016
• Prize for poster presentation at 4th ISPGHAN Conference, Guwahati, 2017
• Presidential Poster: Efficacy of Psyllium over Placebo in the Therapy of Pediatric IBS, ISGCON, 2018
• Prize for poster presentation at ISPGHAN, Chennai, 2019
• Prize for oral presentation at MCLD 2020, ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, 2020
• Best oral presentation at 3rd Literature Fest in Liver Section, organized by ISPGHAN, 2022
• Prestigious Young Investigator Award, International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS 2023), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023

Achievements

• Secured All India Rank 1 in the entrance examination for the D.M. in Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Governing Council Executive, representing Pediatric Hepatology for the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) for 2025-2026.

Research and Publication

• Malhi P, Menon J, Bharti, B. et al. Cognitive Development of Toddlers: Does Parental Stimulation Matter? Indian J Pediatr.2018; 85:49.
• Menon J, Kumar A, Vaiphei K, Lal S. An interesting cause of chronic abdominal pain in a child. Trop Doct. 2020;50:63-64.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Reddy MS, Rela M. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Presenting as Macrocheilitis in a Post liver Transplant Pediatric Patient. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020;71:e46.
• Menon J, Shanmugham N, Vij M, Srinivas S, Reddy S, Rela M. Peribiliary Pseudotumor Like Presentation of IgG4 Related Disease. Indian J Pediatr (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03328-6.
• Hakeem AR, Padmanaban H, Karthikeyan S, Murugesan S, Menon J, Shanmugam N, Jothimani D, Reddy MS, Rela M. Awareness and Concerns Among Adult Liver Transplant Recipients in the Current Pandemic Caused by Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Strategies to Safeguard a High-risk Population. J Clin Exp Hepatol.2020;doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2020.06.001.
• GUaRDIAN Consortium. Genomics of rare genetic diseases-experiences from India. Hum Genomics. 2019;14:52.
• Menon J, Vij M, Hakeem AR, Gopi KR, Bibi A, Shanmugam N, Reddy MS, Rela M. Late onset peripheral T cell lymphoma Not Otherwise Specified in a liver transplant recipient: A rare subtype of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. J Clin Exp Hepatol.2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2020.09.002.
• Menon J, Vij M, Shanmugam N, Hakeem AR, Reddy MS, Kaliamoorthy I, Rela M. Hilar Fibropolycystic Liver Disease of Unknown Etiology: A Revelation from the Explant Liver. J Pediatr Genet.2020. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716829
• Menon J, Venkatesh V, Thirunavukkarasu B, et al. Hennekam syndrome: an uncommon cause of chylous ascites and intestinal lymphangiectasia in the tropics. BMJ Case Reports CP.2019;12:e229419.
• Lal SB, Bolia R, Menon J, Venkatesh V, Bhatia A , Vaiphei K, Yadav R and Sethi, S. Abdominal tuberculosis in children: A real‐world experience of 218 cases from an endemic region. J Gastroenterol Hepatol.Open.2019;4:215-220
• Menon J, Venkatesh V, Rana S, Bhatia A, Lal S. Ascites: an unusual presentation of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in a child. Trop Doct.2020. doi:10.1177/0049475520911230.
• Sharma S, Menon J, Lal S, Thapa BR. Bertiella studeri Infection-A Rare Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain in a Child from North India. J Trop Pediatr. 2018;64:348-351.
• Kadyada SP, Thapa BR, Dhaka N, Bhatia A, Menon J. Role of Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound in Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children. Pancreas. 2019;48:350-355.
• Menon J, Bhatia A, Thapa BR, Sodhi KS. Intraperitoneal lipomatosis: a rare clinicoradiological entity in a child. Trop Doct.2017;47:261– 262.
• Lone YA, Menon J, Menon P, Vaiphei K, Rao KL, Thapa B, Gupta K. Kawasaki disease presenting as acute intestinal obstruction. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2017;22:170-2.
• Srikanth KP, Thapa BR, Kanojia RP, Vaiphei K, Lal SB, Menon JV. Unusual cause and association of gastrointestinal bleed in a young boy. J Dig Endosc 2017; 8:142-4.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Patel K, Hakeem A, Srinivas Reddy, M, Rela, M. Awareness And Concerns About Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) Among Parents Of Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2020; 00:e13805. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13805.
• Thapa, BR, Goyal P, Menon J, Sharma A. Acceptability and Efficacy of Locally Produced Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Nutreal in the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Comparison With Defined Food: A Randomized Control Trial. Food Nutr Bull.2017.38, 18–26.
• Srikanth KP, Menon JV, Das S, Lal SB, Ray P, Thapa BR. Multifocal hepatic abscess with community acquired Citrobacter koseri infection causing liver failure in an immune competent child. Trop Gastroenterol 2017; 38:65-66.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Srinivas S, Vij M, Jalan A, Reddy MS, Rela M. Wolman disease: A rare cause of infantile cholestasis and cirrhosis. J Pediatr Genet.2020.
• Srikanth KP, Thapa BR, Chadha V, Menon J. Trivial and fatal complications of esophageal foreign bodies in neonates. J Clin Neonatol 2016; 5:109-11.
• Cherukuru R, Menon J, Patel K, et al. Uncommon presentation of a recurrent diaphragmatic hernia after pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020; 00:e13790.
• Goyal P, Thapa BR, Sharma N R, Menon J, Bhatia A. Nutritional assessment in obese children with and without NAFLD in an urban area of Punjab, India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development.2018;9:217-223.
• Bhattarai D, Vignesh P, Kaur A, Kumari P, Menon J, Geethanjali G, Rawat A. Epstein‐Barr virus‐associated lymphocytic cholangitis in a child with X‐linked lymphoproliferative syndrome. Scand. J. Immunol.2020. doi:10.1111/sji.12975
• Menon, J, Miraje, B, Patel, K, et al. Primary tuberculosis of the graft Masquerading pyogenic liver abscess in a pediatric liver recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020; 00:e13533.
• Menon J, Hakeem AR, Rammohan A, Sundaramoorthy S, Kanagavelu RG, Reddy MS, Rela M. Living Donor Liver Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Serendipitous Silver Lining! Transplantation. 2021. 1;105(2):e20-e21.
  Reddy MS, Menon J, Hakeem AR, Murugesan S, Narasimhan G, Shanmugham N, Rela M. How can we reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on timely access to liver transplantation in children? Hepatol Int. 2021 .27:1–2
• Hakeem AR, Baskaran K, Chandrasekaran S, Menon J, Reddy MS, Rela M. Nationwide Survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions among the Indian Adult Population regarding COVID-19. J Assoc Physicians India. 2020;68:28-33.
• Nair, A., Menon, J., Rammohan, A., Hakeem, A. R., Cherukuri, S. D., Reddy, M. S., & Rela, M. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Effect on the Mental Health of Doctors in India. Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2020.18.55-70.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Patel K, Kalyanasundaram S, Kumar N, Rela M. Double Superior Vena Cava in Alagille Syndrome: Left is Not The Right Choice. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021;72:e161.
• Menon J, Vij M, Sachan D, Rammohan A, Shanmugam N, Kaliamoorthy I, Rela M. Pediatric metabolic liver diseases: Evolving role of liver transplantation. World J Transplant 2021; 11: 161-179.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vasudevan A, Kumar N, Rammohan A, Rela M. Kawasaki disease in a pediatric liver transplant patient. Transpl Immunol. 2021;67:101416.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Valamparampil J, Vij M, Jalan A, Reddy MS, Rela M. Liver Transplantation: A Safe and Definitive Alternative to Lifelong Nitisinone for Tyrosinemia Type 1. Indian J Pediatr.2022;89:438-444.
• Shanmugam N, Menon J, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rajalingam R, Rela M. Total Internal Biliary Diversion for Post-Liver Transplant PFIC-1-Related Allograft Injury. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2022;12:212-215
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. A Child With Prolonged Fever and Hepatosplenomegaly Caused by Calodium Hepaticum. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021;73:e120
• Patel K, Menon J, Shanmugam N, Kalyanasundaram S, Rela M. Tacrolimus-induced Central Pontine Myelinolysis in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2022;12:714-715.
• Aneja, A., Menon, J., Bolia, R. et al. Knot-Not Uncommon. Indian J Pediatr. 2022;89:409-410.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Multidisciplinary Management of Alagille Syndrome. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2022;15:353-364.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Rela M. Liver Transplantation for Tyrosinemia Type 1 in the Developing World: Is It Really the Best We Can Offer?: Correspondence. Indian J Pediatr. 2022;89:839.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Liver transplantation in tight junction protein-2 deficiency associated liver disease. Liver Transpl. 2022;28:1796-1799
• Menon J, Rammohan A, Vij M, Shanmugam N, Rela M. Current perspectives on the role of liver transplantation for Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A narrative review. World J Gastroenterol. 2022;28:4044-4052.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Rammohan A, Hakeem A, Reddy MS, Rela Neurological complications in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 ;26:e14376.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Valamparampil J, Vij M, Kumar V, Munirathnam D, Hakeem A, Rammohan A, Rela M. Outcomes of liver transplantation in children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Experience from a quaternary care center. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023;70:e30024.
• Menon J, Thapa BR, Kumari R, Puttaiah Kadyada S, Rana S, Lal SB. Efficacy of Oral Psyllium in Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023;76:14-19.
• Menon J, Puttiah SK. Severity Assessment Scores For Irritable Bowel Syndrome In Children: Are We There Yet? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Apr 26. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003813.
• Vij M, Menon J, Subbiah K, Raju LP, Gowrisankar G, Shanmugam N, Kaliamoorthy I, Rammohan A, Rela M. Pathologic and Immunophenotypic Characterization of Syncytial Giant Cell Variant of Pediatric Hepatocellular Carcinoma. A Distinct Subtype. Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2023:1-10. doi: 10.1080/15513815.2023.2201318.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Madathil S, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Gall Bladder Masquerading a “Hepatic Space Occupying Lesion”. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023;45:207-208.
• Bharadwaj R, Menon J, Kumar V, Shanmugam N, Munirathnam D. Clinical Profile of Hepatitis Associated Aplastic Anemia (HAAA) in Six Children. Indian Pediatr. 2023;60:410-411.
• Dhakkal R, Menon J, Shanmugam N, Mishra A, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Liver transplantation for co-existing biliary atresia and familial hypercholesterolemia. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2023 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s12664-023-01411-2.
• Vasudevan AK, Shanmugam N, Rammohan A, Valamparampil JJ, Rinaldhy K, Menon J, Thambidurai R, Namasivayam S, Kaliamurthy I, Rela M.Outcomes of Paediatric Liver Transplantation for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis. Pediatr Transplant. 10.1111/petr.14600.
• Bhagat P, Vij M, Raju LP, Gowrishankar G, Menon J, Shanmugam N, Kaliamoorthy I, Rammohan A, Rela M. Update on the Pathology of Pediatric Liver Tumors: A Pictorial Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023;13:3524.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Rammohan A, Rela M. Liver Transplantation for Zellweger Syndrome. Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s12098-023-04937-7.
• Menon J, Shanmugam NP. Nutrition in Pediatric Liver Disease. Indian J Pediatr. 2024;91:366-373.
• Menon J, Shanmugam N, Vij M, Veerankutty FH, Rammohan A, Rela M. Simultaneous total internal biliary diversion during liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1: Standard of care? Liver Transpl. 2024 Feb 15. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000351.
• Kumar M, Sharma S, Pandey S, et al. The Genomic Landscape of Wilson Disease in a Pan India Disease Cohort and Population-Scale Data. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Nov 13. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.14266. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39535360.
• Vasudevan AK, Shanmugam N, Rammohan A, Balakrishnan U, Menon J, et al. Long-Term Amino Acid Homeostasis, Neurodevelopmental and Growth Profiles Following Liver Transplantation in Maple Syrup Urine Disease. Pediatric Transplant. 2024 Sep;28(6):e14845. doi: 10.1111/petr.14845. PMID

Text Book Chapters:

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition: Bench to Bedside (IAP), 2017
  • Cholestasis in Neonates and Infants
  • Wilson’s Disease in Children
  • Ascites in Children
• Liver Transplantation in Wilson Disease: In Textbook of Liver Transplantation, 2022
• Textbook of Concise Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023: Scott’s Series
• Textbook of Child Nutrition in Health and Illness: Chapters on
  • Multivitamins and Minerals
  • Nutrition in PICU
  • Nutrition in Neurological Disorders in Children
• H. Pylori Infection in Children: IAP Textbook of Pediatrics, 2024 Edition

Paper Presentations

• Research presentation at the 1st “Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC)” Conference on: The role of liver transplantation in tight junction protein – 2 deficiency associated liver disease, Pittsburgh, USA (only research paper selected from Asia), 2022.
• Research presentation on Algorithmic approach to hepatic manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis: When and whom to transplant?, Istanbul, Turkey, ILTS 2022
• Research presentation on Liver transplantation in metabolic liver disease: An experience from a South Asian center at, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ILTS 2023
• Research presentation on Algorithmic approach to Primary Hyperoxalosis Type 1: Role of pre-emptive liver and kidney transplant, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ILTS 2023
• Research presentation on the Role of Simultaneous Total Internal Biliary Diversion During Liver Transplantation for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1: Standard of Care? , ESOT Conference, Athens 2023 (only research paper selected from Asia).
• Research presentation on Analysis of Tacrolimus to Cyclosporine switch in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Indications, safety & outcomes following re-challenge at Houston, Texas, USA, ILTS 2024

Poster Presentations

• Hepatopulmonary syndrome in children with chronic liver disease, Kochi, ISPGHAN 2014
• Gastrointestinal presentations of primary immune deficiencies, New Delhi, CAPGAN 2015
• Oral presentations at CPLD at ILBS, New Delhi, GI forums in Chandigarh, Pediatric GI emergency at Mumbai, 2015, 2016
• Nutritional assessment in children with chronic liver disease, Chandigarh, IYCF 2016
• Clinical profile and outcome of pediatric hepatitis C infection from a tertiary care center in North India, Guwahati, ISPGHAN 2017
• Clinical profile and outcomes in pediatric abdominal tuberculosis, Kochi, ISG 2018
• Clinical profile and outcome in pediatric Wilson disease from a non-transplant tertiary care center in North India, New Delhi, INASL 2018
• Efficacy of oral Psyllium vs placebo in the therapy of pediatric irritable bowel syndrome: A double-blind randomized control trial, Copenhagen, Denmark, ESPGHAN 2020
• Oral research presentation in Master Class in Liver Disease, Chennai, 2020
• Efficacy of Abdominal Sonography in Evaluating Intra-Abdominal Fluid Collections in Febrile Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients, Istanbul, Turkey, ILTS 2022
• Portal Vein Complications in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation – Flash oral presentation, Houston, Texas, USA, ILTS 2024
• Post-liver transplant transaminase elevation in children: A long-term outcome analysis, Houston, Texas, USA, ILTS 2024
• Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Children with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Experience from a Quaternary Care Center at the Asian Histiocytic Disorders Collaborative Group Meeting, March 14, 2023, organized by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Experience

• Clinical Lead and Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist, and Liver Transplant Physician at Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai.