Dr Karthik was instrumental in setting interventional radiology services at Sengkang General Hospital in Singapore where he worked for 2 years as the Clinical Lead for Interventional radiology before moving back to his native homeland in Chennai in 2020.
He has now joined MIOT Hospitals International in Chennai which is a quartenary care hospital with 900 beds. The radiology department in MIOT is a busy department performing over 100 CTs and 100 MRIs every day. He has a special interest in cross sectional imaging and also leads the interventional radiology services there.
Dr Karthik has published more than 25 research articles in leading peer reviewed journals and has also given talks at several international conferences.
Dr. Karthikeyan Damodharan is one of the best interventional radiologist Doctor in chennai,Tamilnadu,India.
Education
QUALIFICATION
COLLEGE / AWARDING BODY
YEAR
Fellow of CIRSE
Interventional Radiology Society, Europe
May 2019
Apr 2019
European Board of Interventional Radiology
Interventional Radiology Society, Europe
Apr 2019
Fellowship in vascular / non-vascular intervention.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
Jun 2011
Post CCT training in vascular intervention.
University hospitals of Leicester, UK
Jun 2010
CCT in Diagnostic radiology.
GMC, UK
Oct 2007
FRCR
Royal College of Radiologists, UK.
Feb 2010
MRCP
Royal College of Physicians, London UK
Apr 2003
MBBS
Madras Medical College, India
Feb 2001
Services
Vascular Treatments
1) Digital subtraction peripheral arterial angiogram / venogram
3) Lower limb peripheral arterial angioplasty / sub intimal angioplasty
4) Lower limb peripheral arterial stenting
5) Thrombolysis / mechanical thrombectomy for acute arterial / venous thrombosis
6) Lower limb arterial atherectomy
7) Upper limb peripheral arterial angioplasty /stenting
10) Deep Venous stenting
11) Arterio Venous Fistula or graft angioplasty / stenting
12) Central venous angioplasty and / or stenting,
13) Arterio Venous Fistula or graft thrombolysis
14) Inferior Vena Cava filter insertion/retrieval
15) Endovenous laser/ RFA/ glue ablation for varicose veins
16) Percutaneous sclerotherapy of spider/ reticular/ perforator veins
17) Embolisation for vascular malformations.
18) Endovascular aortic stent graft insertion – abdominal aortic , Thoracic aorta
19) Fenestrated, branched aortic stent graft insertion
20) Intravascular Foreign body retrieval
Oncological Interventions
1) Transarterial Chemo-embolisation
2) Transarterial Radio-embolisation
3) Portal vein embolisation
4) Percutaneous thermal ablation (radiofrequency/ microwave) of liver, kidney and lung tumours
5) Cryoablation of renal and bone tumours
6) Vertebroplasty / cementoplasty for augmentation of musculoskeletal tumours
7) Palliative / pre-operative tumour embolisation
8) Radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules/ goitres.
Hepatobiliary Interventions:
- Percutaneous Biliary drainage / stent insertion
- Percutaneous Biliary brush cytology
- Percutaneous Biliary stone removal
- Percutaneous cholecystostomy
- Transjugular portosystemic stent shunt
- Transjugular portosystemic stent shunt reduction
- Transjugular portosystemic stent shunt venogram
- Hepatic vein stenting for Budd Chiari syndrome.
- Hepatic Venous portal gradient measurement
- Plug assisted retrograde Transvenous obliteration for gastric varices. (PARTO)
- Balloon occluded retrograde Transvenous obliteration for gastric varices (BRTO)
Emergency Interventions
1) Arterial embolization for bleeding due to trauma, tumour
2) Mesenteric arterial embolization for bleeding from gastrointestinal tract,
3) Bronchial artery embolization for haemoptysis
Genitourinary Interventions
1) Percutaneous Nephrostomy
2) Antegrade ureteric stenting
3) Ureteric embolization for bleeding
4) Prostate artery embolization for benign prostatic hyperplasia
5) Testicular vein embolization for varicoceles
6) Fallopian tube recanalization for infertility
7) Uterine artery embolization for fibroids, adenomyosis
8) Ovarian vein embolisation for pelvic congestion syndrome
9) Adrenal vein sampling
Gastrointestinal Interventions
- Image guided percutaneous gastrostomy / gastrojejunostomy insertion
- NasoJejunal tube insertion
- Gastro Intestinal stenting
Venous Access
- Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter insertion
- Tunnelled central venous catheter insertion for intravenous access or dialysis
- Tunnelled central venous catheter removal
- Insertion of non-tunneled central catheters for intravenous access or dialysis.
- Venous Port insertion/ removal
Biopsies and Drainages
- Percutaneous image guided diagnostic / therapeutic drainage of collections
- Percutaneous image guided biopsy / fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes or various organ lesions.