Rate My Professor P. Karthick

Dr. P. Karthick is the Professor and Head of the Department of General Surgery at Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (TSRMMCH&RC), where he also serves as Additional Medical Superintendent. He earned his MBBS and MS degrees and is registered with the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (Registration No. 76094). Dr. Karthick began his tenure at TSRMMCH&RC as Assistant Professor in General Surgery on March 1, 2014, advancing to Professor and Head of Department on September 1, 2016. As of October 2025, he possesses 17 years and 3 months of total teaching experience. He has participated in faculty training programs, including sessions at TSRMMCH&RC in November 2016 and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in January 2018. Additionally, he contributes approximately 30 hours of lectures per year.

Dr. Karthick has held significant academic and administrative roles, including election to the Senate of The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University from October 15, 2018, to July 17, 2020, as a professor from affiliated medical colleges. At TSRMMCH&RC, he is an invitee in the founding and steering committee of the Bioethics Unit. His scholarly output includes several publications in general surgery. Key papers are: "Role of alcoholism in liver abscess" (2014, International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences); "Medical expulsion therapy for ureteric calculus-possible" (2016, International Surgery Journal); "Pre-operative prediction of difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy" (2016, International Surgery Journal); "Diabetic foot: vasculopathy assessment and analysis of risk factors of amputation" (2015); "Thickness of subcutaneous fat in the right iliac fossa as a predictor of surgical site infection in open appendicectomy-a single centre prospective study" (2023); "Incidence of stomach carcinoma in patients with acid peptic disease in rural hospital" (2012); and "Role of laprostomy in septic abdomen cases" (2010). These works address clinical challenges in abdominal surgery, urolithiasis, and postoperative complications.