Dr. R. Padmakumar
Laparoscopic & Obesity Surgeon

Organizing Chairman of MISCON 2018

Inauguration Ceremony MISCON 2018

MISCON 2018 (Live Workshop and Wet Tissue Sessions) – was held at Hotel Holiday Inn, Kochi, on 20, 21, 22 July 2018. MISCON 2018 was organized as the South Zone Conference of Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI) . The Conference was jointly organized by Dept of Minimally Invasive Surgery, VPS Lakeshore and Verwandeln Institute Kochi (Center for MIS training) in association withAssociation of Surgeons of India (ASI Kerala Chapter) , Indian Hernia Society (IHS) and Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI).

On 20th July – Pre-Conference Workshop with hands-on sessions for PGs and young surgeons were conducted. This year wet tissues for anastomosis, suturing and stapling were arranged. Simulators for laparoscopy, stapler haemorrhoidectomy and endo trainers were also be available.

On 21st and 22nd July – Live Operative Workshop with two-way interactive communication from VPS Lakeshore to Hotel Holiday Inn, the venue of the meeting.

The Live Operative Workshop covered large varieties of procedures ranging from basic to most advanced and was performed via minimal access by distinguished national and international faculty.

As usual, MISCON 2018, the international meet at Kochi, was an umbrella for a number of associations, was highly informative and educative and thus was fruitful for all practicing surgeons and PG students. The scientific program was very rich in substance.

Dr Padmakumar as Teaching Faculty

MISCON 2018 in Local Newspapers

Dr. R. Padmakumar is one of the Best Hernia Surgeon in India. He has been changing lives through Keyhole Surgery. He has got more than 30 years of hands-on experience in laparoscopic Surgery in major hospitals across India and has completed more than 7000 cases of Laparoscopic Hernia Surgeries. Dr. Padmakumar has trained more than 300 surgeons from all over the world the art of laparoscopic surgery especially Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery. Dr. Padmakumar is also hailed as one of the Best Bariatric Surgeon in India & UAE. He is renowned for new and improved treatment techniques and the first in the World to perform Scarless Bariatric Surgery with Tummy Tuck / Abdominoplasty. He is also one of the very few thyroid surgeons in India doing Endoscopic Thyroidectomy (scarless thyroid surgery).

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Contact Details

Dr. R. Padmakumar
MBBS, DNB, MNAMS, DipALS, FAIS, FIMSA, FCLS, FRCS (GL)
Senior Consultant Laparoscopic and Metabolic Surgeon &
Director - Verwandeln Institute (Transforming Lives)
CMD - Keyhole Clinic, Metro Pillar no. 448, Edappally, Kochi, Kerala, India
HOD - VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Maradu, Kochi, Kerala, India
(Specialist in Laparoscopy, Hernia, Cancer, Obesity Surgery or Bariatric Surgery, Diabetes Surgery, Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery, Thoracoscopy, Intragastric Balloon)

Website Dr. R. Padmakumar - www.drrpadmakumar.com


Mobile: +919447230370, +919846320370
Email: drrpadmakumar@gmail.com

Past Chairman, Association of Surgeons of India - Kerala Chapter, 2019 - 2020
National President - Indian Hernia Society (2016)
GC Member, Association of Surgeons of India (2013 - 2018)
Vice President- Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of India
Jt. Secretary - Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (2016)
Founder Member, Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society Of India
Founder Member, Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
International Faculty of IASGO on Hernia and Diabetic Surgery
International Faculty of IFSO on Diabetic Surgery
Associate Editor : Diabetes and Obesity International Journal

Keyhole Clinic - Center for Obesity and Laparoscopy
Keyhole Clinic - Center for Obesity and Laparoscopy

Metro Pillar No. 448, Edappally, Kochi
Tel: 9847296357 / +919645222401

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