Dr. PAUL PG

Paul’s Hospital, Kochi, India

Title: Reproductive Outcomes after Laparoscopic Myomectomy: Conventional versus Barbed Suture

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Biography

Dr Paul PG,   MBBS, DGO

Chairman of  Paul’s Hospital, Kaloor, Kochi -682017 (Since 2003)

 

Pioneering work in gynaecological laparoscopy in India

• Performed the first Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Kerala in 1992, first Laparoscopic Microtubal Anastomosis in India 1996
• Performed over 30,000 advanced laparoscopic procedures

Teaching

• ‘Hands-on training” to more than 1600 gynaecologists in Gynaecological laparoscopy from India and abroad
• Given 416 invited Lectures in India & Abroad 
• Performed 243 Live surgery workshops in India & Abroad 

Publications

• Authored a Book – Manual of Operative Laparoscopy (1998)

• Contributed chapters in 41 books on endoscopy
• Published 51 research papers in International journals including 3 invited  review articles

 

New laparoscopic surgical techniques

• In-bag morcellation for fibroids to avoid dissemination of potential malignant tissues,
• Laparoscopic Tubal anastomosis with Barbed Suture

 

International affiliations/recognitions

• Elected member, SRS, American society of reproductive medicine(ASRM) since 1997
• Board member of International Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ISGE) 2012-16
• Invited as faculty for the annual AAGL  congress in 2016

Awards

• Lifetime Endoscopy Empowerment Award By Indian Association of Gynecological Endoscopy

 ( 2018)

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