Max B Mahendran (MCRN:18950)

Profile of Mr Max B Mahendran (MCRN: 18950) Mr Max B Mahendran is a specialist in Phlebology, dealing with diseases of veins. He qualified from Medical College in 1988 from Chennai University of India. He underwent basic surgical training in the United Kingdom from 1991 and graduated with surgical fellowship from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He moved to Ireland in 1995 to continue higher surgical training. He had trained in specialised surgical units in Colorectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary - Liver Transplantation and Thoracic surgery, before continuing on to specialise in Vascular and EndoVascular surgery. Mr Mahendran has worked in Cork University Hospital & South Infirmary Hospital Cork, Cavan General Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mater Hospital and St. James Hospital Dublin. He joined the St. James’ Vascular Institute in 2002 to specialise in Vascular and EndoVascular surgery involving arterial and venous diseases. He also worked in Vascular Surgical units in Mater Hospital and University College Hospital Galway. He was appointed to the post of Senior lecturer in Vascular surgery at National University of Ireland Galway and developed the EndoVascular training programme for the Western Vascular Institute. He has also served as a Director on the board of Western Vascular Institute. He was instrumental in developing the PVD clinic and the Venous ulcer clinic at University College Hospital Galway. Mr Max B Mahendran first set up the specialist Phlebology practice at Shanakiel Hospital, Cork in 2007. He trained under Prof MacKay in Florida, USA in minimally invasive venous procedures and introduced the EndoVenous Laser Ablation procedure for varicose veins in Cork. He also trained with Prof Tessari from Italy in the Foam Sclerotherapy technique for varicose veins. He extended his practice to Kerry region in 2009 and set up the Phlebology practice at Kerry Clinic, Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee.