Dr. Praveen Kesav R

RADIODIAGNOSIS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Associate Professor and Head of Interventional Radiology

MD, EBIR-ES, EDIR, DICR

7 years of experience

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Area of Interest

  • Interventional Radiology (Gastrointestinal, Peripheral Vascular, Dialysis, Varicose Veins, Oncologic, Emergency, Neuro, Genitourinary, Obstetric, Reproductive Medicine) 

Additional Responsibilities

  • Head of Interventional Radiology.

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

    1. Kakkarala Subbarao Gold Medal For Best Research Paper in MD 

    2. Dr. Venugopal Gold Medal in MBBS 

    3. President's Appreciation Award - Kerala IRIA 2023

    4. Organising Secretary of GRADCON - Dedicated IR Conference in April 2023 Attended by 125 Delegates.

    5. Executive Committee Member and Part of Organising Team of Annual National ISVIR Conference, Kochi 2025.

    6. Started dedicated IR OPD and Built an IR Team providing 24x7 Services in Sree Gokulam Medical College.

    7. Integral Part of Comprehensive Stroke Team.

    8. Six National Level Best Presentation/Poster Awards in National ISVIR Annual Conferences between 2024 and 2025.

    9. One of the few Indians to have received "EBIR - Endovascular Specialist" Certification from CIRSE. 

   10. Past Executive Committee Member of Kerala ISVIR 

Memberships: 1. ISVIR  2. IRIA   3.CIRSE     4.SIR    5.ECR      6.APSCVIR 

Publications

Title

Journal / book

Details

Authorship

State/ Reg/Nat/Int

Indexed in

CT-guided percutaneous nephrostomy in an obstructed pelvic pancake kidney: a report of a novel transiliopsoas approach

BMJ  Journal article


Case Reports

2019-12 |

Second

International

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232665

Transient Small Bowel Angio-oedema Secondary to Intravenous Iodinated Contrast Medium

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology


2022-09 | Journal article


Second

National

DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749676

Novel Scoring Systems and Age-Based Hepatic Shear Wave Stiffness Cut-Offs for Improving Sonographic Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia



Indian Journal of Pediatrics

2023-06-29 | Journal article

First

National

DOI: 10.1007/s12098-023-04607-8

Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis with Venous GI Bleed: The “Gordian Knot” Treated with Emergency Transsplenic Balloon-Assisted TIPSS and TransTIPSS Suction Thrombectomy

Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR



2025-02-06 | Conference paper


First

National

DOI: 10.1055/s-0046-1815894

Patient Selection, Lesion Selection, Technical Success, Safety Profile, and Short-Term Response Rate of Balloon-Occluded Trans-arterial chemoembolization (B-TACE) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)


Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR


2025-02-07 | Conference paper


First

National

DOI: 10.1055/s-0046-1815899







Presentations

Topic

Guest lecture/ oral poster/convenor

Name of the event

Conference / workshop

Venue

Dates

Level

Pain Management in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Guest Lecture

Kerala ISVIR Annual Conference

Conference: 


2026

State

Angiosome vs Woundosome Concept – Targetted in Revascularisation

Guest Lecture

KPODCON

Conference


2026

National 

Balloon TACE vs Conventional TACE

Guest Lecture

Trivandrum IR Club Monthly Meeting

Meeting


2026

City

PICC Line and USG Guided Drainage

Guest Lecture

Critical Care Monthly Meeting

Meeting


2026

City

New Insights in the Evaluation and Management of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

Guest Lecture

Thyrofacts

Conference:


2026

State 

Recommendations and roadmap for AI and radiology integration into Kerala’s preventive oncology model

Guest Lecture

Global Preventive Oncology Summit

Conference


2026

National

Pelvic Congestion Syndrome: Myths to Facts

Guest Lecture

TROGS

Conference


2025

City

Health and Tourism in India

Guest Lecture

Kerala Kaumudi Health Conclave

Conference


2025

State

Balloon TACE vs Conventional TACE

Guest Lecture

Trivandrum IR Club Monthly Meeting

Meeting


2025

City

Non-Surgical, Non-Medical, Pinhole Management of Thyroid Nodules and Prostate Enlargement

Guest Lecture

JPEF 2025

Conference


2025

International

Provocative Angiography in Occult GI Bleeding – Yay or Nay

Guest Lecture

ISVIR Annual Conference

Conference


2025

National

Interventional Radiology in PAD

Guest Lecture

IMA Varkala

Meeting


2025

City

Abdominal Aorta – Angiographic Anatomy

Guest Lecture

ICRI

Conference


2025

National

Pancreatitis Complications: Role of IR

Guest Lecture

HPB Radiology Course 2025

Course


2025

National

How I Do It: TIPSS and PARTO

Guest Lecture

HPB Radiology Course 2025

Course


2025

National

Meet the Future of Medicine: Pinhole Treatment from Head to Toe

Guest Lecture

GALECON

Conference


2025

State

Interventional Radiology in Ophthalmology

Guest Lecture

Ophthalmology New Vistas

Conference


2024

State

IR in OBG

Guest Lecture

TROGS

Conference


2024

City

Balloon TACE – Deflating Tumors or Inflating Cost

Guest Lecture

Kerala ISVIR Annual Conference

Conference


2024

State

Plugging Leaks, Opening Blocks, Barbecuing & Home Delivery: All in a Day's Work, Meet the Interventional Radiologist

Guest Lecture

IMA Annual National Conference

Conference


2024

National

IR in Head and Neck Oncology

Guest Lecture

ENT Ahead

Conference


2024

State

IR – The Rapidly Expanding Specialty

Guest Lecture

Genesis IMA Young Doctors Annual Meet

Conference


2024

National

Ablation of Lung Tumors

Guest Lecture

SCIICON

Conference


2023

National

Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage

Guest Lecture

Kollamcon

Conference


2023

State

Trials on Dual Pathway Inhibition in PAD

Guest Lecture

Kerala ISVIR Annual Conference

Conference


2023

State

IR in OBG

Guest Lecture

Gynecon

Conference


2023

State

Chronic CLI – Endovascular Interventions

Guest Lecture

GRADCON 2023

Conference


2023

State

Palliative Biliary Stenting

Guest Lecture

ASGKCON

Conference


2023

State

Imaging of Ocular and Orbital Trauma

Guest Lecture

Occulus

Conference


2022

State

Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases – Role of IR

Guest Lecture

Liver Surgery CME, Kottayam

CME


2022

State

Novel Scoring Technique in Biliary Atresia

Oral Presentation

RSNA 2019

Conference


2019

International

Percutaneous Cholecystocholangiography in Inspissated Bile Syndrome in Neonates

Oral Presentation

ISGAR 2018

Conference


2018

National

Initial Findings: Novel Sono-elastographic Scoring System for Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia

Oral Presentation

European Society of Paediatric Radiology 2017

Conference


2017

International

Research Projects

Project

Completed/ Ongoing

Funded

Collaborated

Published

Incremental Role of Shear Wave Elastography in Biliary Atresia

Completed

No

No

No