Designation of Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
Obesity & Bariatric Surgeon, Robotic & Metabolic Surgeon
Director and Chief Surgeon – Institute of Bariatrics
Apollo Hospitals Greams Road, Chennai, India
Profile Snapshot of Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
- Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan is an acclaimed laparoscopic & minimal access obesity surgeon from India with the specialized experience of more than 21 years in the field of bariatrics.
- He is currently working as a senior consultant with Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
- Dr. Palaniappan is one of the very few Master’s degree holders in Laparoscopy (MMAS) in India.
- His specialization in Bariatric Surgery led to success in carrying out over 400 procedures.
- Dr. Palaniappan performed bariatric surgeries like the band, duodenal switch, bypass, and bariatric correction with the least or no morbidity.
- Dr. Palaniappan also gained credit for performing India’s first Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) and Robotic Surgery.
- Dr. Palaniappan with his team invented the “Dundee Multitool” for Manual Laparoscopic Surgery. He is one of the few surgeons to execute Laparoscopic Whipple’s Pancreatic Duodenectomy.
- Dr. Palaniappan obtained an admirable position on the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan’s Expertise
- Bariatric surgery
- Graft
- Liver Disease Treatment
- Lymphedema
- Minimal access surgery
- Preoperative treatment
- Robotic surgery
- Single-incision Laparoscopic Surgery
- Steatosis
- Vascular trauma
Work Experience of Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
- Total 25 years of experience
- Senior Consultant – Bariatric Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai since 2005
- HoD (Gastro and Obesity Surgery) at Apollo Victor Hospital, Goa
Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan’s Qualifications
- MBBS from Annamalai University (1997)
- MS – General Surgery from Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai (2000)
- MMAS
- FICS (Gastroenterology)
- FMAS
- DMAS
- FALS
- FRS
- FLS
Memberships of Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
- IFSO – International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity
- EAES – European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
- EATS – European Association of Transluminal Surgery
- ELSA – Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
- IASGO – International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists
- ICRS – International College of Robotic Surgeons
- WALS – World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
- OSSI – Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India
- IAGES – Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons
- AMASI – Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
- ASI – Association of Surgeons of India
Awards & Recognitions received by Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
- Granted Chikitsa Rattan Award for outstanding contribution to the field of medicine and is one of the young achievers in the field of Laparoscopy (2007)
- Founder President of Forum for Laparoscopic Innovative Practices (FLIP) (2011)
- In 2006, accomplished India’s Foremost Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Reconstruction
- Executed India’s first SILS Gastric By-pass (2011)
- Did India’s First SILS Cardiomyotomy (2010)
- Executed India’s First SILS Gastro Jejunostomy (2010)
- Performed India’s First SILS Total Hysterectomy (2009)
- Implemented India’s first SILS Incisional Hernia Repair (2009)
- Performed India’s first SILS Fundoplication (2009)
- Performed India’s first SILS Rectopexy (2010)
- Performed India’s first SILS Myomectomy (2010)
- Performed India’s third SILS Sleeve Gastrectomy (2009)
Publications of Dr. Rajkumar Palaniappan
- The novel “Window Technique” of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (March 2003)
- Written “Rule of Hand”, an innovative technique of port placement in Laparoscopy