Hyderabad :

Dr GV Rao, director, chief of surgical gastroenterology, minimally invasive surgery and transplantation services at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, received the prestigious Dr BC Roy National Award from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Friday, on the occasion of National Doctors Day.

Dr Rao is one of the few surgeons in the world with enormous experience in minimally invasive endoscopy and laparoscopy surgeries. He pioneered several innovative hybrid techniques including laparoscopic assisted pan enteroscopy, intra operative cryoscopy. He is one of the pioneers in the emerging technology of Natural Orifice Trans Luminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) also known as ‘No Scar Surgery’.

Dr Rao is the board member of Asia Pacific Endoscopy Task Force, Asia Pacific Endo Laparoscopic Surgeons and is in the executive committees of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, Association of Minimally Invasive Surgeons of India. He is also the President Elect for the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.

He is credited and acknowledged for the First Trans Oral Endoscopic Appendectomy in the world. This is considered the next big revolution in minimally invasive surgery which would decrease the morbidity of surgery.

He had earlier received government of India’s Parliament Gold Medal for his work in gastroenterology. He was awarded the honorary fellowship of the Venezuelan Surgical Society, Egyptian Laparoscopic Surgical Society among other laurels.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / July 02nd, 2016