DR ARUN PRASAD – TOPMOST BARIATRIC & ROBOTIC SURGEON SURGEON IN INDIA

  • Dr.Arun Prasad is one of the best Senior Laparoscopic, Thoracoscopic VATS and Robotic Surgeon in Manipal Hospital, India.  He has been part of the minimal access surgery revolution that started when he went to the UK for higher surgical training in 1989.
  • Dr.Arun Prasad has 32 years of experience and he did over 10,000 minimal access surgeries, Laser Weight Loss Treatment,  Abdominoplasty Procedure, Mesotherapy Treatment, Laparoscopic SurgeryRobotic SurgeryLap Hernia surgery, Laparoscopic Surgeon, General Surgeon, GastroIntestinal Surgeon, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. Sleeve gastrectomy, Duodenal switch,  and Bariatric Surgery. 
  • The experience of wide-ranging minimally invasive surgery has now translated to robotic surgery where he is doing procedures in the chest, upper and lower abdominal areas with ease. e was one of the first lap chole in 1990 as a junior surgeon in Nottingham. Developed laparoscopy at Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School, London in 1992 onwards. 

Qualifications:

  • MBBS ( AFMC ), Pune 1983
  • MS ( MAMC ), Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 1988
  • FRCS(The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg, U.K.), 1990
  • FRCS (The Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, U.K.)

Experience:

  • Director of Surgery at Manipal Hospitals, New Delhi- 2018 to till now
  • Senior Consultant Surgeon at Apollo Hospital- 1995 - 2018
  • Junior Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK - 1988 - 1995
  • Resident Surgeon at Maulana Azad Medical College - 1985 - 1988

Fellowship / Membership:

  • President of Obesity surgery society of India (OSSI), affiliated to the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)
  • Former vice president Indian association of gastro Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES).
  • Trainer of 15 DNB Surgery students so far
  • Trainer in laparoscopy panel at EISE, Delhi & Mumbai, CEMAST, Mumbai, CCI, Mumbai and proctor for robotic surgery in India.
  • Clinical attachment and training of national and international surgeons in laparoscopic surgery
  • Examiner of DNB and FRCS / MRCS courses
  • Over 50 publications of important work in minimal access, bariatric, thoracoscopic and robotic surgeries
  • Faculty at all national conferences of IAGES (laparoscopic surgery) since 1995
  • Faculty at all national conferences of OSSI (bariatric surgery) since 2004
  • Faculty at all national conferences of RSCOI (robotic surgery) since 2012

Awards and achievements:

  • Worlds first gall bladder to colon fistula by laparoscopy (was contraindication then, published in British Journal of Surgery)
  • Worlds first series on daycare laparoscopic cholecystectomy (published European Journal of Surgery in 1994) from the UK
  • The technique of laparoscopic hernia surgery (published in British Journal of Surgery)
  • First Thoracoscopic removal of Lung Hydatid Cyst at Batra Hospital, New Delhi, India, 1995
  • Over 6000 laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery with 0 bile duct injury, over 2000 laparoscopic hernia surgery, over 3000 thoracoscopies and over 1000 bariatric surgery since then. Over 300 robotic surgeries.
  • Some records like lap chole in a 100-year-old patient, bariatric surgery in 272 kg patient (a record broken by others recently), largest thymoma removed by robotic surgery, 1st robotic mini-gastric bypass surgery, internationally accepted the technique of totally robotic bariatric surgery, etc.

 

AREA OF EXPERTISE

  • Bariatric surgery by laparoscopy and robotics
  • Thoracoscopy and robotic thymectomy
  • Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis
  • Robotic and laparoscopic surgery for GI tract cancer
  • Laparoscopic hernia repair
  • Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILS)
  • Minimally invasive surgery for piles, fistula ( MPH)
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