Shashank S. Shah, M.S., F.M.A.S.,DLS

Dr. Shashank Shah is a bariatric and weight loss surgeon. Dr. Shah has 16 years of experience performing Lap-Band and other weight loss surgery.

[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shashank Shah is a pioneer laparoscopic bariatric surgeon in India. He is a director of Laparo-obeso Centre as well as department of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune and Dr.L.H.Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai. Laparo-Obeso Centre is a unique comprehensive centre formed by experts in the field of treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases[b]. [/b][/font][/color][/size][/font]
[b][font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Laparo–obeso Centre is the only centre having 2 centres of excellence certified by Surgical Review Corporation-Certifying body by American society of metabolic and bariatric surgery.[/font][/color][/size][/font][/b]
[b][size=3][font=Calibri][color=#000000]Dr. Shashank Shah is the [/color]first surgeon in the world of super surgeon category –certified as Centre of Excellence at 2 places.[/font][/size][/b]

[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shashank Shah has done his advanced training of laparoscopic and bariatric surgeries from many centres from abroad like Germany, Brazil and USA.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shah's original work on metabolic surgery for reversal of diabetes and on his specialty obesity surgery is published in index journal and well recognized. Multiple national and international publications and presentations in international congress like American society of metabolic and Bariatric surgery (ASMBS), International federation of society for Obesity surgery (IFSO), and many more are credited in his name. He has served as an invited presenter for multiple international forums like International federation of society for Obesity surgery and American society of metabolic and Bariatric surgery. [/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shah is appointed on the accreditation committee to represent Asia Pacific continent for Surgical Review Corporation-Certifying body for the centre of excellence in this field.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shashank Shah with his dedicated team of experts established a safest and minimally invasive obesity surgery with advanced technique in Asia. He started the first Bariatric training program in India in which more than 600 surgeons from Asia and abroad are trained.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]He is the only Asian-Indian surgeon invited to share his experience about the sleeve Gastrectomy in the international consensus meet in Miami, 2009 and in New York at 2010. He is the first invited speaker for the innovations session’s live relay from Cleveland Clinic, USA. Dr. Shah is also an editor and reviewer for many international publications.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Other than bariatric surgery, he is having a great contribution in other surgical fields also. His name is entered in Limca Book of world records in 2006 for performing 45 hernia operations in just 10 hours.[/font][/color][/size][/font]
[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000][font=Calibri]Dr. Shah's own technique of thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis is appreciated by world; a video of this surgery is kept in video library of SAGES in Florida, USA.[/font][/color][/size][/font]


[font=Calibri][size=3][font=Calibri][color=#000000][font=Calibri][size=3][font="""]Features of LAPARO-OBESO CENTRE:[/size][/font][/color][/font][/size][/font][/font][list]
[*][font=Calibri][size=3][font="Calibri"][color=#000000][font=Calibri][size=3][font="""]The first facility to get 'twin' International centre of excellence in bariatric surgery-at two institutes [/font][/size][/font][/color][/font][/size][/font]
[*][font=Calibri][size=3][font="Calibri"][color=#000000][font=Calibri][size=3][font="""]First laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in India is done and then maximum number of sleeve gastrectomies are done with best outcome [/font][/size][/font][/color][/font][/size][/font]
[*][font=Calibri][size=3][font="Calibri"][color=#000000][font=Calibri][size=3][font="""]Credit of establishing the safest bariatric procedure like sleeve gastrectomy goes to the centre. Research results are published in many papers published in international journals. [/font][/size][/font][/color][/font][/size][/font]
[*][font=Calibri][size=3][font="Calibri"][color=#000000][b][font="""]Dr. Shashank Shah is first Indian appointed as a member of the committee of International Bariatric Surgical Review Corporation. He also has been invited to become a member of editorial board of international journal of obesity surgery.[/font][/b][/color][/font][/size][/font]
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