Dr. Pradeep Chowbey — Chairman in Delhi NCR

Dr. Pradeep Chowbey is Chairman of the Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Saket, Delhi NCR, with more than 45 years of experience. He is listed in bariatric and metabolic surgery and in general surgery.

His procedures are the established weight loss operations and the routes used to perform them: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and mini gastric bypass, offered as minimally invasive or robotic surgery, together with metabolic surgery for type 2 diabetes and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

His qualifications are MBBS, MS in surgery, MNAMS, an honorary PhD and four surgical fellowships: FICS from the International College of Surgeons, FACS from the American College of Surgeons, FIMSA from the International Medical Sciences Academy and FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons.

His record is a national one. He holds the Padma Shri, awarded by the Government of India for distinguished contributions to medicine, and the Dr. B.C. Roy National Award, described in his profile as the highest medical honour in India. He is recognised as a pioneer of laparoscopic surgery in the country, and he has served as president or chairman of multiple national and international surgical societies, including the Asia-Pacific chapter of IFSO, the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.

The number that puts the rest in proportion is 65,000: that is the strength of minimal access procedures performed over his career. He has written numerous textbook chapters and peer-reviewed publications in minimal access surgery, is international faculty and a keynote speaker at global conferences, and has received lifetime achievement awards from surgical bodies in India and abroad.