Dr. Arun Prasad

Specialist:        Obesity and Bariatric Surgeon
Experience:     29+ years of experience
Hospital:          Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Brief About Doctor:

• At present he is one of the world’s youngest surgeons with an experience of over 7000 laparoscopic operations. (Surgical experience of 29+ years and Laparoscopic experience for 24 years)
• Done the world’s first Laparoscopic operation of Gall Bladder fistula with the large intestine which too is recognized over the world in eminent medical journals.
• Done the world’s first Thoracoscopic removal of the Hydatid cyst of the lungs.

SPECIALISATION:

• Laparoscopic, Thoracoscopic and Bariatric Surgery,
• Single Incision Laparoscopy and Advanced Upper & Lower GI Laparoscopic Surgeries,
• Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass,
• Laparoscopic Gastric banding for Morbid Obesity,
• Thoracoscopic removal of Hydatid cyst of the lungs,
• Laparoscopic Hernia Repair,
• Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery

LIST OF TREATMENTS:

• Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Gastric Banding Surgery
• Duodenal Switch
• Gastric Sleeve Surgery
• laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion

EDUCATION:

• MBBS
• MS
• FRCS

AWARDS:

• Recognition by the National Health Service ( UK ) for developing Laparoscopic Day Care Surgery.
• Recognition by Royal College of Surgeons of London for developing Laparoscopic Training program.
• Recognition from Health Minister, Delhi for developing Thoracoscopic Surgery in Delhi, India.
• Recognition from Apollo Hospital for 2 landmark international publications on Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy Surgery.
• Prize by Indian Association ( IMAGES ) for study on 3mm Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
• 1st International study demonstrating the feasibility of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Published in European Journal of Surgery 1994
• 1st Laparoscopic surgery for cholecysto-colic fistula. Published in British Journal of Surgery, 1994
• 1st Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst in the World. Limca book of Records.

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Indraprastha Apollo Hospital New Delhi

• Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is a flagship hospital of India’s foremost healthcare groups,the Apollo Group. It is a highly renowned multi-speciality facility that offers tertiary and quaternary care services to domestic and international patients.
• The 900 bedded hospital is outfitted with the most modern technology for diagnostics as well as therapeutic purposes.
• A team of highly trained medical professionals work under all the 52 specialities at the hospital.

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