Dr. Rajat Goel

Dr Rajat Goel, is a trained Minimal Access and Bariatric surgeon having done his MBBS from prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, and MS (Master of surgery) from Lady Hardinge Medical College with advanced laparoscopic training at Taiwan, Singapore and USA. He has 15+ years of experience in general and advanced laparoscopic surgeries and have done more than 800 Bariatric cases. His prime area of interest is Bariatric surgery and he has distinction of operating Bariatric patients from 35 countries and patients form different states of India. He is also specialized in all aspects of open and laparoscopic General surgery, Bariatric surgery and Single port (Scarless) Surgery.

Educational Qualification

• MBBS - Maulana Azad Medical College, 2002    
• MS - Lady Harding College, 2006    
• DNB - 2007   

Trainings and conferences

• Organized undergraduate surgical exams in 2004-05 at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
• Organized CME on breast disease in 2008 at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
• Qualified in Basic Cardiac Life Support at Singapore General Hospital, February 2009
• Qualified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support at Singapore General Hospital, June 2009
• Participated in Basic Surgical Workshop at Singapore General Hospital, June 2009
• Participated in Basic Microsurgical Course at National University Hospital, July 2009
• Participated in Tendon Repair Course at Singapore General Hospital, August 2009
• Organizer and participant in 3rd International Workshop on Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery (LESS) at National University Hospital, April 2010
• Organizer and participant in 11th International Abdominal wall surgery workshop at National University Hospital, May 2010
• Organizer and participant in 4th International Multidisciplinary workshop on Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) at National University Hospital, June 2010
• Organizer and participant in Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) workshop at National University Hospital, June 2010
• Participated in Responsible care and use of Laboratory Animals (RCULA) course at NUS Singapore in August 2010. MASTER Robotic training at National University Hospital, Singapore, August 2010.  Participated in 6th International congress of Asia- Pacific Hernia Society (APHS) held at Seoul, Korea October 2010
• Organized and Participated in 6 th International Congress of APMBSS on Obesity in October 2010 held at Singapore
• Organizer and participant in Hand-Assisted Colorectal & Single Incision Surgery workshop at National University Hospital, November 2010
• Organizer and participant in 5th International Multidisciplinary workshop on Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) at National University Hospital, March 2011
• Participated in Surgical Spring Week, 2011 SAGES Scientific Sessions & Postgraduate Courses Meeting, March 30- April 2, 2011
• Organizer and participant in 12th International Abdominal wall surgery workshop at National University Hospital, April 2011
• Participated and passed fellowship exam during 16th fellowship course of IAGES at KEM Hospital Mumbai, June 2011
• Participated in 8th International workshop on Obesity and Metabolic Surgery at NUH, Singapore, June 30th - 1 st July 2011
• Participation in 2nd Asian Diabetes Surgery Summit & Work-shop on Diabetic Surgery held in Taiwan, Taoyuan on 7th July 2011
• Organizer and participant in “Novel Bariatric surgery: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding workshop” at E-Da hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan on 23rd October 2011

Awards and Recognitions

• Stood 4 th in DPMT (Delhi premedical test) examination
• Awarded Dr Vidya Rattan Sagar Gold Medal for Best All Round Performance in Final Year MBBS in 2002
• Best Paper award at IAGES Biennial Conference February 2012
• Best Paper award at 6th AIIMS Surgical week, ENDOSURG 2012

Research & Publications

RESEARCH WORK

Active participation in research activities. Thesis- Cleft lip & Cleft Palate: A Prospective study (2003-2005) Publications: 2008

• Andley M, Pusuluri R, Goel R, Kumar A, Kumar A. Left-sided unilateral hematuria: an unusual association with tropical splenomegaly--a case report and review of literature. Int Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;93(2):116-8. 2010 1. Goo TT, Goel R, Lawenko M, Lomanto D. Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair via a single port. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2010 Dec;20(6):389-90. 2011
• Goel R, Buhari SA, Foo J, Chung LK, Wen VL, Agarwal A, Lomanto D. Single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy: prospective case series at a single centre in Singapore. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011 Oct;21(5):318-21
• Goo TT, Agarwal A, Goel R, Tan CT, Lomanto D, Cheah WK. Single-port access adrenalectomy: our initial experience. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2011 Nov;21(9):815-9. Epub 2011 Sep 29
• Goel R, Agarwal A, Lomanto D. Large lymphangioma presenting like irreducible inguinal hernia: a rare presentation and literature review. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2011 Nov;40(11):518-9.
• Goel R, Chang PC, Huang CK. Reversal of gastric plication after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banded plication. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Jan-Feb;9(1):e14-5. 2012
• Lomanto D, Lee WJ, Goel R, Lee JJ, Shabbir A, So JB, Huang CK, Chowbey P, Lakdawala M, Sutedja B, Wong SK, Kitano S, Chin KF, Dineros HC, Wong A, Cheng A, Pasupa thy S, Lee SK, Pongchairerks P, Giang TB. Bariatric surgery in Asia in the last 5 years (2005-2009). Obes Surg. 2012 Mar;22(3):502-6. Erratum in: Obes Surg. 2012 Feb;22(2):345
• Huang CK, Goel R, Chang PC. Abdominal compartment syndrome after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a case report. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Mar-Apr;9(2):e28-30
• Huang CK, Goel R, Chang PC, et al. Single-Incision Transumbilical (SITU) Surgery after SITU Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2012 Oct;22(8):764-7. 
• Wang Z, Phee SJ, Lomanto D, Goel R,et al. Endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric lesions by using a Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER): an animal survival study. Endoscopy. 2012 Jul;44(7):690-4
•  Goel R, Lomanto D. Controversies in Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2012 Oct;22(5):380-2. 2013
• Fuentes MB, Goel R, Lee-Ong AC, et al. Single Port Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery (SPES) for totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia: A Critical Appraisal of the Chopstick repair. Hernia. 2013 Apr;17(2):217-21
• Goel R, Shabbir A, Tai CM, et al. Randomised controlled trial comparing three methods of Liver retraction in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass. Surg Endosc. 2013 Feb;27(2):679-84
• Goel R, Agarwal A, Shabbir A, et al. Bariatric surgery in Singapore from 2005 to 2009. Asian J Surg. 2013 Jan;36(1):36-9
• Huang CK, Goel R, Tai CM et al. Novel metabolic surgery for type II diabetes mellitus: Loop duodeno-jejunal bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2013 Dec;23(6):481-5
• Huang CK, Chhabra N, Goel R, et al. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banded Plication: A Case-Matched Comparative Study with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obes Surg. 2013 Aug;23(8):1319-23
• Al-Harazi A, Goel R, Tan CT et al. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: Defining the learning curve. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2014 Dec;24(6):4