Pradeep Chowbey | |
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| Born | India |
| Alma mater | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital, New York Johns Hopkins Institute, USA[1] |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Minimal access surgery Bariatric surgery |
| Awards | Padma Shri Honoris Causa Doctorate, University of Jabalpur[2] |
| Website | chowbey.com |
Pradeep Kumar Chowbey is an Indian surgeon, known forlaparoscopic andbariatric surgeries.[3] He is the incumbent Executive vice chairman of theMax Healthcare, Chairman of theMinimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery andAllied Surgical Specialities of the Max Healthcare Institute, New Delhi.[4] He is the founder of theMinimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Centre at theSir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi[2] and has served as the Honorary Surgeon to thePresident of India,Dalai Lama and theIndian Armed Forces (AFMS).[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of thePadma Shri in 2002.[5]
Chowbey graduated in medicine (MBBS) and secured his master's degree in surgery (MS) fromNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College (then known as Government Medical College),Jabalpur, after which he earned a diplomate from theNational Board of Examinations, New Delhi, in 1979.[6] After starting his medical practice at a public hospital in Delhi, he moved toSir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1984 to take up the post of a consultant surgeon, handlinghepatobiliary, pancreatic and breast surgeries. Whenminimally invasive surgical method was first developed in France in 1989, Chowbey underwent training in the procedure atSingapore General Hospital from the pioneers of the technology such asMohan Chellappa which helped him to perform the firstLaparoscopicCholecystectomy in North India.[6]
At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Chowbey establishedMinimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre where the team led by him is reported to have performed over 55,000minimally invasive procedures.[7] His list of patients includedK. R. Narayanan, former President of India,Dalai Lama andArun Jaitley[8] who were operated on by him in 2001, 2008 and 2014 respectively. He has been involved in the designing of theInternational Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery Program of the Surgical Review Corporation, USA[9] and was one of the key members among the founders of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society where he served as the founder president.[10] He is the president of the Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society, Asia Pacific Chapter of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, andInternational Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders and has served Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India and the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons as their president. He sits in the Board of Governors of the Gasless Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons Society International and is the Advisor to the Asia Pacific Endosurgery Task Force (AETF).[7]
Chowbey is a founding designee in the International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery Program by Surgical Review Corporation, USA.[11] He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery,[12] International Medical Science Academy (IMSA), International Congress of Surgeons (ICS) and Association of Surgeons of India (ASI).[6] He is also an Honorary Member of the Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgeons,[13] German Hernia Society, Indonesian Hernia Society and Gulf Cooperation Council Hernia Society (National Chapter of Asia Pacific Hernia Society, Dubai).[7] He was included in theGuinness Book of World Records in 1997 and theLimca Book of Records for more than 80,000 major minimal access surgeries (1992-2018) performed by a surgeon.[14] Dr Chowbey also has a Limca Book of Record for establishing the first dedicated Department of Minimal Access Surgery (MAS ) in the Asian subcontinent in 1995[15][9] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of thePadma Shri in 2002.[5]
Chowbey was the first to introduce the technique called MAFT (Minimally Invasive Fistula Treatment) in entire Asia-Pacific region. The technique is performed for surgical treatment of anal fistulas through a fistulascope. This concept was a breakthrough surgical treatment for anal fistulas as it has a very short recovery period, requires no dressings and there are no chances of loss of control (fecal incontinence).[16][17]
He operated on 14 years old Mihir Jain, believed to be World's heaviest teenager weighing 237 Kilograms in July 2018.[18] By December 2018, Mihir's weight reduced by 100 Kg and now stands at 137 kg.[19]
In 2021, Dr Chowbey embarked on unleashing the excellence of next generation robot, Versius to extend the benefits of robotic surgery even in common surgical conditions like Gallbladder surgery, hernia etc.This next-generation robotic surgery is designed to provide all benefits of laparoscopic surgery with added precision, accuracy and safety.[20]