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About Dr. Premkumar Balachandran
- Dr. Premkumar Balachandran has +12 years of experience as a General Surgeon.
- He holds professional memberships of the, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons, the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India among some others. He is the honorary founding member of the Indo German Endo Laparoscopy Society.
- Dr. Premkumar Balachandran did his MBBS in 1996 from The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and then MS from Sri Ramachandra Medical College in 2000. He then earned fellowships, an observership and certifications between 2011-19.
- He holds the distinction of, being among the pioneers of single-incision laparoscopy in India; performing the first single-incision inguinal hernia repair in the country; was a team member of the who performed the first robotic bariatric sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass and SILS gastric bypass and among the first Indians to perform complex robotic component separation hernia surgery.
- Dr. Premkumar Balachandran is a reputed surgeon who performs, breast/thyroid/hernia/fissures & fistula/hemarrhoids/choleccystectomy/appendicectomy and several other laparoscopic procedures.
- His research articles are published in reputed medical journals.
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MBBS, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University(1996)- MS, Sri Ramachandra Medical College(2000)
- Fellowship, Fellowship, Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopic Surgeons
- Fellowship, Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow
Awarded the CHIKITSA RATTAN award and gold medal for excellence in medical science by the INTERNATIONAL STUDY CIRCLE, NEW DELHI, 2007.
Awarded the BHARAT JYOTHI award, for contribution to education in the field of minimal access surgery by the IIFS, New Delhi, 2010.
Awarded the “MOTHER TERESA AWARD” for advances in medicine, by the Integrated council for socio economic development, Bangalore, 2012.
Awarded the “Teaching excellence award” by the Indus global foundation during the Indo global educational summit,Hyderabad,November 2015.
Conferred the title of “Distinguished clinical tutor” by the Apollo hospital educational research foundation (AHERF) – 2017.
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Dr. Premkumar Balachandran practices at Apollo Specialty Hospital, OMR
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Dr. Premkumar Balachandran is General Surgeon with 15 years of experience.
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