Dr. Muffazal Lakadawala
MBBS, MS (General Surgery)
Chairman – Institute of Minimal Invasive Surgical Sciences and Research Center
Bariatric Surgeon- 23 Years of Experience
Doctor Profile
Dr Lakdawala underwent training in Bariatric Surgery with Dr Raul Rosenthal, Cleveland Clinic, United States, 2006. He was also trained at the Unit of Gastro Surgery, with Dr Piet Pattyn from the University of Ghent Hospital, Belgium, 2005 and also underwent Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery with Prof. Seon Hahn Kim, Seoul, Korea, 2004. He has also been a lecturer at B.Y.L.Nair Hospital- a teaching hospital in Mumbai. He is one of the only Indian surgeon to have demonstrated live surgery in almost every Asian country. Till date he has performed the largest number of single incision sleeve gastrectomy surgeries in the world. He is the first surgeon to conduct laparoscopic gastric bypass in India. He also successfully operated on a 30-year-old woman with unexplained body aches, to find a live worm inside her bile duct.
Education
- MBBS – Grant Medical Foundation, 1994
- MS – General Surgery – Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, 1999
Memberships
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI)
- Indian Society of Obesity Surgeons
- International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)
Training
- Bariatric Surgery With Dr Raul Rosenthal – Cleveland Clinic, USA, 2006
- Advanced LaparoscopicColorectal Surgery – With Prof. Seon Hahn Kim, Seoul, Korea, 2004
- Unit of Gastro Surgery , With Dr Piet Patty – University of Ghent Hospital, Belgium, 2005
Experience
- 2006 – 2006 Training in Bariatric Surgery With Dr Raul Rosenthal, Cleveland Clinic, USA at Cleveland, USA
- 2005 – 2005 Training at Unit of Gastro Surgery , With Dr Piet Pattyn at Dr Piet Pattyn
- 2004 – 2004 Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery With Prof. Seon
- ahn Kim, Seoul, Korea at Prof. Seon Hahn Kim, Seoul, Korea
Awards and Achievements
- Ranbaxy Award for Best Thesis at MS. Exams ‘Therapeutic Endoscopy in Obstructive Jaundice’.
- Rotary International Award for young Achiever’s 2010
- Gold Medalist in Anatomy at First Year M.B.B.S.
- Silver Medal at Shirin Mehtaji Oration – 1996
- ‘Humanitarian of the year’ Awarded by the All India Human Rights Association’ 2007
