Dr. Abhirup Banerjee - Surgical Oncology, HPB Surgery, Liver Transplantation in Mumbai

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After completing his MBBS and MS General Surgery in India, Dr. Banerjee continued training at other illustrious institutes (Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi and P. D. Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai), where he gained considerable experience in treating the entire spectrum of gastro-intestinal and hepato-biliary-pancreatic disorders. Following this, he moved abroad for further intensive training.
Dr. Banerjee holds Fellowships in HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation from two world-renowned centres in London (Royal London Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital).
During this time, he also gained extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery (Laparoscopic and Robotic).
He also has a keen interest in research and pursued his doctoral research degree (MD Research) in Cancer Genomics at the famed Barts Cancer Institute in London.
Dr. Banerjee was formerly working as a Consultant in HPB and General Surgery at the prestigious Royal London Hospital, till this new position with us.
He has a special interest in Laparoscopic and Robotic GI and HPB surgery and is well-versed in using minimally invasive and other cutting-edge technology having gained extensive experience in these during his time at high volume tertiary centres in London.

Qualification Details:

M.B.B.S. (B.J. Medical College, Pune) (2005-2011)
M.S. General Surgery at Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) (2011-2014)
Gyan Burman Fellow in Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi (2014)
Clinical Research Fellow / Doctoral Degree at Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) (2016-2019)
Fellow in HPB Surgery at Royal London Hospital (2019-2021)
Fellow in Liver Transplantation at Royal Free Hospital (2021-2022)

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Specialities

Centre for Cancer Care

Surgical Oncology

Gastroenterology Surgery

Robotic Surgery

First name

Abhirup

Last name

Banerjee

Designation

Consultant - Surgical Oncology (GI and HPB Surgery, Liver Transplantation)

Qualifications

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MD(Research), FRCS, Fellowship (Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery)

Areas of expertise

• Surgery for cancer of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile duct.
• Major and minor resections of primary and metastatic liver cancer. Surgery for recurrent liver cancers.
• Minimally invasive techniques of treating liver tumours – including ultrasound guided ablation (Radiofrequency / Microwave).
• Surgery for cancer of the stomach and intestine (small intestine, colon, rectum).
• Treatment of pancreatitis, biliary strictures, gallbladder disease (stones) – Laparoscopic / Robotic Cholecystectomy.
• Experienced in Open / Laparoscopic / Robotic Surgery for GI and HPB cancers.
• Expert in the use of latest technology available in GI and HPB surgery for maximising patient benefit and outcomes (including image guided surgery: 3D reconstruction of liver tumours and the use of Indocyanine Green dye to enable safer surgery).
• Liver Transplantation.
• Multi-Organ Retrieval (liver, kidney, pancreas).
• Machine perfusion techniques for liver transplantation to enhance quality of organ transplanted- NMP (Normothermic Machine Perfusion) and HOPE (Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion).

Professional Affiliations

Dr. Abhirup Banerjee is a member of several esteemed international surgical societies such as -

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI)
Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
British Hernia Society (BHS)
European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA)
Asia-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (APHPBA)
International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)

Honours & Awards

Lewin International Surgical Oncology Clinical Research Fellow for the years 2016-2018, Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London (London, UK)
Gyan Burman Fellow in the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (New Delhi, India) for the year 2014
Dr. R.B. Chatterjee Research Fellowship (awarded by the West Bengal State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India) for the year 2014
Gold Medal in General Surgery for the year 2013, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (Kolkata, India)
2nd Prize in Poster Presentation in General Medical Oncology Section at Indian Cancer Congress 2013 (New Delhi, India)
2nd Prize in Poster Presentation in Breast Oncology Section at Indian Cancer Congress 2013 (New Delhi, India)
2nd Prize in Oral Paper Presentation at ABSICON 2012 (Hyderabad, India)

Research Experience

Dr. Banerjee is one of the few doctors in India to have pursued a dedicated doctoral degree in cancer research. He has always had a keen interest in research and has authored several research papers. This is because he has always been aware of the vital role of research in constantly improving our understanding of cancer so that this knowledge can then be passed on to our clinic practice (translational research) resulting in improved outcomes for patients and a more personalised approach to every patient.

Dr. Banerjee carried out his doctoral research in the Centre for Tumour Biology / Centre for Genomics and Computational Biology at the prestigious Barts Cancer Institute – a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence (under the Queen Mary University of London which is the home of several Nobel Prize winners). His doctoral work looked at the evolution of cancers and how they change when they spread from the primary cancer to the rest of the body. Research in this domain aims to look for soft spots in cancer which when targeted can potentially help to stem the spread of cancer.

Apart from this, he continues to be involved in several national and international research projects with the goal of improving the understanding of diseases and then utilising this information to provide better solutions for patient care.

Publications

Dr. Banerjee has over 30 international & national publications in renowned journals as well as book chapters to his credit, some of them are -

Banerjee A, Shah SR. Necrolytic Migratory Erythema Associated with a Glucagonoma. N Engl J Med. DOI 10.1056/NEJMicm1915564
Banerjee A, Bhattacharya S. The use of meshes in male groin hernia repairs. Trends Urol. Men's Health. Aug 2021. DOI 10.1002/tre.808
Cross W*, Mossner M*, Nowinski S*, Cresswell GD*, Banerjee A*, et al. Stabilising selection causes grossly altered but stable karyotypes in metastatic colorectal cancer (*Joint first author). bioRxiv DOI 10.1101/2020.03.26.007138
Banerjee A, Shah SR, Singh A, Joshi A, Devendra D. Rare biliary cystic tumors: a case series of biliary cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma. Annals of Hepatology. DOI: 10.5604/16652681.1198825
Banerjee A, Shah SR. Chronic pancreatitis sparing the annular pancreas. Pancreatology. DOI 10.1016/j.pan.2015.09.010
Banerjee A, Kulkarni AV, Shah SR, Abraham P. Subcapsular and intra-hepatic collaterals in a patient with compensated Budd-Chiari syndrome. Digestive and Liver Disease. 10.1016/j.dld.2015.11.009
Banerjee A, Kulkarni AV, Shah SR. Percutaneous stenting of the portal vein prior to biliary bypass in a patient with chronic pancreatitis and portal biliopathy: A case report. Indian J Gastroenterol. DOI 10.1007/s12664-015-0568-1
Banerjee A, Shah SR, Abraham P. Rectal varices in Extra-Hepatic Portal Vein Obstruction. Indian J Gastroenterol. DOI 10.1007/s12664-015-0567-2
Banerjee A, Kundalia K, Mehta SS, Nagarajan G. Malignant hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa)- Case report and a brief review. J Egypt Natl Canc Inst. DOI 10.1016/j.jnci.2015.05.004
Banerjee A, Shah SR, Kothari J. A plain X-ray in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. Clin Exp Nephrol. DOI 10.1007/s10157-015-1122-2
Banerjee A, Almel S, Shah SR. Nine year follow-up in a child with antenatally diagnosed hepatoblastoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. DOI: 10.1007/s12029-016-9848-y
Jana D, Sarkar DK, Ganguly S, Banerjee A, Manna AK, Mandal S. Can molecular subtyping replace axillary nodal status as prognostic marker in breast cancer? Indian J Surg Oncol. DOI 10.1007/s13193-014-0309-4
Roy M, Kway Tun J, Banerjee A, Mohandas S, Abraham AT, Hutchins RR, Bhattacharya S, Renfrew I, Low D, Fotheringham T, Kocher HM. Factors affecting length of stay after percutaneous biliary interventions. British Journal of Radiology. Oct 25, 2018. DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180814
Roy M, Ban EJ, Mohandas S, Mownah O, Banerjee A, Kocher HM, Bhattacharya S, Hutchins RR. Response to: Comparison of lipase and amylase for diagnosing post-operative pancreatic fistulae by David Griffith et al. ANZ J Surg (2018); June. ANZ J Surg. Sept 2018
Saha S, Mandal P, Ganguly S, Jana D, Ayaz A, Banerjee A, Chouhan R, Sarkar DK. Decreased Expression of BRCA2 Accelerates Sporadic Breast Cancer Progression. Indian J Surg Oncol. DOI 10.1007/s13193-015-0449-1
Jana D, Sarkar DK, Ganguly S, Saha S, Sa G, Manna AK, Banerjee A, Mandal S. Role of Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) in Prognosis of Breast Cancer. Indian J Surg Oncol. DOI 10.1007/s13193-014-0290-y
Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. COVIDSurg Collaborative. British Journal of Surgery. Sep 2020. DOI 10.1002/bjs.12050
Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Oct 2020. DOI 10.1200/JCO.20.01933
Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. COVIDSurg Collaborative. British Journal of Surgery. Nov 2020. DOI 10.1093/bjs/znaa051
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. British Journal of Surgery. Mar 2021. DOI 10.1093/bjs/znab101
Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. Jun 2021. DOI 10.1111/anae.15458
Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Br J Surg. Jul 2021. DOI 10.1093/bjs/znab183
Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. Aug 2021. DOI 10.1111/anae.15560
SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. Aug 2021. DOI 10.1111/anae.15563
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Lancet Oncology. Oct 2021. DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9
Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative. British Journal of Surgery. Nov 2021. DOI 10.1093/bjs/znab336
Heterogeneity of management practices surrounding operable gallbladder cancer - results of the OMEGA-S international HPB surgical survey. EAHPBA Scientific and Research Committee and the OMEGA study collaborators. HPB (Oxford). Nov 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.06.014
Differentiating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas from benign conditions using routine health records: A prospective case-control study. Zardab M, Balarajah V, Banerjee A, Stasinos K, Saad A, Imrali A, Hughes C, Roberts R, Vajrala A, Chelala C, Kocher HM, Dayem Ullah AZM. Cancers. Dec 2022.

Book chapters

Banerjee A, Kocher HM, Abraham AT. HPB Surgery: Hamilton Bailey Textbook of Emergency Surgery, 14th Edition. (In press)
Banerjee A, Shah SR. Biliary strictures: Bailey & Love’s Essential Operations in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. (Under preparation)

Published as an abstract

Househam J, Heide T, Spiteri I, Kimberley C, Nichol D, Lakatos E, Cross WC, Cresswell G, Williams MJ, Banerjee A, et al. Clonal Evolution of Alternative Splicing in Colorectal Cancer at Single Gland Resolution. Journal of Pathology. 248: S14. Apr 2019
Shah S, Banerjee A, Desai D, Joshi A, Deshpande RB. Laparoscopic resection of biliary cystic tumours. HPB 2019, 21 (S2), S330-331. DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2019.10.1900
Nowinski S, Cross WC, Mossner M, Cresswell G, Banerjee A, et al. Stabilising selection causes grossly altered but stable karyotypes in metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer Research Sep 2020. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.TUMHET2020-PR06

Current research activity

The role of "Resection And Partial Liver Transplantation With Delayed Total Hepatectomy - RAPID" on patient outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Raptis DA, Banerjee A, Machairas N, Liew B, Malago M (Under preparation)
Computational pathology applied to clinical colorectal cancer cohorts identifies immune and endothelial cell spatial patterns predictive of outcome. Trahearn N, Sakr C, Banerjee A, Lee SH, Baker A, Kocher A, Angerilli V, Randon G, Bergamo F, Maddalena G, Intini R, Cremolini C, Graham T, Pietrantonio F, Lonardi S, Fassan M, Sottoriva A (Awaiting submission)
Intestinal obstruction in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis: is it the end? Bhat BK, Banerjee A, Mangla V, Mehrotra S, Lalwani S, Mehta N, Nundy S (Under peer review)
Impact of COVID19 on clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicentre cohort study. Shuell De Souza, Jeffery Kahol de Jong, Shishir Shetty, Maria Qurashi, Paul Ross, Laura Temperely, Vincent Yip, Abhirup Banerjee, Dominik Bettinger, Lukas Sturm, Helen L Reeves, Daniel Geh, James Orr, Benjamin Allen, Robert P Jones, Rohini Sharma (Under peer review)
Minimally invasive versus open central pancreatectomy: International retrospective study in high-volume centers- International consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (Analysis in progress)
Neoadjuvant therapy in left-sided resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: European Consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (Analysis in progress)
CASCADE (CArdiovaSCulAr outcomes after major abDominal surgery): Observational prospective audit of postoperative cardiovascular complications after major abdominal surgery. STARSurgCollaborative and EuroSurg Collaborative (Analysis in Progress)
The OMEGA Gallbladder Cancer Study: International study on Operative Management of Early GAllbladder Cancer (Analysis in Progress)
Banerjee A, Hariharan D. History of liver surgery: Clinical Liver Disease (AASLD) (In press)