Dr. Bhavin Patel

Dr. Bhavin Patel | Senior GI, HPB & Robotic Surgeon In Ahmedabad

Senior GI, HPB & Robotic Surgeon

M.S.

Professional Bio:

Dr. Bhavin Patel is one of the top GI Surgeons of Gujarat, with over 2 decades of experience in Gastro-Intestinal Surgery. He is a pioneer and expert in minimally invasive Laparoscopic & Robotic GI surgery. His expertise includes surgeries for Gallbladder, Liver, Pancreas, Gastro-Intestinal & Colo-Rectal Cancer, and Hernia. Further, having trained in USA and Germany, Dr. Patel has rich experience in Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic surgery for Liver and Pancreatic cancer and benign diseases. In addition, he is an expert in open and advanced minimally invasive Robotic Whipple operation for Pancreatic cancer. Additionally, he is a member of many medical societies, including SAGES and IHPBA.

Academic Qualifications:

MBBS - Govt Medical College, Surat in 1989
MS (General Surgery) - Govt Medical College, South Gujarat University in 1994
Fellowship in GI & Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery - University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2004

Past Experiences:

Sr Consultant & Director, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad. (from 2003 to April 2015)
Consultant GI, HPB & Laparoscopic Surgeon & Founder of Astha Hospital, Ahmedabad. (from Nov 1998 to Feb 2015)
Consultant GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Lions Hospital, Mehsana. (from April 1995 to Oct1998).

International Experience:

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Training in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York in March 2002. During my training I had an opportunity to learn from Prof Berry Salky, the most advanced laparoscopic operations like laparoscopic colectomy, laparoscopic pancreatic resection, lap splenectomy and fundoplication
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship in the Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany in 2004 under Prof. Markus Buchler. During this training, I had an opportunity to attend clinical meetings, surgical rounds and assisted a wide range of operation mainly Whipple operation, Pancreatic resection, liver resection as well as liver transplantation
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Training in Beaujon Hospital, Paris, France in 2004 under Prof J. Belghiti. During this training, I assisted wide range of operations mainly major liver resection and liver transplantation
Observership in the Department of Surgery on the Hepato-biliary Service, Memorial Sloan 'Kettering Cancer Center, New York under Prof William Jarnagin in March 2008. During this training I attended surgical grand rounds, weekly hepatobiliary conference and observe complex hepatobiliary surgeries
Robotic Surgery Training with Prof Herbert Zeh & Prof Melissa Hogg at Department of GI Surgical Oncology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA in December 2014. During these training I observe many Robotic whipple operations, pancreatic resections and complex GI surgeries and had Inanimate robot drills skill practice.

Presentations & Publications:

Speaker - Robotic adjunct to difficult Gallbladder. Symposium- ‘The Evil Gallbladder’, IHPBA India 2022, Ahmedabad
Encouraging early results of Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair: First Western Indian Experience. Poster Presentation in SAGES 2022, Denver, USA
Robotic Giant Ventral Hernia Repair, Video presentation in SAGES 2022, Denver, USA
Speaker: Pancreatic Cancer symposium, IHPBA India 2015, Ahmedabad
Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Cystic neoplasm of Pancreas - video Presentation in IHPBA India 2014, Mumbai
'Consecutive 50 Pancreatico-duodenectomy at low volume center ‘ Poster Presentation in IHPBA India 2014 Mumbai
Laparoscopic drainage of Caudate lobe liver Abscess- video Presentation in IHPBA- India 2013, Coimbatore
Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for sigmoid diverticulitis ' video presentation in IAGES 2012 ,Ahmedabad
Laparoscopic trans-gastric pancreatic necrosectomy -video Presentation in Asian-Pacific HPBA ( Hepato Pancreato Biliary association) 3rd Biennial Congress 2011, Melbourne, Australia
Pancreatic Anastomosis technique in Whipple's operation ' video presentation in Hepato- pancreato-Biliary Conference, Bangalore 2008
Co-Auther: Boerhaave’s Syndrome diagnosed after 36 hours and treated – Case Report”, Journal of Postgraduate Medical Education, Training & Research Vol III, Jan- April 2008.
Results of pancreaticoduodenectomy - study of 25 cases. scientific paper presented in GSSC 2007
Video presentation on: laparoscopic management of liver hydatid cyst ' at GSSC 2002
Video presented on 'Laparoscopic management of CBD Stone ' at Gujarat State Surgeons Conference 2002

Conferences Organised:

Organising Chairman - IHPBA India midterm Conference 2022 at Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad.
Scientific Committee Co-Chair - IHPBA India 2015, Ahmedabad
Organising core committee member - IASGCON, 2014, Ahmedabad
Co-Chair, Workshop Committee - ASICON 2013, Ahmedabad
Organising Core committee member - IAGES 2012 Ahmedabad
Scientific Co-Chair - LAPGICON, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, 2004
Organising Secretary - Minimal Access Surgery 2003 in Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad
Organising Secretary - Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop at Lions Hospital, Mehsana in 1998