Kurinchi Gurusamy

Professor Kurinchi Gurusamy, from the UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, is working to achieve uniform high-quality healthcare for all by developing evidence-based guidelines and innovations that make surgeries safer. His main interests are liver, gallbladder and pancreatic surgery.

In 2014, Kurinchi was awarded £300,000 from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to deliver 30 Cochrane systematic reviews to address the diagnosis and treatment of upper digestive disorders. Upper digestive system disorders cost the NHS approximately £1.3 billion each year.

Using the highest methodological standards available, Cochrane reviews are considered to provide the best evaluation of treatments and diagnostic tests. The systemic reviews led by Kurinchi focused on key NHS priorities: preventing premature death, enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions, and helping people recover from illness. The NHS’ overarching priority is to deliver patient-centred and customer-focused healthcare. Kurinchi’s reviews addressed this by looking at patient participation and standards of care.

More recently Kurinchi has also been awarded funding for, Closed-system drug transfer devices which aims to reduce healthcare staff’s exposure to infusional hazardous drugs, as well as a project on surgical planning and guidance systems to improve the up-take of laparoscopic liver resection.

Kurinchi has recently been promoted to Professor of Evidence-based Medicine and Surgery at UCL where he continues to contribute to improvements in healthcare by collaborating with and influencing the top experts in the world.