Dr. Anil N. Tibrewala Cosultant Plastic Surgeon M.Ch.(Plastic Surg) Bombay. M.S.(General Surg) Bombay.                                   Fellowship in Cosmetic Surgery, France. Dr. Anup Dhir Cosultant Plastic Surgeon M.Ch.(Plastic Surg) M.S.(General Surg)                                   Fellowship in Maxillo Facial Surgery, Germany Member- American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Dr Kashyap Cosultant Plastic Surgeon MD FACS Diplomate American Board of Surgery Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery Fellow of American College of Surgeons American Society of Plastic Surgeons Ex Faculty U Mass Medical School,USA Ex-Medical Director Aesthetic Center of Metrowest Dr Rashmi Taneja Cosultant Plastic Surgeon MBBS, MS Diplomate American Board of Surgery Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery

Cosmetologists / Skin experts

Dr. Satish Bhatia Dermatologist & Cutaneous Surgeon M.D. (Dermatology), Dip. Dermabrasion (France), Dip. Dermatology (M.A.S.H.A.V.) - Sackler University (U.S.A.)

Weight Loss surgeons

Dr Raman Goel Consultant LAproscopic Surgeon MS(General Surgery), India Diploma(I) Abdominal Surgery, Austria Lap Gastric Band Surgery – Dr V Frering, Lyon, France Lap Gastric Bypass – Dr Michel Suter, Laussane, Switzerland Lap Banded Gastric Bypass – Dr Mathias Fobi, LA, USA Preceptor of American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, LA, USA Dr. A.K. Kriplani Consultant Laproscopic and GI surgeon M.Ch (GI surgery), AIIMS, New Delhi M.S. (Surgery) , AIIMS, New Delhi

Eye Surgeons

Dr. Garodia Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon MD (AIIMS Gold Medalist), New Delhi DNB, MNAMS, FRCS Ed (England) Dr Shroff Chief Ophthalmic Surgeon MD- Ophthaolmology Member American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery AIOS, ASCRS, BOA, MOS, IMA

Dr. Anil N. Tibrewala

M.Ch.(Plastic Surg) Bombay.
M.S.(General Surg) Bombay.
Fellowship in Cosmetic Surgery, France.

Dr. Tibrewala is a certified Plastic Surgeon with sound training in both Cosmetic and Reconstructive surgery. His main area of interest is Cosmetic surgery, in which he has a wide experience. He is committed to providing the highest quality of care to his patients, combining surgical expertise with a personal and honest approach. Privacy and professionalism is guaranteed. Besides aesthetically pleasing results, the aim is to improve not only how the patients look, but how they feel.

His lists of patients include actors, models and the social elite, although his services are availed of by people from all walks of life. He operates on national and international patients and has been conducting clinics in England.

Cosmetic procedures offered include facelifts, blepharoplasty (removal of eye bags),  rhinoplasty (nose job),  otoplasty
(protruding ears), hair transplantation, breast augmentation, breast lifting and reduction, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), cheek/chin/buttock implants, scar revisions, gynaecomastia, penile augmentation amongst many other procedures.

He handles birth defects like cleft lip and palate, hypospadias and haemangiomas and is also involved in the treatment of burns (acute as well as post burn contractures). He is often called upon to treat maxillofacial injuries and other accident cases in the hospitals that he attends.

He also performs gender re-assignment surgery (sex change surgery).

Besides this Dr. Tibrewala is well versed in the use of ‘Coherent Light Sheer Diode Laser’ which is a time tested remedy with proven results for hair removal.

He has a close professional association with prominent aestheticiennes and skin care specialists and intervenes when surgical techniques are required to improve appearance.

• Fellowship in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Paris, France.
• Research Fellow in Plastic Surgery-Tata Memorial  Centre, Bombay.
• M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery) – University of Bombay.
• M.S. (Gen. Surgery)-- University of Bombay.
• M.B.B.S. – Topiwala National Medical College University of Bombay.

Intermediate Science, University of Bombay 

A total of 3 years in General Surgery and 25 yrs in Plastic Surgery entailing:

Independent management of major and minor surgical cases in all age groups

Total surgical care of elective and emergency cases in large central, peripheral and private hospitals.

Extensive experience in congenital deformities like cleft lip, cleft palate, hypospadias etc.

Management of a wide variety of acute trauma cases like head / face / neck / chest / abdomen injuries, complex injuries to the extremities, burns etc.

Extensive experience in independent management of post-cancer and post-traumatic reconstructions, bedsore reconstructions etc.

Extensive experience in Cosmetic Surgery procedures including Rhinoplasty, Blepharoplasty, Dermabrasion, Otoplasty, all Facial aesthetic surgical procedures including face, neck, brow lifts. Breast surgery (augmentation, reduction or reconstruction), Liposuction and other body contouring procedures, Autologous fat injection, Abdominoplasty, Hair transplantation, Implants-breast, chin, cheek, calf and buttock.        

Proficient in the use of Lasers. especially the Coherent Diode Laser (“Light Sheer”) for hair removal.

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Association of Surgeons of India

Indian Medical Association

Association of Medical Consultants, Mumbai

‘D’ Ward Medical Association, Mumbai

Dr. Anup Dhir
M.Ch.(Plastic Surg)
M.S.(General Surg)
Fellowship in Maxillo Facial Surgery, Germany
Member- American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Dr. Anup Dhir specializes in cosmetic & aesthetic surgery of the face and body. He attended Govt. Medical College, Patiala as an undergraduate and received his medical degree from Punjab University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Dr. Dhir did his postgraduate residency surgical training at Rajendra Hospital Patiala leading to M.S. and M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery). He did a clinical fellowship in Plastic Surgery at Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay. He has done a fellowship in maxillo facial surgery from Ludiwigs-Maximilians University Munich, Germany. He has worked as British Association of Plastic surgeons sponsored trainee at Newcastle General Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK

On his return to India, he started his own practice in New Delhi and joined Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, at its inception in 1995, in the capacity of senior consultant plastic and cosmetic surgeon. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is the First corporate hospital in India to be Accredited by Joint Commission International. He has a special interest in aesthetic plastic surgery and is only plastic surgeon in India to be accepted as an international active member of American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He has performed a wide range of cosmetic surgery procedures, and enhances his skill and expertise by keeping himself up to date with the latest techniques. He travels all over the world frequently to attend courses and conferences. 

His practice philosophy is to enable his patients to achieve the full benefit of cosmetic surgery, by combining his surgical talent with the patients’ motivation and desire for self enhancement.

Dr. Dhir is an International active member of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, Association of Plastic Surgeons of India and Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. He is the treasurer of the Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons for the year 2006-2008.

Dr Kashyap

MD FACS,
Diplomate American Board of Surgery
Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery
Fellow of American College of Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Ex Faculty U Mass Medical School,USA
Ex-Medical Director Aesthetic Center of Metrowest

Dr. Kashyap practices cutting edge Plastic Surgery including the latest innovations in Minimal Access and Endoscopic Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Kashyap performs state-of-the-art laser procedures, power assisted liposuction, short scar anatopexices, and the latest techniques in facial cosmetic surgery, rhinoplasty and body contouring. He also is a leader in reconstructive and hand surgery.

Dr. Kashyap, is a double American Board certified surgeon - Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery and Diplomate American Board of General Surgery. He recently moved to New Delhi after 16 years of practicing medicine in the U.S.A., spending the last ten years in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts. He had a very successful private Plastic Surgery practice with staff privileges at Metrowest Medical Center, U-Mass-Memorial Marlborough Hospital, Leonard-Morse Hospital in Natick and Nashoba Valley Medical Center. His wide spectrum of patients came from various parts of the US and abroad. He had an academic appointment as Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Kashyap has been the medical director of Aesthetic Center at Metrowest since 2001 and was the attending plastic surgeon at The Wound Clinic in Framingham, Massachusetts.

He is a Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS), an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), and an ex-member of Massachusetts Medical Society and American Medical Association.

Dr. Kashyap completed his fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Massachusetts, U.S.A., following completion of a surgical residency at Robert Packer Hospital (Guthrie Clinic), Sayre, Pennsylvania, and Surgical Research at UCLA.

Dr. Kashyap has received several distinctive awards for his outstanding research and excellence in academia, including obtaining the highest score nationally (United States) on the annual in-service examination in his final surgical residency year.
                                  
Dr. Kashyap has done extensive research in the field of surgery and plastic surgery. He has published and presented over 35 research papers nationally (U.S.) and internationally. He has also contributed a book chapter in a leading plastic surgery academic textbook, Plastic Surgery: Indications, Operations, Outcomes, Vol. 2, Mosby, Inc., 2000.

Dr. Kashyap has appeared in several noteworthy news media, including the internationally renowned Discovery Channel and the Boston Globe, Harvard News and Ayer Times.

Dr Taneja

Education and Training

Fellowships:

• Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship - University of California Los Angeles - School of Medicine , California, U.S.A. July 2000 - July 2001.


• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. July 1997 - June 2000.

Residencies:

• General Surgery Residency in the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. July 1991- June 1997.


• Department of Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital, University of Delhi, 1989-1991.

Medical School:

• M.B.B.S. - Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India - August 1983 - December 1987.

Professional Awards and Honours:

• Ranked second in the class in the first MBBS examination 1984


• Chief of Army Staff Gold Medal for Best Student in Anatomy 1984


• Distinction in Microbiology 1986,Ranked first in the final MBBS examination 1987


• Dr. Madan Gopal Satya Devi Gold Medal for Best Student in the Final MBBS examination 1987


• Capt. SS Ramphal Gold Medal for Best Student in Surgery 1987


• Dr. O.P Taneja Memorial Award for Best Student in Surgery 1987


• Certificate of Merit for Best Student in Preventive & Social Medicine 1987


• Certificate of Merit for Best Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1987


• Award for the Best Surgical Resident at Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey 1996.

Accreditations and Licensure:

• American Board of Surgery, 1998


• American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2004

Dr. Bhatia completed his Post - Graduate Degree in Dermatology (Skin)  with Honours.

After that he was a lecturer at the J. J. Group of Hospitals. He has trained many skin specialists  in various aspects of skin Care.

He then went to France where he received a Diploma in Dermabrasion from  MEDICAMAT (The 1st  Indian to do so) under the pioneer of Micro - Dermabrasion, Dr. Francois Maluzier. On his completion of this Diploma, he returned to India bringing with him the "MEDICAMAT SKIN RENEWER", a Revolutionary Machine for removal of Scars, Wrinkles & the likes.

The Apollo Group of Hospitals then invited Dr. Bhatia to join their Hi-Tech Clinic in Mumbai at Kala Ghoda as Head of the Skin Department. He headed the department for 5 years.

Dr. Bhatia then had a great opportunity to participate in the M.A.S.H.A.V. (Sackler University, U.S.A.) Fellowship for Dermatology in Israel, bringing with him the latest technique in Single Follicle Hair Transplant Surgery under the pioneer of Hair Transplant Surgery, Dr. Alex Ginzberg. He also brought back with him the latest in deep skin peels, "THE EXODERM PEEL", under the pioneer, Dr. Marina Landau.

Dr Raman Goel

MS(General Surgery), India
Diploma(I) in Abdominal Surgery, Austria
Lap Gastric Band Surgery – Dr V Frering, Lyon, France
Lap Gastric Bypass – Dr Michel Suter, Laussane, Switzerland
Lap Banded Gastric Bypass – Dr Mathias Fobi, LA, USA
Preceptor of American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, LA, USA

Dr Goel is a highly trained gastro-intestinal surgeon with 20 years of experience, is amongst the pioneers of bariatric surgery in India. Started laparoscopy surgery in 1992 & has performed thousands of basic & advanced laparoscopic procedures.

He performed first gastric band & banded gastric bypass (Fobi pouch) surgery in India. Scores of surgical postgraduate aspirants have trained under him & occupy senior surgical posts around the world.

Recognizing his surgical expertise & experience, he was conferred the Fellow of Surgery by International College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA in 1999. He is invited faculty at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education at Mumbai to train practicing surgeons in India.

• Surgical Postgraduate from J N Medical College, AMU, Aligarh – adjudged the best candidate.
• Diploma(I) from Postgraduate Medical Institute, University of Wien, Austria
• Bariatric Surgery at Lyon, France, Laussane, Switzerland Las Angeles, USA
• Completed Preceptorship of American Bariatric Surgical Society with Dr Mal Fobi at LA, USA

• Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
• Gastric Banding
• Gastric Bypass
• Banded Gastric Bypass(Fobi Pouch)
• Intra-gastric Balloon (BIB)

Laparoscopic Surgical Experience( in addition to lap bariatric procedures)

• Lap Cholecystectomy
• Lap Fundoplication for hiatal hernia
• Lap Appendicectomy
• Lap Rectopexy for rectal prolapse
• Lap Colectomy
• Lap Gastric surgeries
• Lap Bowel surgeries
• Lap Urology surgeries
• Lap Gynecology surgeries

President :

All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity

Editor :

Obesity Surgery Newsletter of Obesity Surgery Society of India(OSSI)

• International Federation for Surgery of Obesity(IFSO)
• Obesity Surgery Society of India
• Governing Council International Association for Study of Obesity
• Steering Committee Education & Management Task Force

• Obesity – 2005 – International Bariatric Surgical Conference at Mumbai, India in 2005.

• Asia Pacific Obesity Congress February 2009, Mumbai, India.

• Invited Faculty Speaker at many international & national bariatric surgical meetings.
• Has contributed chapters in various books on obesity surgery.

Dr. A.K. Kriplani

M.Ch (GI surgery), AIIMS, New Delhi
M.S. (Surgery) , AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr A.K.Kriplani is a nationally recognized leader in the field of laparoscopic and gastrointestinal surgery. He is amongst the first surgeons who not only introduced laparoscopic surgery to the Indian sob-continent but also mastered it and took it to advanced levels.

He is the first in the country to perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy for renal transplant with extensive experience in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery including laparoscopic anti-reflux procedure, gastric and esophageal surgery and colonic resections.

Dr Kriplani has been the principal investigator for numerous research projects. He has published and co-authored more than 70 scientific research papers in international and national journals and chapters in books and is one of the country’s leading laparoscopic surgeon.

He has been invited extensively all over the country and internationally for delivering guest lectures and demonstration of live laparoscopic surgeries in teaching sessions and has been invited faculty for more than 120 workshops / guest lectures / key-note addresses etc.

He has received may honors and awards for his work in the field of laparoscopic surgery. He is serving his second term as an executive member of the Indian Association of Gastro-intestinal Endo Surgeons, the national apex body of the laparoscopic surgeons of the country.

Dr Kriplani received his medical degree in 1977and his Masters in Surgery in 1981. He then joined as surgical registrar in the department of surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi which is the most premier medical institute in the country, On completing his residency, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in this premier Institute and then rose to become Associate Professor and then Additional Professor within 5 years because of his extensive contributions in the development of advanced laparoscopic surgery.

He was invited to join the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in 1996. Dr Kriplani has trained hundreds of surgeons in laparoscopic surgery and he is a teacher in Ethicon Endosurgery Institute since its inception.

Dr. Garodia

Consultant Ophthalmologist
MD (AIIMS Gold Medallist)
DNB, MNAMS, FRCS Ed (England)

• Dr Garodia is a graduate from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, the premiere institute for medical science in entire Asia. 
• He did his Post graduation in ophthalmology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.
• He then went on to work in England at Nottingham and Burton
• Dr Garodia was then trained as senior registrar in the vitreo retina section at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS.
• He has done his super specialization in Phacoemulsification for cataract and LASIK Laser for removing glasses.
• He has the expertise to deal with all the forms of vitreous and retinal diseases, and has performed on many complicated vitreo retinal surgeries on patients across the globe.
• He is actively involved in various conferences like DOS, AIOS, VRSI, NZOS, POS, UPSOS etc. as speakers, instructors and organizers
• He has many national and international publications in prestigious journals like Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (IOVS), Retina, Acta Ophthalmologica, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology etc.

Dr. Anand Shroff,

Chief Surgeon,
Shroff Eye LASIK Centre

Dr. Anand Shroff, Chief Surgeon, PerfectWave LASIK Centre has several years of experience in LASIK and is among the country"s longest-standing users of the benchmark "flying-spot" laser technology. He also is the first to use the WaveLight Allegretto excimer laser in India before the WaveLight 400 Hz Allegretto Wave Eye-Q was launched at Perfect Wave LASIK Centre.

He is a pioneer in wavefront-guided LASIK laser vision correction. Trained in England, his area of specialization extends to the management of cataract, glaucoma and corneal disorders. He has been practicing as an Anterior segment consulting surgeon since 1996.

He has worked as a LASIK specialist since March 1997. He has performed refractive correction of vision using the Wavelight Allegretto Excimer laser and the Bausch & Lomb Technolas 217 Zyoptix wavefront guided LASIK system. He has been the Pioneer of wavefront guided LASIK and hyperopic/aphakic LASIK in the country and has performed over 5000 surgeries in 6 years for moderate to high degrees of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.


Other specialties include:

Corneal diseases and keratoplasty, astigmatic keratotomy He is also the Management Representative for ISO 9002 for Shroff Eye Clinic; Quality Control in-charge for Anterior Segment services and the Research Program Director, Vision Research Centre.

He has been associated with the Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences as an Associate Honorary Consulting Surgeon & Glaucoma Specialist 1997 -2003.

He has worked in Glaucoma and Anterior Segment at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, 1998 and with Dr. Robert Ritch from The Glaucoma Associates of New York.


His memberships include:

• The All India Ophthalmologic Society [AIOS]
• The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery [ASCRS]
• The Bombay Ophthalmological Association [BOA]
• The Maharashtra Ophthalmologic Society [MOS]
• The Delhi Ophthalmologic Society [DOS]
• The Glaucoma Society, India, [GSI]
• The Association of Medical Consultants [AMC]
• The Indian Hospital Association [IHA]
• The Indian Medical Association [IMA]
• The Bandra-Khar Medical Association