Mr Amaran Krishnan
Qualifications
FRCSed, MD, MBBS, BMedSci(Hons)
GMC number: 6105541
Practising since: 2004
Specialties
General Surgery
Consultation times
- Thursday afternoons
- Overview
About
Mr Krishnan performed his undergraduate studies at Newcastle University and completed his basic and higher surgical training in the Yorkshire Deanery. He returned to the North East, completing a clinical Doctorate based at the Northern Oesophago-Gastric Unit at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. He completed his specialist training in benign laparoscopic upper GI surgery.
Currently, Mr Krishnan works at the York and Scarborough Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Regional Surgical Ambassador for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Honorary President of the medical student HYMS surgical society. He is an Associate Researcher at Newcastle University and is actively involved in research, currently with Oxford University.
He has been trained in a range of complex benign laparoscopic upper GI procedures. He is also trained in a range of open and laparoscopic general surgical procedures including removal of gall bladders and hernia repairs.
Mr Krishnan has a specialist interest in reflux disease and Achalasia, and performs physiology assessment of the upper GI tract, diagnostic tests for reflux and endoscopic anti-reflux treatment using STRETTA.
Special interests
Laparoscopic and open general surgery including:
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy,
- Laparoscopic and open groin hernia repair
- Simple abdominal wall hernia repairs.
Other interests
Diagnostic endoscopy/gastroscopy
Difficulty swallowing
Epigastric pain
Gastrointestinal tract
Gall stone disease
Gall bladder problems
Heartburn
Hiatus hernia
Indigestion (dyspepsia)
Inguinal hernia
Laparoscopic Surgery
Oesophageal dysmotility
Reflux
Stomach ulcer
Languages spoken
English
Locations Mr Amaran Krishnan works with
Related experience
Research
2014: MD – The use of pH-impedance to identify reflux in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis.
2003: BMedSci HONs – The loss of taste and smell after oesophagectomy and gastrectomy.
June 2022
Exposure to Bile and gastric juice can impact the aerodigestive microbiome in people with cystic fibrosis. Al Momani H, Perry A, Nelson A, Stewart CJ, Krishnan A, Jones R, Robertson A, Bourke S, Doe S, Cummings S, Anderson A, Forrest T, Forrest I, Griffin M, Jeff Pearson, Wilcox M, Brodlie M, Pearson J, Ward C. Sci Rep, Nature Research 2022 Jun 30; 12(1).
February 2021
Hospitalization Outcomes for COVID-19 in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease. A Potential Role for Aerodigestive Pathophysiology? Althuwaybi A, Al Quaimi M, Krishnan A, Jones R, Pearson J, Ward C. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Feb 15;203(4): 521-522.
June 2020
Clonally Related Viable Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Gastric Juice and Sputum in People with Cystic Fibrosis. Chris Ward, Hafez Al Momani, Audrey Perry, John D. Perry, Amaran Krishnan, Rhy Jones, Mike Griffin, Jeff Pearson, Stephen Bourke. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 June, Vol 202, Issue 7.
November 2018
Reflux in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: treatment informed by an integrated approach. Jones R, Krishnan A, Zeybel GL, Dookun E, Pearson JP, Simpson AJ, Griffin SM, Ward C, Forrest IA. ERJ Open Res. 2018 Nov 5;4(4).
October 2018
Risk Factors for Lung Disease Progression in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Al Momani H, Perry A, Jones R, McDonnell M, Krishnan A, Robertson A, Griffin M, Rutherford R, Brodlie M Pearson J, Bourke S, Ward C. Eur Respir J. 2018 Oct 4;52(4).
July 2016
Ivacaftor and symptoms of extra-oesophageal reflux in patients with cystic fibrosis and G551D mutation. Gemma L Zeybel , Jeffrey P Pearson , Amaran Krishnan, Stephen J Bourke, Simon Doe, Alan Anderson, Shoaib Faruqi, Alyn H Morice, Mujdat Zeybel, Peter W Dettmar, Malcolm Brodlie, Chris Ward J Cyst Fibros. 2017 Jan;16(1):124-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.07.004. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
June 2016
Microbiological profiles of sputum and gastric juice aspirates in Cystic Fibrosis patients. H. Al-momani, A. Perry, C. J. Stewart, R. Jones, A. Krishnan, A. G. Robertson, S. Bourke, S. Doe, S. P. Cummings, A. Anderson, T. Forrest, S. M. Griffin, M. Brodlie, J. Pearson & C. Ward Nature Scientific Repots | 6:26985 | DOI: 10.1038/srep26985.
September 2012
Identical biofilm forming strains of Pseundomonas aeriginosa occur in lung allograft BAL and gastric juice from CF patients with gastrooesophageal reflux. A. Krishnan, A. Nicholson, AGN Robertson, J Perry, M Brodlie, P Corris, SM Griffin, JP Pearson, C Ward. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Vol. 32, Issue 4, Supplement, Page S28.
March 2012
Anti-reflux surgery in Lung Transplant Recipients: Outcomes and effects on quality of life. AGN Robertson, A Krishnan, C Ward, JP Pearson, PA Corris, JH Dark, J Shenfine1, DK Karat, SM Griffin. Eu Respir J. 2012 Mar(39)3: 691-7.
November 2011
Tomorrow's Doctors: students' satisfaction with a prosection-based undergraduate anatomy course and its implication for their future clinical practice. D Overbeck-Zubrzycka, A Krishnan, DW Hamilton, RF Searle, G Stansby. Accepted in Royal College of Surgeons England Bulletin.
Feb 2010
Treatment of oesophageal anastomotic leaks by temporary stenting with self expanding plastic stents Krishnan A, Robertson AGN, Dunn L, Robinson S, Hayes N, Griffin SM. Br J Surg. 2010 Feb;97(2):294.
June 2005
A prospective Study of Taste and Smell Deficits after Oesophagectomy and Gastrectomy. Krishnan A, Robinson S, Harris AM, Griffin SM. The Surgeon Supplement, Journal of the Royal College Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland 2005 Jun; 3(3): S65.
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Association of Upper GI surgeons (AUGIS)
Other posts held
- York and Scarborough Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Insurers Mr Amaran Krishnan works with
Mr Amaran Krishnan works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- Bupa
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- AXA Health
- WPA