Welcome To Dr. Suviraj John
Dr. Suviraj John MRCSEd MS DNB FNB PGDH&HM PGQM&AHO
Dr. Suviraj John is a Minimal Access Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon at the Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic, and Bariatric Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. He is a graduate and post-graduate of the Christian Medical College, Vellore. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery at GEM Hospital, Coimbatore. He is teaching faculty for the National Board of Examinations Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery Program here. He is also engaged in Proctoring and Mentoring surgeons across India in Laparoscopic Hernia and Colo-Rectal Surgery. Dr. John’s research has studied the benefit of Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery in Asian Indians in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus, venous thrombo-embolism, and robotic surgery.
He is the co-author of India’s first books on Endo-Suturing (2001) and Endo-Hernia Repair (2002). In addition, he has contributed to chapters, editorials, and publications in endo-hernia surgery, bariatric-metabolic surgery, and prevention of VTE in bariatric surgery in national and international publications. He is a co-author of the Asian Venous Thrombo Embolism Guidelines and the lead author for the bariatric surgery section of the same. He is the founder of the Minimal Access Surgical Clinics initiative which is a professional-academic resource for training and practicing minimal access surgeons.
He is an active advocate for patient safety initiatives in India, currently through initiatives to prevent VTE in bariatric surgery and once-surgery patients, primarily through effecting positive professional culture change. He was instrumental in the inclusion of prevention of Hospital Acquired - Venous Thrombo Embolism (HA-VTE) in the National Patient Safety Implementation Framework (2018-2025), India as a member of the Expert Committee of the National Patient Safety Initiative, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. He is also actively involved in the organizational activities of national surgical and endosurgical societies (Member Executive Committee, North Zone, IAGES) as well as invited scientific faculty for national and international academic events.
