Dr. K. Ravindranath, M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.),
Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals
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  • Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals
  • Head, Surgical Gastroenterology Dept., Global Hospitals 
  • Trustee- Board of Hyderabad Eye Institute Operating trust of L.V.Prasad Institute 
  • Director-Rainbow Children’s Hospital     
  • President – Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
  • Trustee –Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES)
  • Dr. K. Ravindranath founded Global Hospitals, India’s first multi organ transplant centre to carry out liver, kidney, heart, heart-lung, pancreas and bone marrow transplantation (Global performed the first liver, first heart, first twin kidney and first bone marrow transplants in Andhra Pradesh)
  • Developed India’s most comprehensive Hospital dedicated to Gastroenterology and organ Transplantation Centre i.e  (Liver, Kidney,Heart,Lung & Bone Marrow).
  • Performed over 20000 laparoscopic procedures
  • Performed many procedures like Laparoscopic vagotomy for peptic ulcer, laparoscopic rectopexy, laparoscopy assisted APER, laparoscopic hydatid cyst surgery, and laparoscopic hepatectomy for the first time in India
  • Excelled in doing liver, pancreatic and bile duct resections, revision gastric surgeries, reconstructive coloproctoloy
  • Trained over 700 surgeons in laparoscopic procedures
  • Served as guest faculty at workshops and conferences all over India and in countries like
  • Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, U.K. and U.S.


Distinguished Speakers


Master of Ceremonies
     Mr. Glenn Sergius    
Ms. Kelly Meloche

Her Excellency, The Consul General of India,
Mrs. Preeti Saran

Dr. Narottam Puri
President, Medical Strategy & Quality at Fortis Healthcare Limited

Mr. Ronjon Lahiri,
Director, India Tourism, Toronto

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Director, Health System Planning & Research Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health

Ms. Ann Kaplan
President & CEO,
Medicard Finance

Mr. Nadeem Ismail,
Director, Health System Performance Studies & Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.

Ms. Janet Walker,
Adjunct Professor, UBC
Writer / Author

Mr.Pradeep Thukral,
Executive Director,
Indian Medical Travel Association®

Ms. Kelly Meloche,CEO
International Health Care Providers Inc.

Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed,
President & CEO
Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
Surgical Tourism USA Inc.

Ms. Tracy H. Simons
President and Principal
Custom Assurance Placements, Ltd. (CAP)

Mr. Frank Mesich,
Principal,
Mesich Media Advertising

Prof. K. Ganapathy
M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D
President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation

Ms. Asha Luthra
President
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Hari Boolchandani
Head, International Patient Services,
Max Healthcare, India

Mrs. Suja Isaac
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Soukya  International Health Centre

Dr. K . Ravindranath
M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.)
Chairman & Managing Director
Global Hospitals, India

Dr. Sajan K Hegde
M.S. (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery,
Fellow Spine Surgeon (France), Fellow Spine Surgeon (Germany) Fellow Spine Surgeon (Switzerland)
Consultant Spine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India
Medical Advisory board member:
Surgical Tourism Canada