Mr Krishna Menon is a Consultant Liver Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon who was appointed to King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in January 2013. Previously, he was a Consultant Surgeon from January 2002 to December 2012 at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust with a specialist interest in transplantation and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery. Over the years as a Consultant at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and currently at King's he has helped develop techniques in liver transplantation and HPB. He has pioneered laparoscopic techniques in HPB surgery and performed laparoscopic liver and pancreatic resections (distal pancreatectomies, pancreatic head resections and left lateral liver resections/major hepatectomy/non-anatomical resections).

He specialises in liver transplants and has particular expertise in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for the liver, gallbladder and pancreas.

Mr Menon's research interests have been primarily related to pancreatic and liver cancer. He has published pioneering articles on resection margins in pancreatic cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. He is also well published in transplantation and HPB surgery.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Liver surgery
• Liver transplant
• Liver resection
• Laparoscopy
• Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
• Hepatobiliary surgery
• Liver transplantation
• Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
• Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic hepatectomy
• Laparoscopic pancreatectomy
• Gallstones
• Primary liver cancer
• Colorectal liver metastases
• Benign liver tumours
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Pancreatic cancer
• Pancreatic tumours

Qualifications

• MBBS - Baroda Medical College - 1986
• FRCS - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - 1995

Memberships

• International Liver Transplant Society
• International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
• British Transplantation Society