Page 3 - Prospectus of World Laparoscopy Hospital

COURSE DIRECTOR :
COURSE DIRECTOR :

• Chairman, World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, India
• Professor, Head of Minimal Access Surgery, TGO University, India
• First University Qualified Master Minimal Access Surgeon of India (M.MAS)
• Editor in Chief, World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery (WJOLS)
• General Secretary, World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeon (WALS)
• General Secretary, International College of Robotic Surgeons (ICRS)
• Member, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
• Member, European Association for Transluminal Surgery (EATS)
• Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• Member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS)
Dr. R.K. Mishra. MBBS, MS, • Member, Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS)
MRCS, Dip. LAP, FICRS, FIMSA
• Member, Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)
• Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy (IMSA)
• Member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES)
• Member, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• Member, Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Dr. R. K. Mishra is one of the most experienced professor of laparoscopic and robotic surgery who has trained
more than 11,000 surgeon and gynecologist from more than 108 countries in last 20 years. He has vast
experience of teaching laparoscopic and da Vinci robotic surgery. He is Professor of Minimal Access Surgery in
TGO University and his endeavor of starting unique university program was started in Ninewells Hospital and
Medical School, U. K. with Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri. Dr. Mishra has taken his Diploma in Laparoscopic
Surgery from University of Strasbourg, France and Master degree in Minimal Access Surgery (M.MAS) from
University of Dundee, United Kingdom. During his work in United Kingdom Dr. Mishra has discovered the
optimum shadow casting illumination technique to improve the task performance of laparoscopic surgery
and his research is now used by eleven laparoscopic instrument companies to make ideal shadow casting
telescope. This original research of shadow in laparoscopy was published in Archive of Surgery.

Prof. R.K. Mishra is among few fortunate who has been conferred degree of Master in Minimal
Access Surgery by Sir James Whyte Black (Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine, 1988) and the most
prestigious Chancellor in the history of University of Dundee, United Kingdom. After mastering
Laparoscopic Surgery, Dr. Mishra has further refined his robotic surgery training at Harvard
Medical School, Boston, USA. After returning to India from U.K. in 2001 he worked at
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. New Delhi. He also felt commercialization of half cooked
laparoscopic training of just 2 to 4 days, credentialing at an exorbitant cost. These training
program were in the hand of industry who make laparoscopic instruments. Keeping in mind the
need of time and being the first qualified Master Minimal Access Surgeon, he started giving
training of Minimal Access Surgery.

Dr. R.K. Mishra's way of providing real laparoscopic training had no parallel in the whole world
and that convinced majority of the international organization of minimal access surgery that
real laparoscopic training to young and practicing surgeons is possible if like-minded people
join hands and work towards achieving this goal. According to Dr. Mishra if you have to make the
community of Minimal Access Surgeon then catch them young. Due to his dedication World
Laparoscopy Hospital is center of excellence in minimal access surgery.

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