Professor Krishna Menon

About Professor Krishna Menon

Professor Krishna Menon is a leading consultant liver transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon based in London. He has a specialist interest in laparoscopic major liver resection (hepatectomy), liver cancer, laparoscopic major pancreatic resection (pancreatectomy), pancreatic cancer and liver transplantation. An expert in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for the pancreas, liver, and removal of the gallbladder, he privately practises at Cleveland Clinic London Rapid Access Gallbladder Unit. Professor Menon was appointed to King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2013. Previously, Professor Menon was a consultant transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon between 2002 to 2012 at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Over the years as a consultant at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and currently at King's, he has been instrumental in developing techniques in liver transplantation and HPB. Professor Menon's major clinical interests are in laparoscopic (keyhole) cholecystectomy, hepatectomy (liver resections) and pancreatic resections (Whipple's and distal pancreatectomies). His research interests are in pancreatic cancer, clinical trials and the development of novel technology in cancer and laparoscopic surgery, and his work has been published in over 120 peer reviewed publications. Furthermore, it's been published in over 300 presentations at national, European and international meetings. Professor Menon is a respected leader, and is currently in the second term of his presidency of the British Transplantation Society (BTS) (2023 - 2025) and the former president of the Great Britain Chapter of the International HPB Association (GBIHPBA).