Specialist General Surgeon
Medcare Hospital
Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months
Bariatric and laparoscopic surgeon and performed advanced laparoscopy including colorectal and Upper GI surgeries, apart from routine general surgical cases
Specialist General Surgeon
Aster Hospital, Dubai: May 2010 till date
As a general surgeon in Dubai, I was tasked with furthering the laparoscopy department and have been performing all basic laparoscopic surgeries including appendicectomies, cholecystectomies, adhesiolysis and inguinal and ventral hernias. Additionally, I trained the gynecologists and initiated gynecological laparoscopic surgeries including laparoscopic ovarian cystectomies, hysterectomies, myomectomies and laparoscopic surgeries for ectopic pregnancies, endometriosis and also operative hysteroscopies.
Junior Consultant
PVS Memorial Hospital, Lakeshore Hospital and Little Flower Hospital, Kochi, India: January 2005 - April 2010
In a specialized gastro surgical unit of a large high volume tertiary care referral center, was trained and had been independently performing laparoscopic surgeries, advanced GI surgeries including hepatectomies, Whipple's Pancreatico-duodenectomies, D2 Gastrectomies, Esophagectomies and other pancreatic and intestinal resectional surgeries. This unit was especially renowned for its management of complex and complicated GI surgical problems including Crohn's disease, entero-cutaneous, pancreatic and biliary fistulas and post-operative biliary injuries. Have specialized experience in treating Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis and Crohn's disease.
Senior Surgical Registrar
MOH, Repb. Of Maldives March 2004-December 2004
Managed the surgical department of an isolated atoll hospital with extremely limited resources.
Surgical Registrar Plastic, General and GI Surgery and Gynaecology
First-Med Hospital, April 2002-June 2003
Consolidated the basics of General Surgery with exposure to plastic reconstructions including free flap transfers, limb and finger reimplantations. Gained good experience in managing General Surgical emergencies with initial exposure to GI surgeries and Laparoscopy
Medical Officer
DOH, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Indian Union 1991 to 1998
Was deputed in Great Nicobar as a Medical Officer to provide health services to a group of hunter-gatherers called the Shompens. My services involved living in the forests, sometimes with the tribes, and trailing the migrant semi-nomadic different and isolated settlements across a large biosphere reserve in areas totally cut off from civilization.