DR. SUMIT TALWAR
HOD & Consultant – Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
Manipal Hospital- Old Airport Road, Bengaluru.
QUALIFICATION: MBBS, MS.
Field of Expertise
- Bariatric Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Kannada
- Bengali
Awards & Achievements
- Consultant Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery – Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore.
- An expert in Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic or Key-hole Surgery) Gastro-Intestinal Surgery and has performed thousands of laparoscopic surgeries to date.
- He has also pioneered the development of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (Surgery for Morbid Obesity and for treatment of Diabetes) in Delhi NCR area and has performed numerous such operations successfully.
- He performs Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Mini Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy and other operations for the treatment of Morbid Obesity.
- He has pioneered Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery with a special emphasis on Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic) treatment of G I cancers including Colo-rectal, Upper GI, Hepato-biliary and Pancreatic cancers.
- He has also developed a new technique of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (Scarless Surgery) for gall-bladder, appendix, hernia, etc. using routine instruments and equipment thereby reducing the cost involved in the technique.
- He has performed more than hundreds of Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgeries (SILS) in Delhi NCR in the past five years.
Talks & Publications
- ‘Vax may be less effective on obese people’ – Dr.Sumit Talwar, Consultant – Bariatric Surgery, Manipal Hospitals, old airport road.
- Languages : English, Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Bengali
- Gender : Male