Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
Bariatric Surgery
CONSULTATION FORM
Dr. Arvind G Kulkarni
Specialization
Bariatric Surgery
Location
Chennai
Qualification
MBBS, MS, MMAS, FICS (GE), DMAS, FMAS, FALS, FRS, FLS
Areas of Specialization
Bariatric surgery, Minimal access surgery and Robotic & single incision Laparoscopic Surgery
Fellowships / Memberships / Work Experiences
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)
European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
European Association of Transluminal Surgery (EATS)
Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)
International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologist and Oncologists (IASGO)
International College of Robotic Surgeons (ICRS)
World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons (WALS)
Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI)
Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES)
Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI)
Association of Surgeon s of India (ASI)
Awards and Achievements
Excellence in New Initiative Award - 18 Sep 2013, Apollo Group of Hospitals
Chikitsa Rattan Award - 22 May 2007, NewDelhi
Performed World's first SILS Revision Bariatric Surgery in July 2011
Performed Asia's first Endoluminal Revision Gastroplasty in January 2012
Performed India's first Robotic Bariatric Surgery in December 2011
Performed India's first SILS Gastric By-pass in February 2011
Performed India's First SILS Cardiomyotomy in April 2010
Performed India's First SILS Gastro Jejunostomy in April 2010
Performed India's first SILS Incisional Hernia Repair in October 2009
Performed India's first SILS Fundoplication in December 2009
Performed India's first SILS Rectopexy in May 2010
Performed India's First Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Reconstruction in May 2006
Invented "Hiatal Sling" liver traction technique for Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)