Somashekar H R
Dr Somashekar H R
Consultant - Paediatrics
Speciality
Liver Transplant
Qualification
  • MBBS
  • DCH
  • DNB
Experience
22 Years
Gender
Male
Language Spoken
Tamil
English
Kannada
Hindi
Location
Chennai,Perumbakkam – Sholinganallur
Consultation Charges
1100
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About

Dr. Somashekara HR. is a seasoned and internationally trained doctor with over two decades of professional experience and is currently serving Gleneagles Global Health City as Consultant Pediatric Hepatologist. Along with his MBBS, DCH and DNB degrees, Dr Somashekara also has a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology from the renowned Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London to his credit. He also has Fellowship in Transplant Hepatology form Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom

He has completed his core Pediatric training from World renowned Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. While working as a resident trainee, Dr Somashekara acquired impeccable skills in performing procedures such as liver biopsy, abdominal paracentesis, upper GI endoscopies, Sclerotherapy, Banding Sigmoidoscopy, etc.

Dr. Somashekara H. R. has received several awards and accolades for his academic performance throughout his learning years including the best outgoing student award from CMC Vellore. He’s also contributed to various research papers that have been published by renowned medical journals.

He is well versed with management of liver disease in children like

  • Liver transplantation in children
  • Pediatric Liver transplantation
  • Intestinal transplantation in children
  • Intestinal failure
  • Intestinal Rehabilitation Programme
  • Liver Failure
  • Parenteral Nutrition
  • Biliary atresia
  • Neonatal Hepatitis
  • Sudden or acute liver failure (ALF)
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection
  • Metabolic liver diseases like tyrosinemia, Wilson’s disease, Galactosemia
  • Genetic liver diseases like Alagille syndrome or cholestatic disorders (PFIC)
  • Liver tumors, Hepatoblastoma
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • DCH (CMC, Vellore)
  • DNB (Pediatrics)
  • RCPCH Fellowship in Ped Hepatology, Gastroenterology & Nutrition (Kings College, London, UK)
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Transplant Hepatology (Birmingham Childrens Hospital, UK)

Publications

  1. Scot JX, Moses PD, Somashekar HR, Sathish kumar T.  Paraneoplastic papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma. Indian J cancer. 2005 Apr-Jun; 42(2): 102-3.       
  2. Somashekar HR, Moses PD, Pavithran S, Mathew LG, Agarwal I, Rolain JM, Raoult D, Varghese GM, Mathai E. Magnitude and features of scrub typhus and spotted fever in children in India. J Tropical  Pediatrics. 2006 Jun; 52(3): 228-9
  3. Rolain JM, Mathai E, Lepidi H, Somashekar HR, Mathew LG, Prakash JA, Raoult D, Candidatus Rickettsia kelly India, Emerg infect dis. 2006 Mar; 12(3): 483-5
  4. Peter W, Dominic H, Karthikeyan P, Somashekara HR, Davenport M, Dhawan A, Tassos G. King’s Variceal Prediction Score: A Novel Noninvasive Marker of Portal Hypertension in Pediatric Chronic Liver Disease.JPGN 2017;64: 518–523
  5. Somashekara  HR , Patil SJ*, Anusha AJ, Anil KS, Hiremath S, Subramanian K. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency caused by a novel homozygous Alu element insertion in the FBP1 gene and delayed diagnosis. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2017; 30(6): 703–706
  6. Babu Vadamalyan , Somashekara HR , Tanya Elizabeth Spencer. Eosinophilic ascites - a rare presentation of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with spontaneous remission and relapse in an adolescent. Int J Gastroenterol Hepatol Transpl Nutr 2016;1(ii): 55-59
  7. Chayarani K, Somashekara HR, Rachel MB, Eslam Al-Abadi, Gupte G. Liver injury in children with long-term low-dose methotrexate. Acta Paediatrica. 2019; 00:1–4.8.
  8. Somashekara HR, Nargund S, Kannan S. Glycogen storage disorder Type IXa and congenitalhypothyroidism: A novel association.  Indian Journal of Child Health. 7(11): 459-461
  9. Pratim Nayak, Somashekara HR., Jyothinagaram Sivaprakas, B. et al. Mauriac syndrome: a rare cause of massive hepatomegaly. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries (2021)
  10. Sathish K. Krishnan, Karattupalayam S. Mouleeswaran, Prasanna Gopal, Rajanikanth Patcha, Somashekara HR,Perumal Karnan, Selvakumar Malleeswaran, Joy Varghese, Mettu S. Reddy, First Report of a Paediatric Collision Tumour in the Liver Recognised After Liver ransplantation:Blissful Ignorance Has Benefits! Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Available online 28 May 2021,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2021.05.006
  11. Somashekara HR, Mohan Babu Kasala, Karnan Perumal,Selvakumar Malleeswaran, Rajanikanth V. Patcha and Joy Varghese. Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Late-onset Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, Available online 3 July 2021
  12. Krishnan SK, Varghese J, Patcha R, Somashekara HR, Reddy MS. Delayed Expulsion of biliary cast after hepaticojejunostomy for post-liver transplantation biliary stricture-better cut than canulate? Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Dec;25(8):e14115. doi: 10.1111/petr.14115. Epub 2021 Aug 19. PMID: 34409710.
  13. Somashekara HR, Mohan BK, Karnan P., et al., When Push Comes to Shove! Emergency ABO-Incompatible Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant for Acute Wilson’s Disease, JCEH. 2022,12 (2) 658-663. doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2021.08.008.
  14. Pai, Uday, Dhanasekhar Kesavelu, Somashekara H. R., et al "Ranitidine use in pediatrics: current evidence-based review and recommendations." International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics [Online], 9.10 (2022): 987-997. doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20222434
  15. Nayak SP Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Somashekara HR., Lymphopenia: a clue to diagnose primary intestinal lymphangiectasia. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2022 Nov;9(11):xxx-xxx. 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp2022
  16. Somashekara HR, Akhila Vasanth Hassan, et al., Pediatric COMBINED LIVING DONOR LIVER AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FOR Primary Hyperoxaluria Type II, American Journal of Transplantation, 2023, ISSN 1600-6135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.05.006.
  17. Somashekara HR, Nayak SP, Rao S, Joseph D'cruz AL, Garg M, Ramachandran K. Kasai Portoenterostomy at a Slightly Delayed Age and Native Liver Survival in Children With Biliary Atresia: Single Center Experience [published online ahead of print, 2023 May 30]. Indian Pediatr. 2023; S097475591600549.
  18. Somashekara HR, Shah N, Acharyya BC, Durairaj E, Verma L, Sankaranarayanan S, Wadhwa N, Venter C. The Need for Culturally Appropriate Food Allergy Management Strategies: The Indian Milk Ladder. Nutrients. 2023; 15(18):3921. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183921

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