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Dr. Arun Prasad is a distinguished Surgical Gastroenterologist based in South Delhi, Delhi, with an impressive experience spanning 35 years. Renowned for his extensive expertise in General, GI, and Bariatric Surgery, he is also skilled in Laparoscopic, VATS, and Robotic Surgery. Having earned multiple prestigious qualifications, including FRCSED, FRCS, FACS (USA), MS (MAMC), and MBBS (AFMC), Dr. Prasad has established himself as a leading figure in his field. He is particularly recognized for his commitment to patient care and utilizes cutting-edge surgical techniques for optimal outcomes. Besides his clinical acumen, he communicates effectively with patients in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, ensuring that all his patients feel comfortable and understood during their treatment journey. Dr. Prasad's dedication to continuous learning and advancement in surgical methods has earned him accolades, including his role as a Senior Consultant. He is regarded as an exclusive partner in the medical community, contributing significantly to the evolution of surgical gastroenterology practices. Those seeking expert care in gastroenterology will find Dr. Arun Prasad to be an exemplary choice, combining years of knowledge with compassionate patient engagement.
Experience
- Experience & Achievements CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 26 years of total experience.
- Senior Consultant for the last 14 years since Dec 1994. This was after 10 years on various posts in India (4 years) and United Kingdom (6 years). Involved with Laparoscopic Surgery from the time it started in the UK. Belongs to the first generation of laparoscopic surgeons One of the first in the UK to be doing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Hernia repair on day case.
- One of the first surgeons internationally to be doing Minimally Invasive Piles Surgery (Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy), Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis of Palms and Axilla and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) Experience of over 7000 laparoscopic surgeries that include over 5000 laparoscopic cholecystectomy, over 1000 laparoscopic hernia surgery and rest advanced laparoscopic surgery including Thoracoscopic and Bariatric Surgery.
- Have the privilege to have done the World's first laparoscopic operation for:
- Cholecysto-colic fistula ( Bedford Hospital , UK, Mar 1994)
- Hydatid cyst of the lung ( Batra Hospital, New Delhi, Jan 1995) One of the largest series of Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis of Palms & Laparoscopic Hernia repairs in the country.
- Personally devised technique accepted and acknowledged in British Journal of Surgery since 1994.
- Bariatric Surgery for weight loss including Gastric Banding, Roux en Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Mini Gastric Bypass. Other advanced Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic operations include Common Bile Duct exploration, Fundoplication, Highly Selective Vagotomy, Right and Left Hemicolectomy, Anterior and Abdomino-Perineal resection of Rectum, Rectopexy, Splenectomy, Adrenalectomy, Empyema and Thymus surgery.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Training surgeons and starting Laparoscopic Surgery unit at Lincoln Hospital, UK
- Tutor for Minimal Access Surgery in the Basic Surgical Skills course for FRCS held by The Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK.
- Examiner for MRCS for The Royal College of Surgeons, UK
- Teacher & Faculty for DNB ( Diplomat National Board ), post graduate training in Surgery approved by Government of India.
- Executive Council Member of IAGES & Teacher in Laparoscopic Surgery at - Ethicon Training Centre, Mumbai and New Delhi
- Invited Faculty member for Advanced Laparoscopic Training & Examination at AMASI, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
- Faculty member and part of organising team for Advanced Laparoscopic Training, Live workshop & Examination – FIAGES of Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons
- Invited Surgeon & Faculty member to do Laparoscopic Surgery for Hernia at Leelawati Hospital & Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Jaipur and Jammu.
- Invited Surgeon & Faculty member for Thoracoscopy at King George Medical College, Lucknow
- Invited Faculty member and moderator during Bariatric Surgery Workshops at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
- Executive Council Member of OSSI affiliated to International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) & Faculty at National Bariatric Surgery Conferences.
- Trained surgeons from Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mumbai, Delhi, Pakistan, & Iraq in Minimal Access Surgery to set up Surgical Centres.
- Invited guest speaker at Medical Tourism Asia Conference, Singapore, 2007
- Invited guest speaker on Problems of Medical Tourism, at Europe Health Congress, Munich, Germany, 2008
- Invited guest speaker on Setting up Bariatric Surgery, Dubai 2008 & 2009
- Joint Commission International (JCI) - Hospital Executive Briefings with new, expanded formats at Lisbon, Portugal, 2007 Designed own website in 1997 – www.surgerytimes.com
- Working in Apollo Hospitals since last Assignment
Memberships
- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) – UK
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- Fellow of Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons (FIAGES )
- Fellow in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery ( IAGES ) – after Jan 2012
- Executive Committee, Vice President – Obesity Surgery Society of India
- Executive Committee, Vice President – Indian Association of Gastroendoscopic Surgeons
- Tutor – Royal College of Surgeons UK , Surgical Skills course
- Tutor – Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Skills course
- Examiner – MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
- Examiner – MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow
- Member of following Indian Societies and Faculty member ASI (Association of Surgeons of India )
- IAGES (Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons )
- AMASI ( Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India )
- OSSI ( Obesity Surgery Society of India )
- APHS ( Asia Pacific Hernia Society )
- Awarded fellowship of American Gastroenterology Association (AGAF) and American College of Gastroenterology (FACG).
- Trained at Cornell Medical Centre and Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer centre, New York, USA.
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Indian Society of Gastroenterology
Awards
- ATTENDED MORE THAN 75 NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC CONFERENCES
Research and Publication
- Changes in mammographically normal opposite breast in patients of breast cancer British Journal of Cancer (1989; , 235)
- Low cost laparoscopic cholecystectomy British Journal of Surgery (1994; 81, 1547)
- Laparoscopic treatment of cholecystocolic fistula British Journal of Surgery (1994; 81, 1789-90)
- Laparoscopic Management of Intra-abdominal fistulae Minimally Invasive Therapy (1994,3:1,66)
- Laparoscopy in the management of Crohn's disease Minimally Invasive Therapy (1994,3:1,68)
- Exacerbation of groin hernias after laparoscopy Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy (1995; 5, 155-6)
- Simplifying mesh placement during laparoscopic hernia repair British Journal of Surgery (1995; 82, 642)
- Laparoscopic Day Case Cholecystectomy European Journal of Surgery (1995; 161, )
- Laparoscopy in the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease. Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A - 1998 Feb; 8(1): 39-46
- Laparoscopic treatment of cholecystogastric fistula. Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy (2001; 4, 125-6)
- Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: Technique and results. J Min Access Surg 2008;4:23. On line at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2699056
- Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy as a palliative procedure for pain relief in carcinoma pancreas. J Min Access Surg 2009;5:37-9. Online at http://www.journalofmas.com/text.asp?2009/5/2/37/55106
- Laparoscopic splenectomy in a case of blunt abdominal trauma. J Min Access Surg 2010;5:78-81. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822176/
- Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) World J Gastroenterol 2010 June 7; 16(21): 2705-2706. Online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20518097
- Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for primary palmar hyperhidrosis. Surg Endosc 2010; 24;8:1952–1957. Online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20112111
- Preoperative Prediction - Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Indian Journal of Surgery: 2010; 72 (6): 488. Online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/yq93x7160680037k
- The society of thoracic surgeons expert consensus for the surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May ;91 (5):1642-8 21524489
- Laparoscopic vagotomy with gastrojejunostomy for corrosive pyloric strictures. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2011;16:34-5. Available from: http://www.jiaps.com/text.asp?2011/16/1/34/74523
- Post operative pain after cholecystectomy: conventional laparoscopy versus single incision laparoscopic surgery. J Min Access Surg 2011;7:24-7. Online at http://www.journalofmas.com/text.asp?2011/7/1/24/72370
- Training in trauma care. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012, http://www.springerlink.com/content/0361202160761636/
- Sils without Frills. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012, Volume 74, Number 3, Pages 270-273. Online at http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s1…
- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding - Indian experience. Obesity Surgery, 2012, Volume 22, Page 1361. Online http://www.springerlink.com/content/84081n7130334136/fulltext.pdf
- Single incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy Obesity Surgery, 2012, Volume 22, Page 1367. Online http://www.springerlink.com/content/84081n7130334136/fulltext.pdf
- Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic gastric pull-up for pure esophageal atresia in early infancy. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2013; 18 : 27-30.
- Right or left first during bilateral thoracoscopy? Surgical Endoscopy 2013 ; (DOI) Volume 27, Issue 8 (2013), Page 2868-2876 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00464-013-2843-5 , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23404154
- Robotic One Anastomosis ( Omega Loop / Mini ) Gastric Bypass For Morbid Obesity. Journal of Robotic Surgery DOI: 10.1007/S11701-014-0480-1 , December 2014; 8 (4) : 371-374
- The BMJ Awards India: And the winners are . . . robotic spinal surgery, hospital stewardship of antibiotics, and primary care for hill tribes, BMJ 2014; 349 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5803 (Published 24 September 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g5803
- Robotic assisted Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy in a post-cholecystectomy type E2 bile duct injury. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(6): 1703-1706
- Robotic surgery for hiatus hernia in super obese. The World Journal of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery 2015; 19 (1) : 15
Special Interests
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Hernia repair
- Minimally Invasive Piles Surgery
- Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis of Palms and Axilla.
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Robotic surgery
List of Treatments
- piles-treatment
- Pancreas Cancer Treatment
- Rectum Cancer Treatment
List of Conditions Treated
- Hirschsprung S Disease
- Piles
- Gallbladder Stones
- Gallbladder Issues
- Stoma Care
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Dr. Arun Prasad practice?
Dr. Arun Prasad's practice is located at Apollo Spectra Hospital, Greater Noida, NSG Society. This hospital offers comprehensive healthcare services and advanced medical technology.
Why do patients visit Dr. Arun Prasad?
Patients choose Dr. Arun Prasad for his expertise in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, and Cancer Surgery. For detailed information, please refer to his professional profile.
What do patients say about Dr. Arun Prasad?
Dr. Arun Prasad's performance is reflected in positive feedback from 18 patients, with 10 sharing detailed testimonials. Patient reviews provide valuable insights into his expertise and experience as a General Surgeon.
What are Dr. Arun Prasad's qualifications?
Dr. Arun Prasad holds an MBBS, an MS in General Surgery, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in General Surgery, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). His extensive surgical training makes him a highly qualified surgeon.
What is Dr. Arun Prasad's area of specialization?
Dr. Arun Prasad specializes in Bariatric Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, and Colorectal Surgery.
How many years of experience does Dr. Arun Prasad have?
Dr. Arun Prasad has 40 years of experience in General Surgery. His extensive career encompasses decades of surgical practice.
Who is Dr. Arun Prasad?
Dr. Arun Prasad, FRCS (UK), FRCSEd, FACS, MS (MAMC), MBBS (AFMC), is a Senior General, GI & Bariatric Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. He specializes in laparoscopy, VATS thoracoscopy, endoscopic and robotic surgery. A pioneer in laparoscopy in the UK and India, he has extensive experience in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia surgery, and bariatric surgery, including robotic and endoscopic procedures. His expertise also includes thoracoscopy and robotic bariatric surgery. Dr. Prasad's 35 years of experience, including roles as President of the Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI) and former Vice President of the Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES), and his extensive academic contributions and international recognition establish him as a leading surgeon globally. He has held administrative positions including HOD of the Department of Surgery at Manipal Hospital, New Delhi.
