Dr. Shrihari Dhorepatil, MS, FICS, FAIS, "the father of Bariatric Surgery in India" was felicitated by eminent doctors from Columbia Asia Referral Hospital of Yeshwantapur, Bangalore. He was attending a conference and workshop on Safety in Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery in Bangalore.Dr.Dhorepatil is also the founder President, Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India and was the first to Perform Bariatric Surgery in India in 1999.
Bariatric Surgery is the medically proven, life altering weight loss surgical option and becoming popular among morbidly obese patients. Technological innovations have made it possible to perform this surgery by keyhole or laparoscopic methods without the need for large incisions.
