Gastrointestinal physician with more than two decades of experience, he has evolved subspecialty interest in Liver medicine; extensively trained globally in Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine. First Gastrointestinal physician in Kerala to undergo Transplant Hepatology (Liver transplant medicine) Training.
Underwent Transplant Hepatology Training at the Multi organ transplant Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, and PENN transplant Institute, Philadelphia , USA where he gained experience in all aspects of medical management of chronic liver disease in liver transplant setting- Pre liver transplant evaluation & post transplant follow up.
Interest in End Stage Liver Disease and Transplant Hepatology facilitated his career progression into a formal training in portal hypertension. He has undergone training in Portal Hypertension as senior clinical fellow in Hepatology with hepatic hemodynamics as focus at INSELSPITAL, the university hospital of Bern, Switzerland. This training tenure centered round management of advanced /end stage liver disease with portal hypertension (increased liver pressure) with exposure on procedures done in this patient population namely, Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement (HVPG), transjugular liver biopsies(TJLB) and transjugular intrahepatic portosytemic shunt(TIPS) placement.
Dr. Harikumar R. Nair has performed more than twenty thousand diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures .
He has served as faculty at tertiary care teaching hospitals in India and abroad-JIPMER Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education &Research), Puduchery as Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, AIMS (Amrita Institute of Medical sciences), Kerala as Associate professor and consultant Transplant Hepatologist and has served the National health services, UK as Consultant Hepatologist at Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Senior Clinical Fellowship in Hepatology with ‘Hepatic Hemodynamics’ as focus at INSELSPITAL, The University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland.
- Trained in Transplant Hepatology at the Multiorgan Transplant Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
- Training in Transplant Peri Operative Care at the PENN Transplant Institute, Philadelphia, USA.
- Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at JIMPER, Puduchery.
- Associate professor and Consultant Transplant Hepatologist at Amritha Institute of Medical sciences, Kerala.
- Consultant Hepatologist at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, National Health Services, UK.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Hepatic Hemodynamics, Transplant Hepatology AND Advanced Chronic Liver Disease with Portal Hypertension.
MEMEBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC BODIES
- Indian Medical Association(IMA-2005)
- Indian Society Of Gastroenterology(ISG-2007)
- Royal College Of Physicians of the UK(RCP-2009)
- American College Of Gastroenterology(ACG-2009)
- Indian Association of Study of Liver diseases(INASL-2011)
- European Association of Study of Liver diseases(EASL-2014)
- Liver transplant society of India(2018)
