About
Dr. Kishore T.A is one of the top Urologists in the region. He has more than 21+ years of experience in comprehensive management of complex genitourinary diseases. Trained at some of the finest medical institutes in the United States and India, he is an expert in robotic surgery, renal transplantation, urological oncology, advanced endourology and laparoscopic urology. Dr. Kishore is the first Urologist to perform NOTES assisted vaginal donor nephrectomy, robotic assisted radical nephrectomy and IVC thrombectomy in India; the third in the world to perform Transvaginal Assisted Robotic Renal Transplantation; the fourth in world to complete 50 robotic renal transplantation surgeries, first in south India to perform Robotic Assisted Renal transplantation, second person in world to perform Level 3 & IVC thrombectomy with suprahepatic clamping and Level 4 IVC thrombectomy. He is the first person in Kerala to do robotic surgery.
Education and Training
Fellowship in Robotic Surgery, Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, Fellowship in Endurology, MCh in Urology, DNB in General Surgery, DNB in Urology, MRCS, M S in General Surgery, MBBS
Subspecialties
Robotic Surgery: Robotic Prostatectomy /Cystectomy, Partial Nephrectomy | Laparoscopy: Partial Nephrectomy, Radical Nephrectomy, Donor Nephrectomy | Genitourinary Oncology: Open/ Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy, Cystectomy, Neobladder | Robotic Renal Transplantation | Advanced ablation procedures like RFA, Cryotherapy | Endourology procedures including PCNL, TURBT.
Affiliation
Aster, Medcity, Kochi, Kerala, India
Fellowship in Robotic Surgery, Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, Fellowship in Endurology, MCh in Urology, DNB in General Surgery, DNB in Urology, MRCS, M S in General Surgery, MBBS
Performed more than 1000 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies & renal transplantations
Performed over 3000 robotic surgeries including 1100 robotic radical prostatectomies, 350 robotic Kidney transplantation.
First in India to perform NOTES assisted Vaginal Donor Nephrectomy
First in India to perform robotic radical nephrectomy and IVC thrombectomy
Third person in the world to perform transvaginal assisted robotic renal transplantation
Fourth in the world to complete 50 robotic renal transplants
First in South India to perform robotic renal transplant
First in Kerala to perform Single Incision Donor Nephrectomy
First surgeon in Kerala to use da Vinci Surgery Robot (at Aster Medcity, Kochi)
Has the second largest published series in the world on NOTES assisted vaginal donor nephrectomy
Chandigarh best video prize USICON 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013
Best video award in SZUSICON 2015, 2016 , 2019, 2021
Best paper award Indian Journal of Urology 2013
SS Bapat prize for the best innovation in urology in USICON 2014
English, Malayalam, Hindi
Editorial Memberships
- Member of the Editorial Board of:
- International Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Asian Network for Scientific Information
- Open Urology and Nephrology Journal
- Open Prostate Cancer Journal
Reviewer of:
- Journal of Endourology ; Journal of Urology, Urologic Oncology; European Urology; British Journal of Urology; Advances in Urology; International Journal of Urology and Nephrology; BMC Urology; International Journal of Urogynecology,; International Journal of Nephrology and Urology; Urotoday International and Urology Journal Publications
- Published 60 articles
Careers
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