Dr. C. Shanmugavelayutham

Brief Profile

Dr. Shanmugavelayutham is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Vascular Surgery and has nearly 12 years of experience in teaching the Undergraduate and the Postgraduate department and also the super-speciality students. His clinical skills include conventional surgeries, endovascular surgeries, sclerotherapy. His other specialized skills comprise laparoscopy, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and no-scalpel vasectomy.

Educational Qualifications

• M.B.B.S, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, 1996-2000
• M.S General Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, 2003-2006
• M.Ch Vascular Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, 2012-2015

Overseas training

• Endovascular training at St.James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Other specialized pieces of training:

• Trained in laparoscopy
• Trained in Upper Gastro Intestinal endoscopy
• Trained in No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV)

Clinical Expertise

Conventional surgeries

• Abdominal aortic surgeries – aneurysms, occlusive diseases
• Peripheral vascular bypasses for extremity diseases
• Thoracic outlet decompression
• Carotid endarterectomy
• AV access procedures – AV fistula creation, AV graft, permanent catheter insertion, fistula salvage procedures
• Thromboembolectomy in acute limb ischemia

Vascular Trauma

Endovascular surgeries

• Catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute/acute on chronic limb ischemia
• Peripheral angioplasties with stenting
• Endovascular aneurysm repair EVAR, TEVAR
• Sclerotherapy for Arteriovenous malformations
• IVC filter placement

Venous procedures

• Endovenous treatment of varicose veins – Radiofrequency ablation, Laser ablation sclerotherapy
• Trendelenberg procedure, GSV stripping, stab avulsions
• Catheter-directed thrombolysis for DVT

Honors and Awards

• First prize in paper presentation at Vascular Society of Tamil Nadu conference VSTCON 2014.

Research and Publication

Publications

• Pediatric vascular injuries – 6 years analysis – PARIPEX Indian journal of research Volume-6 | Issue-9 | September-2017 | ISSN – 2250-1991 | IF : 5.761 | IC Value : 79.96
• Silent pulmonary embolism: incidence and risk factors in Indian patients with lower limb DVT – Int.J.Adv.Res.5 (4), 2135 – 2138 (IJAR).
• Outcome analysis of upper limb vascular trauma – our institutional experience – Int. J. Adv. Res. 6(4), 1067-1072
• The usefulness of Ultrasound Doppler in Vascular Surgery Practice – NDT.net issue Vol.19 No.2 (Feb 2014)
• Varicose Veins An Uncommon Presentation. – Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(6), 1568-1571(IJAR).
• Clinical examination lost art in medicine? : Diagnostic role of venous collaterals in determining proximal venous obstruction: – Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(4), 1029-1034. (AJAR).

Presentations

• Paper presentation at VSICON 2013 – Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries a review
• Paper presentation at 14th Asia Pacific Conference in Non-Destructive Testing (APCNDT 2013) – Usefulness of Radio Frequency Ablation in treating Varicose Veins
• Paper presentation at 14th Asia Pacific Conference in Non-Destructive Testing (APCNDT 2013) – Usefulness of Ultrasound Doppler in Vascular Surgery practice
• Paper presentation at VSTCON 2014 – DVT Genetics and pharmacogenomics of warfarin
• Poster presentation at 3rd ENDOVASCULAR symposium 2014 – Pediatric Vascular Injuries
• Paper presentation at VSICON 2014 – Pediatric Vascular Injuries An appraisal

Dissertations

• An insight into pediatric vascular injuries.
• A study on acute appendicitis incorporating modified Alvarado score and ultrasonogram.

Experience

Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon

• Gleneagles Global Health City, Perumbakkam, Chennai
• COSH Multispeciality Hospital, IAF road, East Tambaram, Chennai
• Kumars Ortho and Multispeciality Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai

Previous Posts Held

• Assistant Professor, General Surgery, Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore
• Assistant Professor, General Surgery, Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu
• Senior Assistant Professor, General Surgery, Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu