Murali Appukuttan

Trained Surgical Hepatologist, Surgical Pancreatologist, Surgical gastroenterologist, Surgical Oncologist, Minimally access and Liver transplant / Multi-visceral transplant surgeon.

First Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary and liver transplant Surgeon in south india (Fifth in the country) holding the degree of MCh HPB surgery from the prestigious Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Newdelhi.

Working hard to start high quality, affordable, Gastro/ HPB and transplant services at non metro rural areas near hometown, covering three districts of central Travancore part of Kerala state, India.

• Indian Medical Association-IMA
• European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
• European Board of Surgeons – UEMS
• International Liver Transplantation Society-ILTS
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• Asian Pacific Association for The Study of Liver (APASL)
• European Society of Surgical Oncology-ESSO
• International Society of Liver Surgeons-ISLS
• International Living Donor Liver Transplantation – ILDLT Group
• Association Surgeons of India- ASI
• Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of India-IASG
• Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
• Indian Association of Surgical Oncology- IASO
• Kerala Association of Surgical Oncology-KASO
• National Academy of Medical Sciences- NMAS
• International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
• Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Indian Chapter- IHPBA

• Prediction of metastatic potential of heterogeneous pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma through gradient-based algorithms, Parvathy Rema, Aravind Ramesh, Murali Appukuttan, B R Manju, Pancreatology, 06/28/25
• Outcomes of elective liver surgery worldwide: a global, prospective, cross sectional study, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis et al., International Journal of Surgery, 2023
• Pancreatic surgery outcomes- multicentric prospective snapshot study in 67 countries, Guiseppe Kito, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis et al., British Journal of Surgery, 2024
• Acute presentation of Trilobed gallbladder, Dr Sunil Mathews Joseph, Dr Murali Appukuttan, HPB, 2024
• Early splenic artery embolization for splenic artery steal syndrome with refractory ascites and early graft dysfunction after live donor liver transplantation, Dr Arun Kumar A, Dr Murali Appukuttan, Dr George Mathew Sebastian, Dr Somsharan Betgeri, HPB, 2024
• Step up approach and late emergency Whipple’s Pancreatico-duodenectomy in pancreatico-duodenal trauma, Dr Jithin T Chand, Dr Murali Appukuttan, Dr Arun Kumar A, Dr George Mathew Sebastian, Dr Somsharan Betgeri, HPB, 2024
• Successful resection of giant hepatic cystic angiosarcoma- First case in the world literature, Dr Jithin T Chand, Dr Murali Appukuttan, Dr Arun Kumar A, Dr George Mathew Sebastian, HPB, 2024
• Surgical series of large symptomatic biliary cystadenoma of liver, Dr Murali Appukuttan, Dr George Mathew Sebastian, Dr Arun Kumar A, Dr Jithin T Chand, HPB, 2024
• Choledochal cyst classification revisited- cystic duct variants with and without type 1- type 1D vs 6B, Dr Murali Appukuttan, Dr Sunil Mathews Joseph, HPB, 2024
• Partial splenic artery embolization for painful splenomegaly in non cirrhotic portal fibrosis with evolved early cirrhosis, Dr Murali Appukuttan, D Aswin Padmanabhan, HPB, 2024
• Cystic Presentation of primary hepatic angiosarcoma, Chand J, Kumar A, Sebastian G, Appukuttan M, Formosan Journal of Surgery, 09/01/23
• Impact of Functional Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction on Perioperative Outcome Following Live Donor Liver Transplantation, Appukuttan M Et Al., Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 01/22/18
• Ampullary Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma: Surprise Histology, Familiar Management, Mahansaria SS, Agrawal N, Arora A, Bihari C, Appukuttan M, Chattopadhyay T K, Int J Surg Pathol, 2017
• Functional Hepatic Venous Outflow and Its Correlation with Early Graft Function in Partial Liver Transplantation, Appukuttan M Et Al., HPB, 2016
• Evaluation of Post Hepatectomy Portal Venous Pressure and Its Effect on Outcome After Major Hepatic Resection in Non-Cirrhotic Liver, Appukuttan M Et Al., HPB, 2016
• Brucellosis after cardiac transplantation, Nair VV, Appukuttan M, Narayan KV, Thanathu Krishnan Nair J, Ann Thorac Surg, 01/01/19
• Unmasking of Myeloproliferative Disorder in A Patient with EHPVO Following PSRS, Mahansaria Ss, Seshadri Ak, Appukuttan M, Aggarwal N, Arora A, Bharathy Kgb, Kumar S, Chattopadhyay Tk, Tropical Gastroenterology, 2014
• The Outcome of Bilio-Enteric Anastomosis in Cirrhotic, Seshadri Ak, Mahansaria Ss, Appukuttan M, Aggarwal N, Arora A, Bharathy K G B, Kumar S, Chattopadhyay Tk, Tropical Gastroenterology, 2014
• Myriads of Isolated Igg4 Cholangiopathy Masquerading as Biliary Malignancies, A. Arora, N. Agrawal, K. S. Arvind, A. Murali, C. Bihari, A. Arora, V. Pamecha, T. K. Chattopadhyay, HPB, 2015
• Isolated Igg4 Related Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Retrospective Analysis from A High-Volume Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Appukuttan M Et Al., Tropical Gastroenterology, 2014
• Adeno myomatosis of Gallbladder, Appukuttan M Et Al., Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2013

• Colorectal surgery, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 01/01/24
• Abdominal surgery, Leiden University, Netherlands, 09/01/23
• Liver surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria, 09/01/22
• Pancreatic Surgery, Leiden University, Netherlands, 05/01/22
• Multi Organ Donor Retrieval Training and Donor Optimization, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2018
• Clinical Observer, Multi-Visceral Transplant Surgery, Toronto University (UHN), Canada, 07/01/18
• Clinical Observer, Multi-Visceral Transplant Surgery, Aden Brooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University, UK, 08/01/24