Dr. Ravishankar Bhat

Overview

Dr. Ravishankara Bhat Beedubailu is a renowned Surgical Gastroenterologist, possessing a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of laparoscopic and open surgery. He has been practising gastroenterology for over 26 years and has worked as a specialist gastroenterologist in various cities across India. He is among the very few surgeons in India who performs Metabolic Surgery. Additionally, he has authored and co-authored numerous chapters and articles for textbooks and scientific publications, as well as presented numerous research papers.

Work Experience

• Surgical Gastroenterologist at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore – 2006 to Present
• Associate Professor, Surgical Gastroenterology – Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute – September 2008 to August 2010
• Honorary Visiting Consultant, Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology – Victoria Hospital, Bangalore – August 2003 to September 2008
• Senior Consultant – Radhakrishna Hospital Girinagar, Bangalore – December 2003
• Specialist in Surgery – St. Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore – 2002 to 2003
• Senior Registrar in Surgery – St. Philomena’s Hospital, Bangalore – 2001 to 2002
• Assistant Professor in Surgery – Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar – 2000 to 2001
• Senior House Surgeon – Fr. Muller’s Hospital, Mangalore – 2nd January 1992 to 9th July 1992
• Registrar in Plastic Surgery – Kasturba Hospital Mumbai – 1995 to 1996

Education

• MBBS – Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore – 1985 to 1990
• MS General Surgery – Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai – 1992 to 1995
• DNB – General Surgery – DNB board, New Delhi – 1996
• MCh – Surgical Gastroenterology/G.I. Surgery – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi – 1997 to 2000
• FRCS – General Surgery – Royal College Of Surgeon Of Edinburgh, UK – 2003

Honors & Awards

• Mahadevan Award received an award from the Karnataka State Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India in 2005 at KSC-ASICON. The event took place in Mangalore for the paper on the surgical management of portal hypertension.
• He participated as a speaker in the Symposium on Stomach Cancer (Ca Stomach) during KSC-ASICON – 2006 held at Bellary.
• He served as the Honorary Secretary for the Bangalore City chapter of KSC-ASI during the year 2006–07.
• Mahadevan Award conducted a Continuing Medical Education (CME) session on Portal Hypertension at Radhakrishna Hospital Girinagar on November 13th, 2005.
• He organised eight single-theme National Surgical Gastroenterology updates at Victoria Hospital, Bangalore. In two of these updates, he demonstrated live surgeries for approximately 300 delegates.
• Mahadevan Award conducted training in hernia surgery as part of the PACE program organised by Covidien at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore.
• He initiated the first training program in Laparoscopic e-TERPS surgery at Apollo Hospitals Bangalore on December 21st and 22nd, 2019. This training is ongoing and occurs once every three months. Many surgeons who underwent this training have successfully adopted the surgery in their practice.
• He played a pivotal role in establishing the M.Ch course in Surgical Gastroenterology at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute.
• Mahadevan Award introduced the Fellowship course (FNB) in Minimal Invasive Surgery from the National Board of Examinations at Apollo Hospitals Bangalore starting in 2017.
• He served as an Examiner for the FNB (Fellow of the National Board) in the Minimal Invasive Surgery exam held at the Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute, Pune, Maharashtra from September 26th to 28th, 2019.
• He acted as an Assessor from the National Board of Examinations, India on October 31st, 2019, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi.

Area of Expertise

• Laparoscopic surgeries pertaining to all abdominal organs and Esophagus
• Open General and Gastro-Intestinal surgeries
• All types of Bariatric surgeries
• Laparoscopic Gynecological surgeries
• Laparoscopic Urological surgeries like- Laparoscopic Radical
• Nephrectomy, Partial nephrectomy, Pyeloplasty, Donor nephrectomy and Radical
• Prostatectom
• Proficient with Robotic surgeries of abdomen- Working with Xi system of Da Vinci Robot

Memberships

Indian Medical Association (IMA)