Asian Bariatrics - Rajkot

He is one of the pioneers of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in India, with the windexealth of more than a decade of experience in the field of Surgical Gastroenterology. A post-graduate in General Surgery from B J Medical College, Ahmedabad in 1996, he trained in Surgical Gastroenterology at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute (SGPGI), Lucknow. He is an invited faculty for a number of national and international conferences and workshops on Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery. He is also associated as faculty with prestigious National conferences including Indian Association of Surgical gastroenterology (IASG), Association of Surgeons of India (ASI),International A College of urgeons(ICS),Association of Minimalccess Surgeons of India (AMASI), Obesity surgery Society of India(OSSI), All India Association of Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO), Indian Association of Gastro-Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES) and many more. resident : Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI). President : Asian Metabolic Society (AMS). Vice President:All India Association of Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO). President: Association of Ahmedabad Surgeons. Director: Dept. of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad. Director: Asian Bariatrics & Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad. Visiting Faculty: Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education (EISE) Mumbai. Endosurgery Task Force (Covieden), Sanghai (China). Executive Board Member: Indian Association of Surgical gastroenterology (IASG). General council Member: International federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). Credentialing committee Member (Asia Pacific Bariatric centers): International federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). 8th World Congress of Obesity Surgery (IFSO-2005), at Maastricht (Netherlands). 1st World Congress for Interventional therapies for Type-2 diabetes, New York. International Conference and Workshop of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Alor Star, Malaysia. Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Society of Asia(ELSA), Hyderabad.

He is one of India’s most acclaimed obesity surgeons. He has a great deal of experience with weight loss surgery. He is well known laparoscopy surgeon performing all advanced Gastrointestinal and Onco colorectal surgeries laparoscopically since more than ten years. He is one of very few surgeons nationwide who can perform a variety of different procedures for obesity: Gastric banding, Sleeve gastrectomy, Gastric bypass (RYGB). His date of birth is 1973, April. His birth place: Gujarat, India. Participated in many national – international bariatric conferences as a faculty. Organized Live bariatric surgical workshops. City hospital Rajkot.-Permormed two live gastric bypass procedures in bariatric surgical workshop in 2007. M.P. Shah medical college-Performed live two bariatric procedures in 2007. Live demonstration of bariatric procedure in the workshop on metabolic surgery in RAJKOT. 2008. Live demonstration of the bariatric procedure in LAPROSURG 2009,SURAT.2009. Live demonstration of the bariatric procedure in OBESITYSURGERY 2009, AHMEDABAD. Live demonstration of the bariatric procedure in LAPROSURG 2009,SURAT.2009.

He practicing gastro surgery since last Eight years and he has been indulged in gastro surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery with obesity surgery in prestigious hospitals of ahmedabad. Holds good amounts of experience in all type of advanced surgeries. His patients includes numbers from Local, National and International Arena. List of Achievements. Gujarat University Gold Medalist. Amongst the few initiator of Bariatric program in India. Faculty of various National and International obesity society programs. More than 500 satisfied patients with a regular follow up of program offered to them at no extra cost. Qualification. M .S. (Gen. Surgery) • M.B. B.S. from B.J. Medical College. M.S. (Gen Surgery from B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital in 1999. M.S. under Dr. S.C. Kukretti, Head of the Dept. Of Surgery, under whom able leadership, Iacquired the fine Skills of Gastro surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery. Fellow in Bariatric Surgery from CA, USA under Dr. Kelvin Higa, ALSA, California. Faculty and Member of ASI, AMASI, IAGES, OSSI, AIAARO, IFSO, ASMBS Hospital Attached : Medilink Hospital, Ahmedabad. Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad. SAL Hospital, Ahmedabad. Shalby hospital, Ahmedabad. CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad.