Dr Ananthakrishnan Sivaraman

Director of Urology, Uro-Oncology and Robotic Surgery – Chennai Urology and Robotics Institute- Chennai Dec 2018 till Now

Consultant Urologist and Robotic Surgeon – Apollo Hospitals Chennai Sept 2012 till Now

Fellowship Director – Vatikutti Apollo fellowship in Robotic Uro Oncology

Fellow in Robotics – Urology – Global Robotics Institute Feb 2010 to June 2012

Supervised by Dr Vipul R Patel MD 

Global Robotics Institute – Celebration Health , Florida Hospitals, University of Central Florida

This is the foremost unit in Robotic surgery with a significant number of prostatectomies being done 

(Around 5600 till now and 1000 every year) The fellowship includes full fledged robotic console training and the fellow has the opportunity to be involved with about 2000 radical robotic prostatectomies making this experience unrivalled any where in the world. 

Supervised by Mr PD Riminton MBChB,MMed(Urol),FCS(SA Urol) 

Eastbourne district General hospital. UK

The Urology department is a regional cancer referral centre for minimally invasive uro-oncology. Fellowship training in minimally invasive Urology including  laparoscopic techniques.  Registrars are  perform laparoscopic nephrectomies and Laparoscopic cystectomies, Flexible ureteroscopy and PCNL. 

• Registrar  Oct 2006 till Feb 2008

Supervised by Mr Senthil Nathan MS, FRCS (Urology), FEBU

Whittington Hospitals NHS trust and University college Hospitals, LONDON

This large urology department is a centre for Uro-oncology  and in conjunction with UCL serves as a tertiary referral centre for all cancer services in the north London area . Main focus is minimally invasive therapy for uro oncology and General urology including open radical prostatectomies , cystectomies and reconstructive urology.

• MCh Urology Postgraduate  (June 2003 to July2006)            36 months 

Supervised by Prof. R Jeyaraman MS Mch (Uro)

Department of Urology,

Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai

The Urology department is a 100-bedded unit with 3 consultants and 4 registrars in a 1000 bedded premier teaching institution of the country. 1500 major procedures and 3000 minor urological procedures are done in a year.  As a full time resident trainee, I was exposed to transplantation, Endourology, laparoscopic urology and Uro oncology and urological trauma. It involves first on call duties twice a week.  I have independently performed TURP, URS, OIU, pyelolithotomy, pyeloplasty, urethroplasty and simple nephrectomy., radical nephrectomies and bed preparation for renal transplantation and Av fistulas.  First hand experience in performing Urodynamics

• Junior Resident (Nov 2001 – May 2003) 18 months 

Supervised by Prof MG Rajamanickam, MS, MCh (Uro)

Department of Urology,

Kilpauk Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

These were my first 2 years of full time Urology training and the busy work load coupled with less number of staff gave me ample opportunities to have first hand experience in Uro-gynaecology and being the training center for no scalpel vasectomy technique gave me ample opportunity to become proficient in the technique. Uro-radiology – Ultrasound KUB, IVP, AUG, RGP, USG guided PCN and AGP were my responsibility.

Proficient in all day case urology and uro-gynecology procedures including vesico-vaginal fistulas.

• Resident (Jun 1998 – Jun 2001) 36 months

Department of General Surgery,

Sri Ramachandra Medical College And Research Institute, Chennai  

Sri Ramachandra Medical College And Research Institute  is a tertiary referral centre with a good patient inflow. Special postings in all affiliate surgical specialties for one month each including Urology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic, plastic, vascular, surgical gastroenterology. This one-month in urology kindled my interest in this field.