Dr Vipulroy D. Rathod - EndoSurgeon

Qualifications

1988- M.B.B.S. South Gujarat University
1992- M.S. (Gen. Surgery)
1993- Certificate of Proficiency in Laparoscopic surgery from Dr. Mohan Chellappa,Singapore
1994- Observer ship under Dr. David Theobald
1995 Certificate of preceptorship in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy from Dr. Cheng Jun ,Singapore General Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore)
1996- Certificate of Proficiency in Gastrointestinal Surgery, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopic procedures and Laparoscopic surgery from Dr. Anand Nande at Shrikhande clinic and Bombay Hospital
1996-1997- Clinical Fellow and Trainee in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy & Endosonography, Department of Endoscopic Surgery, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Attached to Endoscopy & EUS Department, Bhatia, Jaslok Lilavati & BSES MG Hospitals, India
Consultant in Endoscopy & EUS Department
Has provided training to more than 20 Indian Consultants in last 7 years in various fields of G.I.Endoscopy, ERCP and EUS
Has trained more than 20 International trainees in Advanced ERCP & EUS procedures

Awards & Affiliations

Founder Member of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal EndoSurgeons
International Hepatico-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (Indian Chapter)
Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA, Hongkong)
International Member of ASGE (American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
Life Member of Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI)

Papers, Presentation & Research

More than 15 papers presented in various National and International conferences since 1996 related to Endoscopic Surgery
More than 170 lectures delivered across the country in National and International Conferences since 1998
Participated as a Invited Faculty at more than 50 National & International workshops on Therapeutic Endoscopy since 1998
Has co-organized more than 10 conferences on Gastroenterology and Endoscopy in last 8 years as Course Director and Course Co-coordinator
Has been invited as a Visiting Professor at various academic institutions in India & Abroad
More than 25 articles and abstracts published in National & International Journals of Endoscopy
Reviewer for Journal Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Has performed more than 7000 therapeutic endoscopic procedures that includes Therapeutic Upper G.I. Endoscopic procedures, Colonoscopic procedures & Advanced Therapeutic ERCP procedures
Has the largest individual series of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) procedures in India & this part of Asia
More than 1000 Interventional EUS procedures performed in last 6 years that comprises of:
- EUS guided FNA of the Mediastinal masses & Lymphnodes
- EUS guided FNA of the Pancreatic & Gall bladder Lesions
- EUS guided Pseudocyst drainage & stenting
- EUS guided Coeliac Axis Neurolysis

International Invitations & Presentations:

Invited as a Visiting Professor at University of Santo Thomas, Manila, Philippines in November 2000 for live demonstration of EUS procedures
Visiting Professor to deliver a talk at Changi General Hospital, Singapore under the auspices of Singapore Gastroenterology Society in May 2001
Invited as an International Faculty to Demostrate EUS and deliver a talk at the Latin American Society of Endoscopy Meeting, at Hospital De Caracas, Venezuela in March 2002
Invited as an International Faculty at the 1st Egyptian Digestive Disease Week to Demonstrate Endoscopic & EUS Procedures and deliver a talk- March 2002
Presented two abstracts on Endoscopy & Endoscopic Ultrasound at the Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, May 2002, of which one was selected as Poster of Distinctions and was discussed in grand rounds
Invited as a Guest Speaker at the University of Wisconsin Medical College, Milwaukee, USA- May 2002 to deliver a lecture on EUS experience of India
Three abstracts accepted for presentation at the 13th International Symposium on EUS at New York, 3-5 October, 2002
Co-authored a review article in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy October 2002 issue on Difficult Pancreatic mass FNA- Technical tips of success
Invited as International Faculty for The Annual Gastroenterology Conference of New Zealand, Auckland, November, 2002
Invited as an International Faculty for The Inaugral HepatoBiliary Masterclass meet at Colombo South Teachning Hospital, Srilanka- March 2003
Invited as Faculty for the APDW Singapore 2003 for live demonstration in Endoscopy Workshop September 2003
Invited as a visiting Professor to deliver lectures on Advanced Endoscopy & Endosonography at Yangon and Mandalay, Myanmar December 2003
Invited as International Faculty for the Update on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy held at Muscat, Oman in April 2004, to deliver talks and perform live endoscopic procedures in the workshop
Invited for a Video lecture at Advanced Endoscopy Update organized by the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston in May 2004
Invited as an International Faculty for a dedicated Endosonography Workshop at Tehran, Iran, June 2004
Invited as a Speaker at the 14th International EUS Symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, November, 2004
Invited to deliver a lecture at The National University Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, December, 2004
Invited as an International Faculty at The 4th Iranian International Congress of Gastroenterology & Hepatology to deliver lectures on Advanced ERCP and Endosonography and also to perform live procedures in the workshop, December, 2004
Invited as an Instructor and Faculty for the Endoscopic Ultrasound Workshop held at University of Malaya Hospital, Organized by the The Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Jan 2005
Invited as Guest faculty to perform live procedures in the dedicated Endoscopic Ultrasound Workshop at Pondok Indah Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2005
Invited as an International Faculty at The 21st Annual Congress of Gastroenterology & G.I.Endoscopy, Peshawar, Pakistan, March 2005
Invited as International Faculty to deliver lectures at The 3rd European Congress of Endoscopic Ultrasound Scanning- Copenhagen- June 2005
Organized the 1st International Symposium On EUS at Mumbai with live workshop and hands on training on animate lab- August, 2005, Mumbai, India
Invited as an International Faculty at The World Congress of Gastroenterology EUS Course to be held at Montreal, Canada, September, 2005
Invited as International Faculty at The U.K. EUS Users Group Conference to be held at Cambridge, November, 2005
Invited as a Visiting Professor to The Hamad Medical Corporation for a talk and live demonstration of Endoscopic and Endosonographic procedures December 2005
Invited as an International Faculty at Sharjah for a talk on Endosonography at the Middle East & African Gastroenterology Annual Conference Feb 2006
Invited as a Visiting Professor at Yale University, New Haven USA to deliver a talk on Endosonography, May 2006
Invited for a lecture at Orlando in May 2006
Invited as an International Faculty at the Annual Gastroenterology Conference at Slovakia in September 2006