Dr. Sanjiv Haribhakti

Dr. Sanjiv P. Haribhakti is a senior and qualified GI Surgeon from Ahmedabad, practicing from 1997. He is the First M.Ch. GI Surgeon of Western India. At present he is the Chairman, Department of Best Gastroenterologist in India at Kaizen Hospital, Ahmedabad.

He has been trained extensively at the best centers in India and abroad.

• AIIMS, Delhi and SGPGIMS, Lucknow
• Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York
• Mayo Clinic & Cleveland Clinic, USA
• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York and South Korea

He has extensive experience in treating complicated patients having advanced GI surgical diseases. He has special expertise and experience in Laparoscopic Restorative Proctocolectomy and Ileal Pouch for Ulcerative Colitis, Acute Severe Necrotizing Pancreatitis, Laparoscopic Whipples Operation for Pancreatic & Periampullary Cancers, Colon Replacements for Corrosive Strictures of Oesophagus, Surgeries for Portal Hypertension, Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia Cardia and Laparoscopic Fundoplication for GERD.

He has to his credit 43 published papers in National and International indexed journals.

He is an avid academician and is an editor of textbook – Haribhakti’s “Surgical Gastroenterology”, and has produced “DVD Atlas of Laparoscopic GI Surgery” for surgeons. He has initiated an online resource in GI surgery, www.gisurgery.info for education of Surgeons and Patients.

He has also designed and innovated a table mounted abdominal retractor “Haribhakti’s Self Retaining Retractor” for abdominal surgery, and “Hammock Retractor” – a scarless retractor for laparoscopic surgery. Currently, he has innovated several ports and instruments for NOTES, specially Transoral Surgery of the Upper GI Tract.

He has organized 12 National Conferences such as IASGCON 2014, ACRSICON 2007, MAS 2003, LAPGICON 2004, GIUPADATE 2005 among others. He has also presented his work at International Meetings such as DDW 2003, SAGES 2008, DDW 2010, World Congress of Digestive Surgery 2015 in China, SAGES 2017 in Texas; EAES 2017 in Germany, World Congress of Digestive Surgery 2017 in Japan; EAES 2018 in London.

He has been invited to more than 20 International and more than 100 National Conferences as Faculty.

Book Publication

• Chief Editor of “Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery – A Step by Step Guide with Video Atlas”, Published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
• Chief Editor of “Haribhakti’s Surgical Gastroenterology”, Comprehensive textbook on GI Surgery, Published by Paras Medical Publishers, 3^rd Ed. 2019.
• Chief Editor of “Haribhakti’s Surgical Gastroenterology”, Comprehensive textbook on GI Surgery, Published by Paras Medical Publishers, 2^ndEd. 2014.
• Editor of “Clinical GI Surgery: A Reference Book for Surgeons”, Comprehensive book on GI Surgery 2 Volumes, Ed. 2008.