Dr. Rupesh Mehta - Senior Gastro Surgeon in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Dr. Rupesh Mehta

Senior Consultant Gastro Surgeon
Mehta Hospital, Ahmedabad

Double FRCS (U.K.) FICS (U.S.A.) FACG (U.S.A.)

Quick Facts

Surgical practice: Since 1979
Mehta Hospital: Established 1987
Trained: Almost 100 doctors as surgeons
IHPBA India President: 2015
Honorary service: 30+ years

About Dr. Rupesh Mehta

Dr. Rupesh Mehta has been active in surgical practice since 1979 and is presently a Senior Consultant Gastro Surgeon at Mehta Hospital, Ahmedabad (India).

After a brilliant academic achievement with most yearly gold medals, including the one for his final degree of MS, Dr. Rupesh Mehta went to London and obtained the prestigious Double FRCS. He returned to Ahmedabad and pioneered many modern surgical procedures. He worked in the U.K. for 2 years after completing his MS (Master of Surgery) and has been a visiting fellow at many hospitals in India as well as across the world.

In 1987, Mehta Hospital was a first of its kind medium super-specialty hospital solely dedicated to Gastro-Intestinal problems in Gujarat. The hospital was set up with state of the art equipment and was also home to the first dedicated Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility in a private set-up in Gujarat.

Almost a hundred doctors posted in his department were trained by him to become surgeons, and they rightly call him 'The Father of Gastro Surgery' in Gujarat. Today, at the age of 79, he is still active and performs several endoscopic procedures a week.

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Pioneering Work

Milestones

1979 Pioneer of modern fibre optic gastroscopy in Gujarat and neighbouring states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. He took his own instrument to V.S. Hospital (Gujarat's main public hospital), where he was Honorary Surgeon, and revolutionized gastric diagnostics there. He also held several free camps in tier 2 towns and villages of Saurashtra, Kutch and South Gujarat.
1980 Pioneered Colonoscopy for the first time in Gujarat.
1981 Pioneered Diagnostic Laparoscopy for the first time in Gujarat.
1982 Trained in Japan in advanced endoscopic procedures and brought the fibre optic techniques of ERCP to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, when very few centres in metro cities were doing ERCP.
1982 Proposed and started the Department of Gastro Surgery at V.S. Hospital, Ahmedabad, one of the first 4-5 departments in teaching hospitals in India devoted only to Gastro Surgery at that time. He remained its Professor and Head of Department.
1987 Built and started the first Single Speciality Gastro Surgery Hospital in the corporate format, with its own radiology, pathology and chemist facilities, including an ICU.
1988 First surgeon in the country to bring in a Lithotriptor machine to treat Gall Bladder stones, a first not only in India but in the whole of South Asia.
2015 Elected President of the Indian Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), the pinnacle of his career.

Other Highlights

One of the highest numbers of PortoCaval Shunt surgeries in India.
As the department grew, he presented several papers at national conferences and organised many important and major conferences in Ahmedabad for the first time.
Throughout the 80s and 90s, he continued to conduct free Endoscopy camps and educative lectures around Gujarat.
Almost a hundred doctors in his department were trained by him to become Surgeons.
Still active today, performing several endoscopic procedures a week.

Notable Accomplishments

Former Head of Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sheth V.S. General Hospital, Ahmedabad.
Former Professor of Gastro Surgery at Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Sheth K.M. School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research, Ahmedabad. During this time, he trained numerous surgeons and devoted over 30 years to honorary service and treatment of a cross-section of society, especially poor and needy patients in Gujarat.
Currently also operating as a Senior Consultant Gastro Surgeon in Ahmedabad at SAL Hospital, Shalby Hospital, HCG Hospital and Sterling Hospital, and regularly gives lectures at venues all over India and the world.
Worked in the U.K. for 2 years after completion of MS (Master of Surgery) and has been a visiting fellow at many hospitals in India as well as across the world.

Fellowships

U.K. Double FRCS (Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons)
U.S.A. FICS (Fellow of International College of Surgeons)
U.S.A. FACG (Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology)

Clinical Expertise

Performed one of the largest series of operated cases of Portal Hypertension, Preferring Splenectomy and Leinorenal Shunt in a mainly non-cirrhotic liver.
Special interest and vast experience in Chronic Pancreatitis, Oesophageal Dilatation, Self-Expanding Metal Prosthesis for Malignant Growth, Dilatation and/or Surgery for Achalasia Cardia, and Malignancy of Oesophagus requiring radical Surgery and Trans-Hiatal Total Oesophagectomy.
Done a large series of Open Cholecystectomies and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies, and experienced in handling many cases of Biliary Tract injury management.
Specialises in Pancreatic-Biliary Tract Malignancy requiring Radical Surgery.

Expert on therapeutic aspects of ERCP, including removal of CBD Stones, Stenting and Naso Biliary Drainage for Cholangitis and Pancreatic problems.
Experienced in many operated cases of Ulcerative Colitis.
Experienced in using Staplers for G.I. Tract Anastomosis since 1984.
Experienced in conducting and concluding a large number of Phase III and Phase IV Clinical Trials as a Principal Investigator, both locally and globally.

Contribution to the Field of Medicine

Since 1975 Associated with the activities of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) and a regular participant at annual conferences organized by ASI, IHPBA and the Laparoscopy Association, including conducting workshops, giving lectures and performing demonstrative surgery.
1988 Organising Secretary for the Conference of Indian Society of Gastroenterology. The conference achieved a rare distinction at the time by securing participation of 12 international faculty members who performed a live workshop of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy.
1998 Organising Secretary of the Association of Surgeons of India Conference (ASICON) at Ahmedabad, one of the most prestigious conferences for surgeons in India. It attracted more than 5,000 surgeons over five days and was widely acknowledged as very memorable for its cutting edge scientific workshops and well acclaimed social activities, arrangements and organisation.
1998 - 2003 Governing Council member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), a national body of over 10,000 surgeons that organizes numerous academic activities across India.
2005 Organising Chairman for the annual meeting of the Indian Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association (IHPBA) at Ahmedabad, with 1000 surgeons in attendance.
2013 Chief Patron for ASICON 2013 at Ahmedabad, attended by over 6,500 surgeons.
2015 As President of the Indian Chapter of IHPBA, made active efforts to develop domain penetration in interior parts of India by organizing programmes in tier-two cities.
2019 Organised the First National Conference and Live Workshop on 'Gastroscopic Bariatric Procedures' at Ahmedabad in June 2019.
Dec 2026 Chief Patron of the upcoming Association of Surgeons of India Conference (ASICON 2026) at Ahmedabad.

Contribution to Society

Worked for 3 years (2004-2006) as an Honorary Gastro Surgeon with the Armed Forces Medical Services, India (AFMS) at national level and served a large number of patients from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.