After finishing her Basic MBBS training from MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, Orissa, Dr Varma did her Masters in General Surgery from Command Hospital Air-Force Bangalore, which is tertiary referral centre. She then did her super-specialty training in Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Surgery from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. She was part of the pioneer team which started the first successful and sustainable liver transplant program in 2001. She did fellowship in Liver transplantation and Transplant surgery from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi. She is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK. Dr. Varma worked as an Assistant Professor in the department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad for five years where she performed vast number of complex Gastro-Intestinal and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgeries.

She was a consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist and Transplant Surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. In May 2013 she moved from there to join the department of liver transplant and hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital to start a viable transplant program. She has an extensive experience of more than 700 liver transplants; living and deceased donor liver transplantation, adult and pediatric liver transplantation, split and dual lobe liver transplantation, swap and ABO incompatible liver transplantation, elective and emergency liver transplantation. Dr Varma has been part of the team which performed the India’s first living related intestinal transplant. She has performed the first reported staged liver resection (ALPPS) for extensive liver tumour.

KDAH Experience
In three years our team has performed 156 liver transplants, majority of which are living donor liver transplants. Deceased donor liver transplants form a small subset of the number. Adult and pediatric liver transplants, elective and emergency liver transplants, split, reduced, and whole liver transplants, ABO incompatible and dual lobe transplants are the variants performed so far at KDAH.

Other HPB cases performed by Dr Varma includes a vast number of complex liver resections, staged hepatectomy for liver tumours with and without vascular resection, pancreatic resection for both benign tumours and cancers of the pancreas, radical cholecystectomy for gall bladder cancer, surgery for biliary obstruction, acute and chronic pancreatitis, and surgery for portal hypertension.

Expertise
Surgeries for liver, gall bladder, pancreatic tumours both benign and malignant (primary and metastatic), Bile duct injuries, biliary stones, cancer gall bladder, cholangiocarcinoma, Management of acute and chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic cancer, solid cystic tumour of pancreas, Liver transplantation – deceased donor liver transplant, live donor liver transplant, Adult and Pediatric liver transplant, Transplant for Acute liver failure and Chronic liver disease