Dr. Sadiq Saleem Sikora

Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery 32 years of overall experience Sakra World Hospital

About Dr. Sadiq Saleem Sikora

Dr. Sadiq Saleem Sikora is Director - Gastrointestinal Surgery at Sakra World Hospital. He has a vast experience of 25 years of conducting specialized surgical procedures which include “Living related liver transplantation”, complex “Pancreaticobiliary” resections for both benign and malignant disease, “Liver resections, esophageal resections, surgery for portal hypertension and colorectal disorders”. He is one of the best gastrointestinal surgeons in Bangalore and his major contributions are in the area of bile duct injury repairs, Biliary and Pancreatic cancers, innovative techniques in Esophagus resection, Pancreatic surgery, and Hepaticojejunostomy. Imparting training for a “safe cholecystectomy” (gallbladder removal) and preventing bile duct injury is his passion.He was a faculty in the Department of “Surgical Gastroenterology” at Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) at Lucknow from 1991 to 2005 and was involved in teaching, training, and research producing several publications in the area of work. At the Johns Hopkins Institute, Baltimore, Maryland with Prof JL Cameron, he gained insight into the nuances of pancreatic and biliary surgery, while on a UICC-sponsored ICRETT fellowship. Experience in Surgical Oncology, as a fellow in Surgical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, provided an in-depth understanding of cancer, the multimodality approach to this problem, and an insight into the novel and innovative (immunotherapy and gene therapy) treatment approaches to this dismal ailment. He was the key member of the team, which established the living-related liver transplant program at Kochi, Kerala, and was a member of the liver transplant team at SGPGIMS, Lucknow. Dr. Sikora started the successful Liver Transplant Program (cadaveric and living donor) at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He is recognized as the best liver transplant surgeon all over the world for his pioneering work in liver transplantation in India

Education & Certifications

MBBS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1983 MS - General Surgery - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1987 FRCS - General Surgery (Upper GI) - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS), Glasgow, 2011

Awards & Recognition

Hoechst Om Prakash Memorial Award (Young Investigator Award) of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 1998. Best Paper Award and a Gold Medal for the paper entitled “Hilar Benign Biliary Stricture-need for Subclassification”, at the National Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology 1997 held at Madurai, India. SR Joglekar Best Paper Award of the Indian Journal of Surgery