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Dr. AYYAPPAN THANGAVEL
Gender: Male
Qualification: MBBS, MS ( SURGERY) , MCh(PLASTIC SURGERY) DNB (PLASTIC SURGERY) MNAMS(PLASTICSURGERY)
AO-CMF(SWISS)CRANIFACIO MAXILLARY SURGERY
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Hospital Name: apollo hospitals international limited, ahemdabad, ahmedabad.
Experience:
Dr. Ayyappan is a highly qualified,experienced and Board Certified Plastic surgeon practicing in Ahmedabad since the last 20 years.Dr.Ayyappan has worked as an Associate.Proffessor & Sr.Consultant for the major part of his career with B.J.Medical College&Civil Hospitals a Western India Regional Tertiary Level Teaching hospital for the last 18 years and is well known for his academic and surgical skills in the plastic surgery fraternity.Dr.Ayyappan had worked as a teaching Faculty with Chinese University of Hongkong in the Department of Surgery and was a Senior Specialist in the Division of PlasticSurgery, at Prince of Wales Hospital Hongkong.Dr.Ayyappan has gained extensive experience and reputation as a skilled and safe surgeon in the field of Cosmetic surgery especially of face , nose , eyes,lips,breasts,abdominoplasty&liposuction.He was awarded fellowship of CRANIFACIO MAXILLARY SURGERY-AO -CMF(SWISS).He is currently Reviewer of reputed International Plastic Surgery Journals such as
Plastic &Reconstructive Surgery (USA),
British Journal of Aesthetic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery(UK).
*EXPERTISE IN,
*COSMETIC SURGERY
*TRAUMA RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
*CRANIFACIO MAXILLARY SURGERY-AO -CMF(SWISS)
*HAND&BRACHIAL PLEXUS SURGERY
*RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY
*LATEST TECHNIQUES IN ACUTE BURN &POST BURN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
 
Achievements:
After acquiring the MBBS degree from prestigious Madras University with “Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery” he was selected on ALL INDIA MERIT for Masters degree in Surgery in 1992, University first in MCh degree exams.He showed his proficiency in Plastic Surgery by qualifying in First attempt National Board Exams for the award of “Diplomate in Plastic Surgery” in 1995.Awarded based on Highest standards in academic merit Member National Academy of Medical Sciences (Plastic Surgery)in2002
 
Publications:
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
1)GOLD MEDAL(AC CHANDRASEKARA MUDALIAR)
Clinical Surgery,University of Madras.
2)UNIVERSITY First MCh(Plastic Surgery) University of Gujarat.
3)Original Innovations Published in International Journals:
A)two new flaps for hand and heel reconstruction published in international journals.
B)first time in world literature-autologous bone marrow for wound healing , accepted and presented at the International Asia Pacific Burn Congress-Shanghai china 2005.
6) Chairman -Academic committee Nabicon National conference of Burns Ahmedabadbad
7)Reviewer:
International Journals :
PRS,(PLASTIC &RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY) (USA),
BJPS (BRITISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY)UK
National Journal :
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY (IND)
8)Co-Editor-Indian Journal of Burns

INTERNATIONAL PuBLICATIONS:

1)ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS -HOBSON’S CHOICE, IN BURNS MANAGEMENT. PUBLISHED IN BURNS JOURNAL(U.K) JULY/AUG1998

2) AXIAL APONUERO –FASCIO- CUTANEOUS GROIN FLAP -,AN EXTENDED CONCEPT PUBLISHED IN JOURNAL OF CRANIO FACIAL SURGERY(U.S.A) SEP/2001.

3)SUPER SURAL FLAPS IN ACUTE TRAUMATIC HEEL RECONSTRUCTIONS PUBLISHED IN PLASTIC&RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL(U.S.A) JUNE/2002

4)"MICROSURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN PAEDIATRIC BURNS .THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY(2006).

5)PEDIATRIC BURN PREVENTION:AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACH Burns, Mar 2006.

6)DECOMPRESSION NOT ESCHAROTOMY IN ACUTE BURNS Burns, May 2006 .

NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
1)NUEROFIBROMATOSIS –AN UNSOLVED RIDDLE PUBLISHED IN THE INDIAN PRACTITIONER.FEB/2001.

2)TOPICALLY APPLIED AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW IN HEALING OF CHRONIC NON HEALING RAW AREAS
-INDIAN JOURNAL OF BURNS VOLUME 12/Issue 2001/Dec 2004.

3)HERBAL ALTERNATIVES IN TOPICAL BURN THERAPY- INDIAN JOURNAL OF BURNSVOLUME12/Issue 2001/Dec 2004.

4)COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF GROSSLY MALNOURISHED CHILD WITH OLD INFECTED CRITICAL THERMAL BURNS;A Case Report – INDIAN JOURNAL OF BURNSVOLUME12/Issue 2001/Dec 2004.

5)EVALUATION OF OUTCOME OF SHORT TERM RECOBINANT HUMAN GROWTH HARMONE THERAPY IN BURN PATIENTS - INDIAN JOURNAL OF BURNSVOLUME13/Issue 2001/Dec 2005.

BOOK – PUBLICATIONS
1) coauthored a multi author book titled Frontiers of Cord Blood Science published by Rad cliffe UK,chapter on tissue engineering titled “Cord Blood: Opportunities and Challenges for the Reconstructive Surgeon”, for a multi author book to be published from U.K (April2006).
2) Kushtrog Kayakalp Karyakram-Abook on Leprosy surgery, based on the cumulative experience gained from leprosy reconstructive surgeries carried in various government hospitals of Gujarat.

MULTIMEDIA-PUBLICATIONS:
1)COLOR ATLAS ON BURNS.
2)LEPROSY SURGERY TECHNIQUES.
 
Professional Membership: INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
PLASTIC SURGEONS OF INDIA
AO CRANIOMAXILLO FACIAL SURGERY (SWITZERLAND)
GUJARAT STATE SURGEONS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BURNS INDIA
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY
COSMETIC SURGEONS
AESTHETIC SURGERY
RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY
Languages known: English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam
   
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