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Brief About Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Dr. Mohit Bhandari is a highly skilled and experienced Advanced Laparoscopic, Minimal Access, and Bariatric Surgeon based in Ahmedabad, India. With over 20 years of experience, he is recognized as a leading expert in Bariatric, Metabolic, Robotic, and Endoscopic Surgery. Dr. Bhandari has achieved numerous personal and professional milestones throughout his career. Notably, he holds the distinction of being the most experienced and youngest bariatric surgeon in the Asia Pacific region, having successfully performed over 21,000 bariatric and metabolic surgeries. In 2019, he accomplished an extraordinary feat by performing 53 surgeries in just 13 hours and 20 minutes, earning him a place in both the Guinness Book of World Records and the World Book of Records. His exceptional contributions to the field of bariatric and metabolic surgeries were recognized with the prestigious IFSO Ambassador Award in 2019. Dr. Bhandari is known for introducing innovative techniques to India, such as the Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG), a non-surgical weight loss procedure, in 2017. He is also a pioneer in robotic bariatric surgery in India and was among the first surgeons to perform this advanced procedure. Additionally, he holds the distinction of being the first Indian doctor to perform a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal switch. Dr. Bhandari’s surgical skills and expertise have garnered national and international recognition. He performed the first documented obesity surgery in Asia in 2012, successfully operating on an Asian woman weighing 350 kg. In 2013, he performed bariatric surgery on a six-year-old boy, making him the youngest person in India to undergo such a procedure. Dr. Bhandari and his team also entered the Limca Book of Records in 2015 by performing 25 bariatric surgeries in just 11 hours. In 2018, he performed revision bariatric surgery on the youngest documented patient, an eight-year-old at the time of the surgery. Dr. Bhandari’s special interests lie in Bariatric, Metabolic, Robotic, and Endoscopic Surgery, and he continues to push the boundaries of medical innovation in these fields.
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