Degrees: MBBS (AFMC Poona),
MS Surgery (MAMC, New Delhi),
FRCS (Edin),
FRCS (Glas).

Dr Arun Prasad had his higher surgical training in England. After
qualifying for his FRCS in 1990, he was working in the prestigious
Charing Cross Medical School, London and associated Hospitals, before
returning to India.

He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College, Poona in 1983 at the
age of 21 years and subsequently got trained in Surgery at Maulana
Azad Medical College and associated Teaching Hospitals (LNJP & GB Pant
Hospitals), New Delhi.

He was part of the team that did the first Laparoscopic Gall Bladder
operation in that hospital and since has been a pioneer in
Laparoscopic, Thoracoscopic & Bariatric Surgery. Currently Senior
Surgeon at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi ( 1st USA - JCI accredited
hospital in India ).

Achievements in Laparoscopic & Minimal Access Surgery:

• He was one of the earliest surgeons in the World doing Laparoscopic
  Surgery for Gall Bladder
• He devised his own technique for Laparoscopic Hernia repair that is
  recognised over the world in eminent medical journals.
• He has done the world's first Laparoscopic operation of Gall Bladder
  fistula with the large intestine which too is recognised over the
  world in eminent medical journals.
• He has done the world's first Thoracoscopic removal of Hydatid cyst
  of the lungs.
• He has been doing other complex and advanced laparoscopic operations
  for various abdominal and chest problems.
• He has conducted one of the first series in the world in 1994,
  showing the feasibility and safety of doing Laparoscopic gall bladder
  surgery and sending the patient home on the same day.
• Before his return to India, he was one of the very few Indians who
  have had the honour to be a tutor in Laparoscopic Surgery in the
  courses conducted at The Royal College of Surgeons, London. Presently
  he is a tutor in Surgery for the Royal College of Surgeons of UK.
• He is also a Teacher in Laparoscopic Surgery at - Ethicon Institute
  of Surgical Education, Mumbai and Delhi.
• One of the few surgeons doing ETS for Hyperhidrosis
• Laproscopic Gastric bypass and Laparoscopic Gastric banding for
  Morbid Obesity