Dr. Reju Joseph Thomas

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• Thursday & Friday - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

15 years of experience

• Laparoscopic surgery for

  • Hydronephrosis,
  • Hirschsprung’s disease
  • Undescended testis
  • Hernia
  • Hiatus Hernia and GER
  • Choledochal cyst
  • Gallstones
  • Spleen preserving surgery for Pancreatic tumour & Nesidioblastosis

• Retroperitoneoscopic surgery for

  • Kidney
  • Adrenal tumour

  • Thoracoscopic surgery

  • Eventration diaphragm (3-day stay), Diaphragmatic hernia
  • Mediastinal Cysts and Neuroblastoma

• Single-stage surgery for

  • Ureterocele
  • Ectopic ureter
  • Severe Hypospadias

• Minimising Child & Parent Anxiety

  • Day Only surgery for hernia, hydrocele, circumcision, Tongue-tie
  • MCU without tears – with parent attending procedures
  • Nonoperative Management of Intussusception (invented a device)
  • Avoiding ureterostomy for VUJ obstruction (DJ stenting)

• Management program for

  • Urinary incontinence and Bedwetting in Children
  • Constipation in Children
  • Neurogenic bladder
  • Valve bladder

• Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital Westmead, NSW, Australia
• Locum Registrar at Bristol & Royal London Hospitals, UK
• International Pediatric Endosurgery Group
• Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
• Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons of India
• Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
• Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (by examination)
• National Academy of Medical Sciences (by examination)
• Association of Surgeons of India
• Indian Medical Association
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• Represented India at the Second Meeting of Global Initiative of Children’s Surgery at Washington DC in 2016
• Instrumental in starting Paediatric Urology Clinic at CMC Vellore in 2016
• Recipient of Storz Travel Grant from the Royal College of Edinburgh in 2001
• Devices developed: Vein pick, Apparatus for Air Enema Reduction of Intussusception, Vellore snare for removal of DJ stent, Anal ring retractor for Soave procedure, Cutaway proctoscope for full-thickness rectal biopsy in children
• Nair Memorial Medal in Surgery from Madras University for MBBS