Overview

Dr. Rajesh Khullar is one of the few senior surgeons in India in the field of Laparoscopic surgery actively working with the Department of Minimal Access Surgery since its beginning. Earlier associated with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi as the Vice Chairman at Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery Centre, he currently works with Max Healthcare as Director at Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. A life member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and the Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (SELSA). Dr. Khullar has performed extra-peritoneal repair of inguinal hernia in India and has contributed to writing two editions of the textbook Endo Hernia Repair in 2004 and 2012. He closely worked in the production of a set of fifteen CDs entitled ’Minimal Access Surgery – Basic & Advanced Procedures,’ launched by the then President of India, Shri K R Narayanan in the year 2002. Dr. Khullar has also contributed significantly to the collation and review of the ‘Minimal Access Surgery – Guidelines & Recommendations’ manual backed by several healthcare organizations in the country.  Committed to teaching, he has toured several parts of India and has also flown to other countries to give training through his training courses and live surgery workshops exposing people to the wonders of laparoscopic surgery.