Doctors > Dr.Vasan Satya Srini

Present Positions Held

Consultant Uro-andrologist and Micro-surgeon
Head – Centre for Male Reproduction & Erectile Dysfunction, NU Hospitals
Head – Department of Neuro-urology & Urodynamics, NU Hospitals
Visiting Consultant at Mallya Hospital, Bangalore, India
Director – Manipal Andrology & Reproductive Services
Director – Diacon Institute of Neuro-urology and Andrology
Director – Diacon Fertility & Research Centre

Department of Specialisation: Andrology

No. of Years of Experience in Urology & Andrology: 15 years

Educational Qualifications

MBBS from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India in 1981
Diplomate National Board General Surgery from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India in 1987
Diplomate National Board Genito-Urinary Surgery from the National Board of Examinations, New
Delhi, India in 1995
Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS) from the International College of Surgeons, USA in 1996
Advanced Urology Course from the Institute of Urology and Nephrology, London and the Society de Urologie, Europe in 1996
Fellowship in Andrology and Incontinence from New Changi Hospital in 1997.

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Work Profile

August 1981 to August 1982: Completed compulsory rotating internship.

September 1982 to March 1983: Worked as Senior House Officer in the department of
ENT at St. Martha's Teaching Hospital for St. John's Medical College, Bangalore.

March 1983 to December 1983: Worked as Senior House Officer in General Surgery and
Trauma Care at St. Martha's Teaching Hospital for St. John's Medical College, Bangalore.

              December 1983 to March 1987: Worked as Postgraduate Resident and Registrar in
              General Surgery at HAL Hospital, Bangalore from December 1983 to March 1985 and at
              Government General Hospital, Madras till March 1987.

May 1987 to December 1987: Worked as Registrar in Neurosurgery at Mallige Medical
Center, Bangalore under Dr. R.M. Varma (MS, FICS).

              January 1988 to November 1988: Worked as Associate Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Sindhi
              Charitable Hospital, Bangalore under Dr. Philip Alexander (DABS) and Dr. Ganesh Nayak
              (DABS).

Dr. Vasan says that compassionate patient care involves protecting the patient's right to information as well as the patient's right to the treatment choice so that he or she makes a sound and informed decision.

He says that ensuring transparency of medical information with respect to the patient by providing him or her with the right information at the right time, and ensuring that the doctor is easily accessible to the patient are two fundamental aspects of medical care that are critical. This helps the patient in understanding his or her medical condition and enables him or her to make a sound and informed choice. This results in patient care that is compassionate and truthful.

For ensuring effective delivery of patient care, a doctor should be sound in his subject, sound in the choices he or she makes, must have good communication skills, and should spend time with the patient. He or she should keep abreast with the rapid advances in science and technology in the field of medicine by being up-to-date in both the skill aspect as well as the content aspect of these medical advances. The doctor should also be up-to-date with respect to other treatment modalities. Establishing and following standard operating protocols and ensuring quality checks at various levels are two other measures for ensuring effective delivery of patient care.

                   Subsequently, joined as Registrar in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery,
              Perambur Railway Hospital, Madras.

              March 1989 to August 1990: Worked as Registrar at the Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, Apollo Hospitals, Madras.

August 1990 to December 1992: Worked as a urologist in the department of urology at El Mousier Hospital, Sack, Al Pouf, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia.

January 1993 to March 1993: Worked as Clinical Fellow under Dr. C.P. Bates, (FRCS), Senior Consultant Urologist, City Hospital,
Nottingham, UK.

March 1993 to March 1996: Lecturer at the Department of Urology & Renal Transplantation, St. John's Medical College Hospital,
Bangalore.

March 1996 to June 1998: Clinical Research Fellow at the Division of Urology, New Changi Hospital (Changi General Hospital),
Singapore, under the guidance of Mr. Peter Huat Chye Lim, an undisputed leader in andrology and incontinence.

June 1998 till date: Practicing as a consultant uro-andrologist at NU Hospitals, Bangalore and Diacon Institute of Neuro-urology and
Andrology.

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Awards & Achievements

President – Indian Continence Foundation
President – Andrology Forum, India
Founder President of the Indian Continence Foundation, which aims at helping the suffering incontinent population and training doctors & nurses in incontinence.
Involved in the European Commission Initiative – Asia-Link EU Programme – URO Project – Agreement CN/Asia. This involves the countries of Italy, India, Slovenia and China conjointly developing a curriculum on urinary incontinence, for the creation of a new professional continence therapists project leader for India – an online multimedia integrated course and syllabus.
Placed in charge of the announcement of the 'World Continence Day' by the International Continence Society. This will be announced in Cairo on September 2008.
Organising Secretary of the First International Conference on Male Reproduction & Infertility held at the J.N. Tata National Science Seminar Complex, Bangalore, India from September 16^th to 18^th, 2005.
Appointed as Research Advisor for M/s. Johnson & Johnson for their international design and development centre
Was presented an award for innovations in urology for 'Ultrasound-based Detection Protocol for Obstructive Azoospermia' at the Annual Karnataka Urology Conference in Mysore in 2000.
Was presented the 'Original Innovation Award for Surgeon-Assisted Robotic Prostatectomy' at the International College of Surgeons Meeting, held at Kandy in September 1996.
Organising Secretary for the 5^th Asian Society for Female Urology and the 6^th Asia-Pacific Continence Advisory Board Congress in November 2003.
Invited to be on the Continence Promotion Committee of the International Continence Society in Seoul in September 2001, for monitoring the publication of the CPC Committee website 'Continence Worldwide' and also for monitoring crucial worldwide continence-related activities.
Invited to be on the Internet Committee of the International Continence Society in October 2002, for monitoring internet-related issues and the monitoring of the ICS website.
Designated as the Internet Chair for the CPC Committee official website – 'Continence Worldwide' since 2001.
Nominated as the Convenor for Andrology Sub-Speciality Meetings and the Urological Society Annual Conference by The Urological Society of India for 3 years from March 2004.
He has established comprehensive diagnostic and treatment modalities that are unique to the state of Karnataka in microsurgery, management of male infertility, erectile dysfunction, male aging and bladder dysfunctions due to neurological or non-neurological causes.
He has established collaborative projects with the Indian Institute of Science and with the University of British Columbia for basic research projects in microsurgery, management of male infertility, erectile dysfunction, male aging and bladder dysfunctions due to neurological or non-neurological causes. He has also established a comprehensive patient education program and a video library.
As the chief editor and webmaster, was involved in the design and development of www.uroandro.com, a site specifically intended for Indian reproductive specialists, andrologists and neuro-urologists.
Invited to be a Thesis Examiner by the Advanced Board of Medical Studies, Karachi for the postgraduate students in urology of their affiliated universities for the award of the degree.
Invited to Gulu Independent Hospital, Gulu, Uganda from September 5th to 13th, 2004 for performing IVF / ICSI on recruited patients and for training personnel with lectures and demonstrations on various aspects of human reproduction in both males and females.

As the principal editor, published a comprehensive book on 'Urinary Incontinence' with Orient Longman as publishers, which was released in December 2001.
Section editor as well as contributor of a chapter on 'Etiology of Urinary Incontinence' for 'Current Approach to Female Urology' published by the Asia-Pacific Continence Advisory Board, Singapore in September 2004.
Contributed a chapter on 'Basic Semen Analysis and Its Interpretation' for a book on 'The Laboratory Aspects of Infertility' edited by Dr. Kamini Rao and released by Jaypee Publishers in 2006.
Published 'Relevance of Cavernosal Arteriolar Branching Pattern in Erectile Dysfunction' in the International Journal of Impotence Research, November 2000.
Published the following three papers, 'Medical Management of Impotence in Asians',
'Experience with Different Formulations of Alprostadil in Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence in Singapore' and 'Prostaglandin E1 or Vacuum Tumescence Device: Retrospective Study of Acceptance and Satisfaction in Singapore', in the International Journal of Andrology, May 1997.
Published the following three papers, 'Safety and Efficacy of PGE1', 'Retrospective Analysis of Efficacy Profile of PGE1 and VCD' & 'Are Oral Drugs Necessary for Impotence? : Comparative Analysis', in the Asian Journal of Impotence Research, October 1997.

Committee Member for the Sub-Specialty Meeting: Andrology/ Male Infertility, for the 9^th Asian Congress of Urology held at New Delhi in 2008.
Attended the ICS meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand on November 2006.
Attended the Second Asia-Pacific Forum on Andrology, held at Shanghai in October 2006 and presented the following papers:

     ° 'Insight into Human Sperm Proteomics by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis'

   ° 'Gene Expression Profiles of Human Meiotic and Post-Meiotic Germ Cells and
       Regulation of Haploid Gene Expression by SRY'

     ° 'Prospective Study to Identify Variables during Cryopreservation Process in
        order to Optimise Sperm Recovery'

     ° 'Effect of Cryopreservation on Sperm Function: A Prospective Study'
Attended the ISSM meeting held at Cairo in September 2006 and presented papers
Attended the 22^nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from June 18^th to June 21^st, 2006 and presented the following papers:

     ° 'Dose-Dependent Effect of Cryoprotective Agents on Post-thaw Human Sperm
        Motility, Morphology, Lipid Peroxidation and DNA Integrity'

     ° 'N-acetyl Glucosamine and Beta-glycerophosphate Supplementation in
        Cryopreservation Media on Post-thaw Sperm Functional Characteristics'
Invited to deliver a lecture at the International College of Surgeons, Singapore Congress 2006 - ART Workshop and chair the Pre-Congress Workshop on 'Recent Advances in Urology'.
Attended the 8^th Asia-Pacific Continence Advisory Board Meeting held in conjunction with the 7^th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Female Urology at Bangkok from November 9^th to 11^th, 2005.
Attended the International Conference of Male Reproduction & Infertility held at Bangalore, India in September 2005 where he:

     ° Presented a paper on 'Sperm DNA Characteristics and Incidence of Male Infertility'

     ° Delivered an invited lecture on 'Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis'

     ° Delivered an invited lecture on 'Semen Analysis & Assessment of Parameters to
        Predict Fertility Potential'

     ° Organised a workshop on 'IUI, Semenology and Basic ART'

     ° Co-organised workshops on 'Operative Andrology & Research Methodology in
        Andrology and ART'
Invited member of the Continence Promotion Committee of the International Continence Society.
Invited as faculty at the International Symposium on Infertility held at Kolkata and organised by Genomee, the Fertility Clinic in April 2006.
Invited as faculty at the international workshop on 'Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction' and also for the 'Hands-on Cadaver Dissection Program' in March 2006 at Hyderabad.

Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
Member of the Singapore Urological Association
Member of the Urological Society of India
Member of the Federation of Asian Urologists (FAUA)
Member of the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
Fellow of the Society for Continence, Singapore
Council Member of the Asia Pacific Continence Advisory Board
Council Member of the Asian Society for Female Urology
Council Member of the Continence Promotion Committee and the Internet Committee of the International Continence Society.

Plan to set up a comprehensive donor semen bank, an ovarian tissue bank and a cord blood repository or cord blood banking.
Plan to conduct fundamental research in sperm proteomics and genomics in the field of infertility and erectile dysfunction.

Conducting workshops and courses in computers and designing web pages.
Regular contributor to several websites in medicine and related areas.

Special Interests : Main areas of interest are in microsurgery and in clinical research with respect to management of male infertility, erectile dysfunction, and male aging and bladder dysfunctions due to neurological or non-neurological causes. Several projects are ongoing in these areas.