Areas of Expertise:

• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

• Single-Incision Bariatric Surgery

• Advanced Minimal Access Surgery

• Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

• Laparoscopic General Surgery

• General Surgery

Education and Training:

• Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Training, Seoul, South Korea, under Prof. Seon Hahn Kim

• Specialised Training in Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, USA, under Dr. Raul Rosenthal

• Specialised Training in Bariatric Surgery, University of Ghent Hospital, Belgium

• MS in General Surgery

• MBBS

Awards and Accolades:

• “Best Surgeon in the World” Award, American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, 2019

• “The Master Educator” Award, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, 2019

• Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year – Medicine, 2017

• Established India’s first Center for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery certified by the Surgical Review Corporation, USA

• Honorary Surgeon to Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, former Vice President of India

• Professor Emeritus, B.Y.L. Nair Hospital

• Professor, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, teaching Minimal Access Surgery

• Has trained and mentored surgeons and fellows from multiple countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa

Memberships:

• Board Member, Asia Endosurgery Task Force

• President, Asia-Pacific Chapter, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, 2017–2019

• Honorary Member of surgical societies in South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and China

Research and Publications:

• Author of nearly 20 international peer-reviewed scientific papers

• Author of a Silver Book on Sleeve Gastrectomy

• Author of The Eat Right Prescription