Dr. Arun Prasad

Dr Arun Prasad had his higher surgical training in England. After qualifying for his FRCS in 1990, he was working in the prestigious Charing Cross Medical School, London and associated Hospitals, before returning to India. He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College, Poona in 1983 at the age of 21 years and subsequently got trained in Surgery at Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Teaching Hospitals (LNJP & GB Pant Hospitals), New Delhi. He was part of the team that did the first Laparoscopic Gall Bladder operation in that hospital and since has been a pioneer in Laparoscopic, Thoracoscopic & Bariatric Surgery. Currently Senior Surgeon at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi since 1996 ( 1st USA - JCI accredited hospital in India ).

Educational Qualification

• MBBS - Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 1983    
• MS - MAMC, 1988    
• FRCSED, FRCS, FACS (USA)

Treatment & Services Expertise

• Surgical Gastroenterology
• Bariatrics Surgery
• General & Laparoscopic Surgery
• Thoracoscopic Surgery
• Single Incision Laparoscopy
• Advanced Upper & Lower GI Laparoscopic Surgery
• Robotic and Laproscopic Gastric Bypass
• Laparoscopic Gastric banding for Morbid Obesity
• Thoracoscopic removal of Hydatid cyst of the lungs
• Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
• Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Surgery"

Awards

• Award by Health Minister of Delhi for Thoracoscopy work
• Award by Health Minister of India for Bariatric work
• Orations for ASI Delhi, Andhra Pradesh
• Invited key note speaker at Ghent, Belgium for Robotic Surgery
• Award for Robotic Bariatric Surgery at Valladolid, Spain
• Faculty at multiple International conferences of Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery – London, Montreal, Vienna, Paris, Naples, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Spain, China etc
• Live transmission of surgery to national and international conferences showing robotic and bariatric surgery
• Organizer of Fellowship course in bariatric surgery at Mumbai, Philippines and Duke University USA on behalf of International Bariatric Club & Academy
• Organizer and Academic coordinator of over 50 courses for trauma training under the aegis of Primary Trauma Care, UK