HPB Fellowship
Fellowship location
| Fellowship Centre | Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham |
| Fellowship Country | England |
| Centre Town/City | Birmingham |
Fellowship faculty
| Fellowship Director | Mr. Ravi Marudanayagam |
| Contact Number | 01213714662 |
| Faculty Email | ravi.marudanayagam@uhb.nhs.uk |
Fellowship details
| Speciality focus | HPB surgery, multi-organ retrieval and liver transplantation |
| Duration | 1-2 years |
| Salary | Yes |
| On-call | Yes |
| Next available | Usually October each year. Advertised via NHS jobs website |
Fellowship history
| Programme began | 2015 |
| Previous fellows | 10 |
| Current fellows | 5 |
| Operative experience | – |
Fellowship contents
| Oesophageal resection | No |
| Gastric resection | No |
| Liver resection | Yes – the unit performs 280 procedures per year |
| Liver transplant | Yes – the unit performs 250 procedures per year |
| Pancreas resection | Yes – the unit performs 140 procedures per year |
| Bariatric surgery | No |
| Research opportunities | Yes (clinical and basic science) |
Additional information
The job involves leading the multi-organ retrieval team, operating on HPB cases, covering out of hours liver transplantation, attending HPB MDTs, benign and cancer outpatient clinics, transplant assessment clinics, transplant listing meetings and supervising the audit/ research group meetings. It is an extremely busy unit performing advanced HPB surgeries including resections for hilar cholangiocarcinoma, ALPPS procedure, ex-situ liver resections, pancreatic resections with concurrent vein resections and advanced laparoscopic HPB surgeries. The transplant programme gives a wide exposure to transplantations from DCD and DBD donors, living related donors, auxiliary transplants and transplantation following machine perfusion.
