Dr. Ravindra Vats — Senior Director in Delhi NCR

Dr. Ravindra Vats is Senior Director of Surgical Gastroenterology, Advance Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi NCR, with more than 22 years of experience in bariatric and metabolic surgery.

His procedure list is one of the more complete in this field, and it is strongest where the cases are hardest. The primary operations are sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and mini gastric bypass, all minimally invasive, with duodenal switch for the most severe disease. Gastric sleeve revision surgery and bariatric surgery conversion cover patients whose first operation has failed or needs changing, which is the part of the specialty most surgeons avoid. Metabolic surgery for type 2 diabetes and bariatric surgery for metabolic syndrome are listed separately from weight loss, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gastrectomy and complex gastrointestinal resections round out the list.

He took his MS in 2004 after surgical residency training at a premier university in Allahabad. He then trained in gastrointestinal and GI oncology surgery at Army R R Hospital in New Delhi, in advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric & GI Onco Surgery at Artemis Health Institute in Gurgaon, and in metabolic surgery and duodeno-jejunal-ilial interposition at a centre of excellence in Hyderabad. He practises at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital.

During postgraduate training at Allahabad University he received a special Health Ministers Award in recognition of exceptional medical talent. He is teaching faculty for the Ethicon Suture Practicum and faculty for multiple institutional programs in basic and advanced laparoscopic surgery.