Dr. Rajesh Khullar — Vice Chairman in Delhi NCR

Dr. Rajesh Khullar is Vice Chairman of the Max Institute of Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Saket, Delhi NCR, with more than 44 years of experience. He is listed in bariatric and metabolic surgery and in general surgery.

His procedures are the established operations for obesity: sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and mini gastric bypass, listed under bariatric surgery for weight loss, together with metabolic surgery for type 2 diabetes. That last entry is the one that changes the conversation for many patients, because the operation is offered to control a disease rather than to reduce a number on a scale.

He read MBBS at the Armed Forces Medical College under Poona University, then did his house job in surgery and took MS in general surgery at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. Besides Max Super Speciality Hospital in Saket and the Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, he has been associated with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi.

His society record shows a second, parallel specialty. He has been president of OSSI, the Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India, and also president of the Hernia Society of India, the national chapter of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society, where he serves as joint secretary. He is an executive member of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons, and a life member of IFSO and of ELSA, the Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia.