👨‍⚕️ Doctor’s Name & Designation

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Chowbey
Executive Vice Chairman – Max Healthcare Institute
Chairman – Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery & Allied Specialities
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi.

Dr. Pradeep Chowbey is a globally renowned surgeon and one of the foremost pioneers of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in India. With over 45 years of surgical experience, he has performed more than 85,000 procedures and trained over 20,000 surgeons from across the world. He established Asia’s first dedicated Minimal Access Surgery department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1996. A recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri (2002), Dr. Chowbey has served as Honorary Surgeon to the President of India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Indian Armed Forces. He continues to lead innovation in minimally invasive surgical techniques.

🩺 Specialization & Expertise

• Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery (Laparoscopic & Robotic)

• Minimal Access Surgery (Pioneer of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in North India)

• Gastrointestinal Surgery – including hepatobiliary, pancreatic, colorectal, hernia & gallbladder surgeries

• Advanced Endoscopic & Thoracoscopic Procedures

• Inventor of MAFT (Minimally Invasive Fistula Treatment) – first in Asia-Pacific region

🎓 Qualification

• MBBS, MS – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur

• MNAMS, FRCS (London)

• FIMSA, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FALS, FIAGES

• Honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) – Jabalpur University & Amity University

⏳ Experience

• Executive Vice Chairman – Max Healthcare, New Delhi

• Chairman – MAMBS & Allied Specialities, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket

• Founder – Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (1996)

• Honorary Surgeon to the President of India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Indian Armed Forces

• Over 85,000+ surgeries performed

🤝 Fellowship / Membership

• Fellow – Royal College of Surgeons (UK), American College of Surgeons (FACS), International Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

• Founder President – Asia Pacific Hernia Society

• Past President – IFSO (Asia Pacific), OSSI, IAGES

• Honorary Member – Surgical societies of Germany, Japan, Indonesia, UAE, Kazakhstan

🏆 Awards

• Padma Shri – Government of India (2002)

• Guinness World Record (1997) – For maximum laparoscopic surgeries

• Limca Book of Records (2000–2020) – For excellence in minimal access surgery

• Lifetime Achievement Awards – IAGES (2015), Human Care Trust (2014)

• Other Recognitions – Bharat Jyoti Award, Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award, Dhanvantari Award