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Dr. B. Ramana is a senior surgeon with over 20,000 surgeries under his belt. He has wide experience in both open and laparoscopic surgery.
His qualifications read as follows: MS, DNB, FRCS
His surgical experience includes the laparoscopic and open approaches to all varieties of GI and abdominal surgery, including complex ones like removal of the pancreatic head (Whipple’s operation), the entire colon (proctocolectomy- a procedure done for diseases like ulcerative colitis), etc.

Major laparoscopic resections of huge cysts and tumors have also been part of his practice. For examples of his surgical variety and craft, please visit his You Tube page.

Re-do surgeries by the minimal access method are Dr. Ramana’s forté. He has a series of more than 100 revision gall bladder and bile duct surgeries, most of which were initially done by open methods in peripheral/rural centers.

While he has a special fondness for endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery (even fancying himself as an endocrine surgeon at one time), Dr. Ramana has been sharply focussed on weight loss and obesity since the last few years.

He set up the bariatric department at Kolkata’s Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, following which he performed Eastern India’s first laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in 2006, as reported here.

Since then, he has been known to be sought after by patients all over the world, as this report says.

Presently, he is keen on including all his knowledge (including cooking, nutrition, fitness, exercise science, etc.) together with his bariatric surgical expertise to benefit you.

Dr. Ramana is a member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Surgery, and is constantly in touch with the latest developments in the world of surgery, weight loss, exercise and nutrition.

His recent publications include:

• Editorial for General Surgery News titled ‘The India-US Surgical Intercourse’.
• Chapter on ‘Bile Duct Emergencies’ and ‘Management of CBD stones in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis’ for  the world-renowned book ‘Common Sense Abdominal Emergency Surgery’, Schein et al, 3^rd Edition, Springer (to be released).
• Book Review on ‘The Complete Recovery Room Book’ in World Journal of Surgery, August 2009.

• Book review on ‘The Physiologic Basis of Surgery’, 4^th edition for the World Journal of Surgery
• Editorial on malaria (“Malaria: Who is at fault?”) World J Surg (2007) 31:2072-2074, DOI 10.1007/s00268-007-9238-5
• Invited Commentary on Laparoscopic Hernioplasty (“Modified Technique of Laparoscopic Intraperitoneal Hernioplasty for Irreducible Scrotal Hernias”) in World J. Surg (2007) 31: 1892-1893(2), DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9097-0
• Front Page Editorial on  ‘New Surgical Species’ in General Surgery News (2007) 34:6 DOI 10.1007/s00268-007-9238-5
• Book Review in World J Surg (2007) 32:7, DOI 10.1007/s00268-007-9435-2
• Feature on ‘Organ Trade- The Iran Model’ in Nature India (June 2008), DOI 10.1038/nindia.2008.229

He is a member of the following surgical societies:

• SAGES: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• IAGES: Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (Life Member)
• ASI: Association of Surgeons of India (Life Member)
• IMA: Indian Medical Association (Life Member)
• SIC: Societé Internationalé de Chirurgerié

His present ambitions include doing twenty pull-ups in succession, deadlifting three times his body weight, snatching a 24 kg kettlebell 200 times in 10 minutes (a requirement of elite gireviks), bending nails, visiting Alaska, and writing a book on food and travel.