Dr. Arun Prasad

Dr. Arun Prasad comes in the list of top most Bariatric and Robotic surgeons in India. He is also one of the next Senior Laparoscopic Thoracoscopic VATS and Robotic Surgeons in Manipal Hospital in India. He has also been part of the minimal access surgery revolution, which was started when he went to the UK for higher surgical training in the year 1989. In his 32 years of experience, Dr. Arun Prasad has performed over 10,000 minimal access surgeries, laser weight loss treatment, abdominoplasty procedure, mesotherapy treatment, and more.
His expertise in the medical field mainly varies in minimally invasive surgeries, which has now translated to robotic surgery. Dr. Arun Prasad is the only surgeon who developed laparoscopy at Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School, London, from 1992 onwards. He is also a member of various societies like Dr. Arun Prasad is the president of the Obesity surgery society of India, and he was the former vice president of the Indian Association of gastro Endoscopic surgeons. Under his credit, there are almost 50 publications of minimal access and robotic surgeries.
Specializations:
• Bariatric surgery by laparoscopy and robotics
• Laparoscopic hernia repair
• Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Minimally invasive surgery for piles, fistula
• Thoracoscopy and robotic thymectomy
• Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis
Qualifications:
• MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College Pune in 1983
• MS (MAMC) Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 1988
• FRCS (The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh UK) in 1990
Fellowships/ Memberships
• President of Obesity Surgery Society of India
• Former Vice President of Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons
• Trainer of 15 DNB Surgery students
• Faculty at All National Conferences of RSCOE
Awards & Achievements
• World’s first series on daycare laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• World’s first gall bladder to colon fistula by laparoscopy
• First thoracoscopic removal of Lung Hydatid Cyst at Batra Hospital, New Delhi in 1995