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Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon with urology interest
Royal Alexnadra Children's Hospital
University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Eastern Road Brighton, BN2 5BE

Research interests

Upper GI contrast study and malrotation
Neonatal stomas- complications
Clinical and pathological correlation in BXO
Total colonic aganglionosis and Hirschsprung's disease
Endoscopic Treatment of pilonidal sinus

Awards received

First place in MCh Paediatric surgery (2011) MUHS university exams, Nashik, India

Best candidate FEBPS (Paediatric Surgery) 2018 Mainz Germany

Publications

1. Bhandarkar, K., DeCoppi, P., Cross, K., Blackburn, S., & Curry, J. (2023). Long-term functional outcomes and multidisciplinary management after ileorectal Duhamel pull-through for total colonic aganglionosis- 20-year experience in a tertiary surgical center. European journal of pediatric surgery 10.1055/a-2181-
2065. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2181-2065

2. Bhandarkar, K., Giannettoni, A., Mishra, P., Paul, A., Clothier, J., Manuele, R.,
Solomon, E., Garriboli, M., Wright, A., & Taghizadeh, A. K. (2023). Morbidity following suprapubic line insertion for videourodynamics in children. Journal of pediatric urology, 19(3), 247.e1�247.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.01.007

3. Bhandarkar KP, Saxena AK. Standardized addendums to reporting in neonatal
and pediatric minimal access surgery. J Ped Endosc Surg. 2023;5(1):1�6. doi:
10.1007/s42804-023-00170-3. Epub 2023 Feb 4. PMCID: PMC9898699.

4. Bhandarkar, K. P., Dar, T., Karia, L., & Upadhyaya, M. (2022). Post Frenotomy
Massage for Ankyloglossia in Infants-Does It Improve Breastfeeding and Reduce Recurrence?. Maternal and child health journal, 26(8), 1727�1731.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03454-x

5. Bhandarkar, K. P., Paul, A., Mishra, P., Taghizadeh, A., & Garriboli, M. (2021).
Perioperative morbidity of paediatric laparoscopic nephrectomy by transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches- any difference?. Scandinavian journal of urology, 55(3), 257�261. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681805.2021.1908419

6. Bhandarkar, K. P., Kittur, D. H., Patil, S. V., & Jadhav, S. S. (2018). Long term follow up of proximal hypospadias repair-urethral stricture should be excluded in adults who present with epididymo-orchitis. Turkish journal of urology, 44(2), 162�165. https://doi.org/10.5152/tud.2018.87947

7. Bhandarkar KP, Patil SV, Kittur DH, Jadhav SS (2018) Surgical options for nonparasitic splenic cysts in children � Is splenectomy always necessary? Glob Surg 4: DOI: 10.15761/GOS.1000192

8. Bhandarkar, K. P., Kittur, D. H., Patil, S. V., & Jadhav, S. S. (2018). Horseshoe kidney and associated anomalies: Single institutional review of 20 cases. African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS, 15(2), 104�107.
https://doi.org/10.4103/ajps.AJPS_55_17

9. Bhandarkar K, Garriboli M., Repair of Distal Hypospadias: Cosmetic or Reconstructive? EMJ Urol. 2019;7[1]:89-95.