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  • 12+ years Experience
  • Rela Hospital, Chennai

Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar — Consultant in Chennai

MBBS, MS, FMAAS

Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterology and Robotic GI Surgery

Rela Hospital, Chennai

  • Consultant, Surgical Gastroenterology and Rob…
  • General Surgery
  • Gastrectomy
  • Consults in English, Tamil, Hindi

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  • Experience

    12+ years of experience

  • Hospital

    Rela Hospital, Chennai, India

  • Education

    MBBS, MS, FMAAS

  • Languages

    English, Tamil, Hindi

About Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar

Professional summary

Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar is a Consultant in Surgical Gastroenterology and Robotic GI Surgery at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 12 years of experience. His profile records surgical gastroenterology together with general surgery, and his listed procedures are gastrectomy and anti-reflux surgery by Nissen fundoplication.

His training is unusually weighted towards fellowships in minimal access technique. He read MBBS at Madras Medical College in Chennai between 2006 and 2012 and took his M.S. in general surgery at Madurai Medical College under the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University between 2014 and 2017. The F.M.AAS in minimal access and abdominal surgery followed at Madras Medical College between 2017 and 2019, alongside a fellowship in advanced laparoscopy at World Laparoscopy Hospital in New Delhi in 2017 and a second advanced laparoscopy fellowship at SUT Puttom Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in 2020 and 2021. His robotic training was taken at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, in 2023.

His presentations have been prize-winning. He took first prize at AIIMS EndoSurge in New Delhi in 2019 for work on laparoscopic cholecystectomy in empyema gall bladder, and first prize at Surgicon in Delhi the same year for laparoscopic management of huge ovarian cyst. He also presented a preaortic fascia first approach for laparoscopic posterior fundoplication at F.O.R.S. in Incheon, South Korea, and TIIPOM PLUS, a novel technique in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, at the World Congress of Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery in Singapore.

His further work covers Seprafilm as an adhesion barrier in abdominopelvic surgeries and meandering pancreatic duct as a cause of acute idiopathic pancreatitis.

Practises at

Rela Hospital

Chennai, India

  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of Approval
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of Care
  • NABL — National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
  • DHA

Rela Hospital in Chennai is a 450-bed JCI campus from 2018, with NABL and a DHA line for Gulf families. Radiation oncology is a head-of-department floor: EBRT, IMRT, SBRT, brachytherapy, a visiting CyberKnife list when the indication is real. It is a newer house with consultants who trained in older ones. Records on camera first; a date if Chromepet is the right city.

Hospital profile and full faculty

Specializations

  • Surgical Gastroenterology
  • General Surgery

Procedures & Expertise

  • Gastrectomy
  • Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication)

Education & Qualifications

  • Fellowship in Robotic Upper GI Surgery (2023) — Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy (2020–2021)— SUT Puttom Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy (2017) — World Laparoscopy Hospital, New Delhi
  • F.M.AAS – Fellowship in Minimal Access and Abdominal Surgery (2017–2019) — Madras Medical College, Chennai
  • M.S. General Surgery (2014–2017) — Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
  • MBBS (2006–2012)— Madras Medical College, Chennai

Hospital Affiliations

  • Rela Hospital, Chennai

Awards & Recognition

  • 1st Prize at AIIMS EndoSurge, New Delhi (2019) — for presentation on "Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Empyema Gall Bladder"
  • 1st Prize at Surgicon, Delhi (2019) — for presentation on “Laparoscopic Management of Huge Ovarian Cyst”
  • Paper Presentation at F.O.R.S., Incheon, South Korea — "Preaortic Fascia First Approach for Laparoscopic Posterior Fundoplication"
  • Paper Presentation at World Congress of Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery, Singapore — “TIIPOM PLUS – A Novel Technique in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”
  • Effectiveness of Seprafilm as an Adhesion Barrier in Abdominopelvic Surgeries
  • Safety and Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Empyema Gall Bladder
  • Meandering Pancreatic Duct as a Cause of Acute Idiopathic Pancreatitis

Quick answer

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Who is Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar?

Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar is a listed surgical gastroenterology specialist at Rela Hospital in Chennai with 12 years of listed experience. Qualifications on the profile include MBBS, MS, FMAAS. Documented procedure relationships currently include Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication). This summary uses catalog fields only and is not a clinical ranking or endorsement.

Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar profile

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Specialty
Surgical Gastroenterology
City
Chennai, India
Hospital
Rela Hospital
Experience
12 years listed
Qualifications
MBBS, MS, FMAAS
Languages
English, Tamil, Hindi

Why this doctor may be relevant

Dr. S. R. Shyam Sundar is a listed Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai with 12 years of listed experience. Catalog procedure relationships currently include Anti-Reflux Surgery (Nissen Fundoplication). Inclusion uses professional catalog information, not a clinical ranking or outcome score.

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