Best Paediatric Check-Up doctors in India: TOP 3 doctors

The doctor has 17 years of experience in Upper GI and Weight Loss Surgeries, being among the first in India trained in Banded Bypass, Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Mini Gastric Bypass in Los Angeles, USA. He performs the innovative Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodeno-jejunal bypass, known for its effectiveness in weight loss and Type II Diabetes Mellitus resolution, especially for vegetarian patients. Trained in Italy for Robotic GI Surgery, he utilizes advanced techniques for precision and recovery.

Practicing Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery with Minimally Invasive Techniques since 2009, only 1% of his patients experience significant morbidity, aligning with global standards. Over 90% of diabetic patients maintain a healthy lifestyle without insulin or oral medications.

The doctor handles complex bariatric cases, including Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass, and Revision Bariatric Surgery. He is skilled in advanced minimally invasive and robotic upper GI and Biliopancreatic surgeries, with multiple publications and international speaking engagements.

The department of bariatric surgery is certified as a center of excellence by the International Excellence Foundation.

Dr. Krishna Iyer is one of India's front ranking paediatric cardiac surgeons, recognised for his clinical expertise and wide ranging involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations, Dr. Iyer initiated the first dedicated paediatric cardiac care program in Northern India , a pioneering initiative, at Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre( now Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute ) in 1995. Under his guidance this paediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children for India and its South East Asian neighbours. Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 10,000 babies, children and adults with congenital heart diseases comprising various procedures like arterial switch procedure, double switch operation TAPVC repairs, Fontan and Fontan type procedures, corrections for tetralogy of Fallot, DORV, Truncus etc. Senning operation, conduit repairs and wide range of one stage and multi-stage corrections for complex congenital heart diseases. He has done original work on rapid two-stage arterial switch procedure and performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India. His current interests are perfecting complex neonatal cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children, salvaging late presenters of congenital heart disease, and developing cost effective cardiac care for children in developing countries. After basic training, he joined the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at AIIMS and was Additional Professor at the time he moved to Escorts Heart Institute to set up its paediatric cardiac care division. He trained in paediatric and infant cardiac surgery under the guidance of the renowned paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr. R.B.B.Mee as Senior Fellow at the Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in Australia in 1989. He is involved in many charities for underprivileged children, most notably the 'Gift of Life' program of Rotary International.

The doctor completed an MD in Internal Medicine at Shyam Shah Medical College and held a Senior Residency in the same department. Following this, the doctor served as Registrar in Medical Oncology at Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital. The doctor completed DNB training in Medical Oncology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.

During the Senior Residency, the doctor lectured at the International Winter School of Oncology at AIIMS and presented research on Stomach Cancer at the Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The doctor specializes in the molecular basis of cancer and targeted therapies.