About Dr. Padmakumar

Dr. R. Padmakumar is Sr. Consultant Laparoscopic and Metabolic Surgeon of Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Head of Department, General & Lap. Surgery at VPS Lakeshore Hospital and also the Managing Director of Keyhole Clinic – Center for Obesity and Laparoscopic Surgery. He has been changing lives through Keyhole Surgery.

• Selected in the list of “100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf” ,among 40 lakhs Indians, holding 28th position for the professional excellence and commitment in obesity and diabetes surgery in 2012.
• Invited faculty on Diabetes Surgery and Laparoscopic Hernia at IASGO 2012 (The 22nd World Congress of the International Association of surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologist) held at Bangkok, Thailand.
• Invited specialist speaker to present topic on Sleeve Gastrectomy (for Obesity) and Colorectal cancer surgery at the IASGO 2013 (The 23rd World Congress) to be held at Bucharest, Romania.
• Invited as speaker on diabetes surgery in the National conference of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Conference – BSMC 2013 (Bariatric Surgery Master Class) held in Pune (January 2013).

Major Achievements

• First to start diabetes mellitus surgery in the state for the non-obese category(Fifth in the World)
• First in the world to do bariatric surgery with abdominoplasty
• First surgeon in entire GCC Countries to do diabetic surgery in non-obese patients
• One of the few surgeons in the world doing scarless Thyroid Surgery(Endoscopic Thyroidectomy)
• World record on successful bowel surgery at 2gm Hb without blood transfusion
• Inventor – Innovative technique MISII (Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ileal Interposition) HYBRID technique
• World record – Branchial Cyst Endoscopic removal in the youngest age (Omani Child of 3 years)
• Recipient of “Excellence in Laparoscopy” Award from Icons of Healthcare, Singapore in July 2017