Overview

Dr. Sampath Kumar is a General Surgeon practicing General Surgery, Gastrointestinal, and Laparoscopic Surgery at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, Bangalore. He holds an MBBS from the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum. Having many years of practice in his specializations, Dr. Sampath joined Manipal Hospital in 1991 and was promoted to consultant in 2003. He was involved in the team that did the first laparoscopic surgical procedure in Karnataka in support of his experience in the exercise of laparoscopic procedures in the hospital. In this connection, Dr. Sampath is a member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of India, the Association of Surgeons of India ASMIS- Association of Minimally Access Surgery of India, the Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India, International Society of Ambulatory Surgery, Asia Pacific Hernia Society and Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgery. He is also a member of the International College of Surgeons of the Fellow.