HOD/Senior Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist, GI Oncologist, HepatoPancreatoBiliary and Obesity Surgeon. Dr. Rajesh Bhojwani
Graduation (MBBS) and Postgraduation (MS) from Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior
Super Specializations
M.Ch, (GB Pant Hospital, Delhi)
Present Position:
Director, SIDSS (Santokba Institute of Digestive Surgical Sciences), SDM Hospital, Jaipur
Contribution to Gastrointestinal Surgery in India
His efforts have been instrumental in helping Jaipur and the State of Rajasthan, acquire a centrespot in the field of Laparoscopic & Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery in India. Special interests:
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery
• GI Oncology
• Laparoscopic Surgery for Colore**al and Eesophageal Cancer and Benign luminal disease.
• Laparoscopic Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis
• Bariatric & Metabolic surgery
• Laparoscopic Hernia surgery
• Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery
Credentials:
• Started the first Department of GI Surgery in Rajasthan at SDMH, Jaipur in 2002
• Has an experience of more than 18000 complicated abdominal procedures
International Level:
• Amongst the leaders in the world for laparoscopic excision of Choledochal cysts in adults.
• Was appointed as an international reviewer for submitted research articles for the International Federation of Obesity Surgery (Largest International Congress for Obesity Surgery) held at Heidelberg, Germany, 2010.
• Has had the privilege to be invited as a faculty member to deliver lectures in International meetings at Singapore, Shanghai, Germany, and Hong Kong.
• Represented India in the team of two surgeons at the Asia Pacific Colore**al Leadership Summit held at Honk Kong, 2012.
• Represented India as an invited faculty to lecture at the First Annual East Asian Young Power Forum for Laparoscopic Gastrectomy, and the Gastric Innovation Forum, aiming at International Gastric Cancer Congress 2017, held at Fuzhou China , 2014
National Level:
Pioneer in the country for a challenging procedure for re**al cancer ( Laparoscopic intersphincteric resection ) and was invited to the highest national platform for GI Surgery to deliver a lecture on the same (IASGCON 2012). Amongst the leaders in the country, in laparoscopic surgery for colore**al cancer and oesophageal cancer.
• He was invited to the top most institutes in India, to perform live demonstrations and train the surgeons in these technically difficult cancer operations.
• He was invited to operate at:
o All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
o PGI, Chandigarh. o Jammu Medical College, Jammu
o Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) , Ahmedabad
o Mumbai
o Indore
o Many other towns
o Almost all the medical colleges of Rajasthan.
• Conducts a training course in laparoscopic cancer surgery every month. Ten such courses have been conducted so far, and have been attended by senior cancer surgeons from across the country.
• Leading series of laparoscopic panproctocolectomy and ileal J pouch a**l anastomosis in India. Also, demonstrated the procedure 'live' for the first time ever at a conference in Punjab.
• Pioneer and largest experience of laparoscopic intersphincteric resections for very low carcinoma re**um in India .Presented at IASG national meeting at Bangalore 2012.
• Largest experience of thoracolaparoscopic oesophageal resections in North India.
• Experience of > 450 pancreatic resections for malignancy, including > 300 Whipple's procedures.
• Leading experience of 'Laparoscopic Mesh Hiatoplasties for Paraoesophageal Hernias' in India.
• One of the leaders in Bariatric Surgery in North India , with special interest in Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes
Presentations:
• More than 130 invited lectures in the conferences at the national and international level (2006-2015).
• Had the privilege to be invited as a faculty member to deliver lectures in international meetings at Singapore, Shanghai, Germany, Hong Kong and China. Live demonstrations:
• Demonstrated 'live' operative laparoscopic procedures at many national and state level conferences. Procedures include laparoscopic anterior resection, laparoscopic APR, laparoscopic hemicolectomy, laparoscopic rectopexy, laparoscopic panproctocolectomy and ileoa**l J pouch, laparoscopic splenectomy, laparoscopic vagotomy and gastrojejunostomy, laparoscopic hernia repair and laparoscopic bariatric and metabolic procedures. Positions held:
• President, Association of Surgeons of Rajasthan ( 2014-2015)
• President, Surgeons Society of Jaipur (2013-2014)
• Executive member: Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India
• Executive member: Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
• Executive member: Rajasthan Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India. Events organized:
• Organising Secretary for a CME on Bariatric Surgery “Beating the Bulge – 2008” on 16th March, 2008, attended by all renowned national faculty.
• Organising Secretary for the Annual National Conference of the Obesity Surgery Society of India - March 2010. ( Highest event for Obesity Surgery in India)
• Workshop Chairman for the Annual National Conference of the Association of Colore**al Surgeons of India- Sept 2010. ( Highest event for Colore**al Surgery in India)
• Organising Secretary for the Annual National Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists (IASG-2011). (Highest event for G I Surgery in India)
• Workshop Chairman for Annual Conference of the Rajasthan Chapter - Association of Surgeons of India (ASIRAJ) October 2013. (Highest event for Surgery in the state of Rajasthan)
Publications:
• Bhojwani R., Chaudhary A. Surgery in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Indian Experience (Abstract) Indian J. Gastroentrol.
• Agarwal A., Bhojwani R., Surgical treatment of Ascites. Surgical Update 4th Ed., 2001, M.A.M.C.
• Agarwal A., Bhojwani R., Gastrointestinal Lymphoma. Surgical Update 5th Ed., 2001, M.A.M.C.
• Agarwal A., Bhojwani R., Pregnancy and Liver disease. Chapter in “Critical Care in Obstetrics”, Bhattacharya, 1st Ed.
• Sachdev A.K., Kumar N., Bhojwani R. et al Impact of prior endoscopic sclerotherapy on oesophagogastric devasculrisation for variceal bleeding. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Negi SS, Sachdev AK, Bhojwani R, Singh S, Kumar N., Experience of surgical management of pseudo-aneurysms of branches of celiac axis in a North Indian Hospital, Trop Gastroenterol, 2002.
• Singh S, Bhojwani R, Singh S, Bhatnagar A, Saran RK, Agarwal AK., Skeletal metastasis in gall bladder cancer. HPB (Oxford), 2007.
• Agarwal AK, Mandal S, Singh S, Bhojwani R, Sakhuja P, Uppal R., Biliary obstruction in gall bladder cancer is not sine qua non of inoperability. Ann Surg Oncol, 2007 October.
• Kalla M, Bharadia L, Madhok T, Kalla K, Bhojwani R, Saxena R., Peroperative enteroscopy and polypectomy in Peutz-Jegher syndrome. Indian J Gastroenterol, 2006.
• Chaudhary A, Negi S, Bhojwani R., Frey’s procedure using the harmonic scalpel. Surg Today, 2005.
• Kaushik, M, Gupta R, Bhojwani R, Thoracolaparoscopic Oesophagectomy in Prone Position: An early experience of 48 cases. Trop Gastroenterol, 2011;32 (3) Suppl 3, Pg No. S19.
• Kaushik M, Gupta R, Bhojwani R, Pancreaticoduodenectomy in morbidly obese: Does it affect the postoperative outcome?. S91.
• Bhateja N, Jakhar R, Gupta R, Bhojwani R, Giant splenic artery pseudoaneursym causing hemoptysis: A case report. S94.
• Jain M, Bhojwani R, Jaundice after radical cholecystectomy and hepaticojejunostomy for carcinoma gall bladder: Does it necessarily mean a recurrence. S73.
• Jakhar, R, Jain M, Bhojwani R, Recurrent re**al prolapse: Relaparoscopy may still be the best answer. S37.
• Ojha S, Bhojwani R, Jakhar R, Ghai K, Postoperative patients of anore**al malformation problems in adulthood. S36
• Nayak T, Bhojwani R, Dhopte A, Thoracolaparoscpic oesophagectomy in prone position in difficult situations. Trop Gastroenterol, 2012;33 (3) Suppl 1, Pg No. S23.
• Dhopte A, Bhojwani R, Nayak T, Number of cartridges used for transverse stapling of the re**al stump after low anterior resection, may indicate a better position on the learning curve. S50.
• Bhojwani R, Kapileshwer V, Feasibility and short term outcomes of laparoscopic TPC + IPAA – A single institution experience. Trop Gastroenterol, 2013;34 (3) Suppl 1, Pg No. S26.
• Bhojwani R, Kapileshwer V, Laparoscopic intersphincteric resection – An alternative to APR. S29.
• Bhojwani R, Kapileshwer V, Novel technique of pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy – 11 years experience.
