Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan
Expertise in
3
conditions
Expertise in
3
conditions
1124 Columbia Street, Suite 600, 
Seattle, WA 

Overview

Dr. Krishnan is an abdominal transplant surgeon and specializes in kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants. After finishing medical school at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, he completed his General Surgery training at University of California, Davis. He went to University of Wisconsin, Madison for specialized training in Transplant Surgery. Dr. Krishnan believes in using a multi-disciplinary approach to patients needing transplant care. Dr. Krishnan along with the entire Transplant Team at Swedish is committed to providing the best quality of care for every patient that entrust their lives to us.

Dr. Santhanakrishnan is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
The University Of Texas School Of Medicine At San Antonio , 2005
Residency
UC Davis Office , 2010
Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health , 2012
Hospital Affiliations
Swedish Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
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Anthem BCBS
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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  • HMO
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Cambia Health Solutions
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  • PPO
Change Healthcare
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Cigna
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Community Health
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Coordinated Care
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Group Health Cooperative
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Health Alliance
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Humana
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  • INDEMNITY
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Kaiser Permanente
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  • PPO
Premera Blue Cross
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Samaritan
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UnitedHealthcare
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Walgreens
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Wellcare
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Locations

Swedish Organ Transplant and Liver Center
1124 Columbia Street, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Santhanakrishnan has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Liver Transplant

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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