Dr. Amit Javed — Principal Director & HOD - Laparoscopic GI in Delhi NCR

Dr. Amit Javed is Principal Director and Head of Laparoscopic GI, GI Onco, Bariatric and MIS Surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Delhi NCR, with more than 27 years of experience. His profile records general surgery, gastroenterology and hepatobiliary work and bariatric and metabolic surgery.

His list covers the three arms of his department. The cancer work runs to gastric cancer surgery, colorectal cancer surgery, esophageal cancer surgery and pancreatic cancer surgery, with liver resection or hepatectomy for tumours and liver disease, the Whipple procedure for periampullary and pancreatic tumors, complex GI resections and CRS with HIPEC, which is cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. The bariatric work covers gastric sleeve surgery, minimally invasive bariatric surgery and robotic bariatric surgery. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is listed alongside them.

His training ran through three of the country's teaching institutions. He read MBBS at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, took his MS in general surgery at PGIMER in Chandigarh and his MCh in gastrointestinal surgery at AIIMS in New Delhi. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, awarded at San Francisco, California, and is ECFMG certified.

His practice is spread across four hospitals in the capital region. Besides Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurgaon he works at Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and CK Birla Hospital, all in New Delhi.