Dr. Sreedhara V — Director in Bengaluru

Dr. Sreedhara V is Director of the Department of Minimal Access and Robotic Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, with more than 19 years of experience. His profile records surgical gastroenterology, HPB and transplant work.

His list is broad and almost entirely minimally invasive. On the bariatric side he performs robotic bariatric surgery, minimally invasive bariatric surgery and gastric sleeve surgery. Hernia work covers laparoscopic hernia repair for incisional and inguinal hernia, and he also performs laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The larger resections include liver resection or hepatectomy, colorectal resection, low anterior resection and the Whipple procedure, and robotic hysterectomy is listed alongside them.

His qualifications are MBBS, an MS in general surgery, the FRCS of the Royal College of Surgeons, an MCh superspecialty degree in surgical gastroenterology and the FMAS fellowship in minimal access surgery.

His record is written almost entirely in counts and elapsed time, which suits a robotic practice measured by throughput. It notes 100 robotic surgeries completed in his first 90 days, the second fastest in the Asia-Pacific region, and his fastest 500 robotic surgeries completed in 746 days. He also contributed to the fastest first 500 robotic surgeries in 615 days at Koramangala Hospital. Two further entries are records: the highest number of robotic surgeries performed in a single day at Apollo Hospital, at 12, and the highest number of different robotic procedures performed by a surgeon in India, at 54. His career highlights have been recognised at National Records.