Professional Achievements
Dr. Pradeep Chowbey's professional and academic achievements in the field of Endosurgery are numerous.
- “President Elect 2011-2012 of International Federation for Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)”
- Vice Chairman, Max Healthcare, New Delhi, India 2009
- Director – Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Max Healthcare, New Delhi, India 2009
- Chief – Suregry & Allied Specialities, Max Healthcare, New Delhi, India 2009
- Former Chairman, Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 1996
- First Honorary Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeon to the President of India, 2000
- First Honorary Consultant in laparoscopic surgery to Armed Forces Medical Services of India(AFMC), 2000
- Surgeon to His Holiness Dalai Lama
- Trustee and Past President Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-surgeons (IAGES), 2002
- Past Governor (India), Society of Endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeons of Asia (ELSA), 1997
- Board Member, Gasless Laparoscopic & Endoscopic Surgeons Society, International (GasLESS), 1997
- Board member, International Bariatric Club
- Convenor, Post Doctoral Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery, National Board of Examinations, under the aegis of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,New Delhi, 2000
- President – IFSO, Asia Pacific Chapter
- President, Asia Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Society, 2009
- Honorary Member of Indonesian Hernia Society, Bali, Indonesia in 2009
- President, Asia Pacific Hernia Society, Singapore, 2004
- Founder Member, Asia Pacific Bariatric Surgery Group, 2004
- Secretary General, Asia Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Society, 2005
- Advisor, Asia Pacific Endosurgery Task Force, 2004
- Past President, Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI)
- National Expert Patron, Indian Society of Minimal Access & Gynaecological Endoscopic Urogynaecological Surgery (IMAGES), Mumbai 2005
- Chief Convenor, Surgical Education Leaders’ Summit 2005 – Shaping the Future by 2010, Chennai 2005.
- Faculty, Foundation for Endocrine surgery, training and advancement at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, 2001
- Expert Panel Member, The Minimal Invasive Surgery Development Center, a recent establishment of the United Christian Hospital, Department of Surgery, Hong Kong, 2001
- Expert Panel Member, The Minimally Invasive Surgical Center(MISC), National University Hospital, Singapore, 2003
- Faculty Member, Ethicon laparoscopic training centre at New Delhi, 2003
- Patron, Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, New Delhi, 1999
- Faculty Member, Ethicon laparoscopic training centre at Mumbai, 1999
- With over 48,000 surgeries to his credit he is featured in the Guinness Book of Records 1997 and Limca Book of Records 2000 – 2009 (consecutive years) as the first Endoscopic surgeon performing most number of minimal access surgeries.
- Chairman of the core-group of experts from all over the country, who deliberated and formulated guidelines and recommendations for minimal access surgery in India. The resulting treatise on "Minimal Access Surgery - Guidelines and Recommendations" was released by the Hon'ble President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on July 15, 2002. These guidelines are supported by all medical bodies and governmental organizations of repute viz. Indian Medical Association, National Board of Examinations, Medical Council of India, Ministry of Health and Indian Council of Medical Research, and are also endorsed by the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons (IAGES).
- Honor of operating on His Excellency Shri K R Narayanan for his gall bladder surgery (March 29, 2001)
- Honor of operating on His Holiness Dalai Lama for his gall bladder surgery (October 10, 2008)
- Record of performing surgery in the shortest duration (4-1/2 min.)
- The first person to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Sri Lanka in 1993
- Performed laparoscopic surgery on patients aged 3 months to 92 years and on patients weighing upto 180 kgs (morbidly obese)
- The largest series of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on patients of situs inversus (seven cases).
- The first to perform simultaneous laparoscopic splenectomy on a patient scheduled for renal transplant with ITP.
- Featured several times in Electronic media for assessing all aspects of minimal access surgery on various channels for scientific and patient awareness programmes
