Obesity Surgeons in India

Obesity is rising as the next big killer across the world. It not only deteriorates the body’s shape but also pose a hazard to health. Obese people make sincere efforts to be relieved of the health problems but when all fails surgery for obesity emerges as a solution to the dire dilemma. These surgeries help people regain their healthy life style and confidence. Obesity surgeons work diligently to reduce the excessive body mass from the patient’s body. Obesity surgeons in India are a magnum opus at the shunning disproportionate body mass and bringing a proportionate stature to the body.

A few of the best obesity surgeons in India are-
  1. Dr. Ramen Goel, Mumbai
    Dr. Ramen Goel is amongst those surgeons who lead the way for bariatric surgery in India. He has performed laparoscopic procedures enormously. He is the pioneer of the first gastric band and banded gastric bypass surgery in India. He has trained the surgical post graduate aspirants who are now working around the world on the reputed senior surgical posts. He was honored with the Fellow of Surgery by International College of Surgeons, Chicago, U.S.A (1999). On being invited, he provides training to the practicing surgeons at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai. He is highly experienced in gastric banding, gastric bypass, intragastric balloon, vertical banded gastroplasty and banded gastric bypass. He has received training from Aligarh, Austria, U.S.A and Brazil. Currently he is working as Bariatric Surgeon at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai (2009).
  2. Dr. Abhay Agarwal, Mumbai This enthusiastic surgeon of Mumbai has performed an appreciative number of the weight loss surgical procedures through the country. He runs the department of bariatric surgery. Under the influence of Dr. Abhay Agarwal’s expertise and excellence, this department is flourishing and has become an axis of distinction. At Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mahim, he trains the promising laparoscopic surgeons. The number of workshops he has attended in India and abroad is very high. He is extensively invited to deliver talks and demonstrations at national and international levels in the sphere of laparoscopic bariatric surgery. He is a respected member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI), the Indian Association of Gastro-Endo Surgeons (IAGES) and the Obesity Surgeons Society of India (OSSI). At present he is working at Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai (2009).
  3. Dr. Pradeep Chowbey, New Delhi A surgeon in New Delhi, he is among those who recognized and realized the growing pervasiveness of obesity in the country. He holds the credit for playing a vital role in launching of a Non Government Organization-‘Obesity Support and Education Group of India’ in order to create awareness regarding the increasing obesity problem in the country. He was unanimously elected as the President of Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS) and Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India. He was awarded the Padmshree in 2002 for his contribution in the field of Minimal Access Surgery. He, along with his departmental team, has performed more than 43,450 minimal access/laparoscopic/key-hole surgeries from1992 to 2008. He shines in the Guinness Book of Records (2007) and Limca Book of Records in consecutive editions 2000-2009 for performing the maximum minimal access surgeries. Dr. Chowbey is a Chairman of the Minimal Excess, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2009).

Obesity surgeons in India aim at making this planet free from the crisis which generates many diseases. They are working day and night to help the obese, defeat the obesity and helping them live to the fullest.