Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker is a laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon. She heads Dr. Aparna’s - Laparoscopy & Bariatric Surgery Centre in Mumbai, India. She is also affiliated with some of the best hospitals in Mumbai. She is committed to long term care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. She is an alumnus of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, India. She has a keen interest in clinical research and has obtained a diploma in 'Principles and Practice of Medical Research’ from Harvard Medical School. She has multiple publications in peer reviewed journals, co-authored a 'silver book’ on sleeve gastrectomy and authored a number of chapters in various surgical books. She is an executive committee member of Obesity and Metabolic Surgical Society of India (OSSI), Association of Medical Consultants (AMC) Mumbai and Indian Medical Association (IMA), Mumbai West. She is an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences. She is the course director of the online - advanced bariatric nutrition course which is an international course aimed at training nutritionists in the nuances of bariatric nutrition. She has also authored a book ‘Dear People With Love & Care Your Doctors’ published in 2019. Dr. Nimisha Kantharia (MS General Surgery, DNB, FNB Minimal Access Surgery, MRCS Edinburgh) is a consultant laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon at Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai, India. She did her surgical residency at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. She served at the same institute as an assistant professor for four years. Thereafter she pursued two years national board-certified fellowship in minimal access surgery. She has published a number of peer reviewed articles in both national and international journals. She was awarded the IFSO APC travelling fellowship for young bariatric surgeons. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences. Dr. Sarfaraz Baig is a consultant gastrointestinal, laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon practicing at Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata, India. He has published many peer-reviewed articles in various national and international journals. He has also authored a book on 'Nutrition, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery’ and co-authored a number of monographs and chapters in books of international repute such as ‘Diet, Supplements and Medications After MGB: Nutritional Outcomes; Avoidance of Iron Deficiency; MGB in Vegetarians’ in Essentials of Mini-One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass by Springer. He is an active member and office bearer of national surgical societies such as Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI), Hernia Society of India (HSI), Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) and Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES). Following his passion for teaching and training, he has been responsible for organizing a number of national level conferences and workshops. Dr. Pallawi Priya is an associate consultant, minimal access surgery at Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata, India. She has a number of articles published in peer-reviewed national journals. She has co-authored chapters in books such as 'Comprehensive Laparoscopic Surgery (4th ed., IAGES Academic Publishers)’, 'Nutrition, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery’ and ‘Essentials of Mini-One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (Springer). She has been invited as faculty at national and international conferences. Her work has won awards at a number of conferences. Ms. Mariam Lakdawala is a registered dietician with masters in food, nutrition and dietetics, and a certified diabetes educator. She specializes in bariatric nutrition - the nutritional management of patients before and after bariatric surgery and also in the development of customized diet and lifestyle modification programs for weight loss. She has co-authored a chapter on ‘Nutritional Support in Bariatric Surgery’ in a book on ‘Principles in Critical Care Nutrition’ and is the first recipient of the prestigious IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) integrated health scholarship from the Asia Pacific region. She is the course co-director for the online advanced bariatric nutrition course. Ms. Miloni Shah Sancheti is a post graduate in clinical nutrition, dietetics and hospital food service from Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition (IHMCTAN), Mumbai, India. She is a registered dietician with specialization in bariatric nutrition and a diabetic educator. She is one of pioneers of bariatric nutrition in India. She has conducted many training courses in bariatric nutrition to train dieticians in this novel field. She has coauthored a chapter ‘Nutrition Support in Bariatric Surgery in the book ‘Critical Care Nutrition’ and has many publications. She is the winner of IFSO integrated health scholarship virtual congress, 2020. She is the course co-director of the advance online bariatric nutrition course. Additionally, she has been a mentor in the online internship program for the MSc. students. She also deals with other clinical diet programs - childhood obesity, kidney nutrition, pre and post pregnancy nutrition and much more. She has found a valuable solution in the form of ‘online diets’ that are helping hundreds of patients to lose weight without travelling.
