Dr. Tharun Ganapathy Chitrambalam is a Professor of General Surgery and a highly skilled Minimal Access, Robotic and Bariatric Surgeon with a passion for delivering advanced surgical care through precision and innovation. With expertise ranging from Advanced Laparoscopic Hernia repairs, Bariatric surgeries to Complex Gastrointestinal surgeries, he is committed to helping patients recover faster with less pain and better outcomes.

Trained in Minimal Access Surgery with advanced fellowships and has performed over 10000+ surgeries till date. Dr. Tharun Ganapathy combines surgical expertise with academic excellence and evidence-based practice. An accomplished researcher with over 50 scientific indexed INTERNATIONAL publications, he is deeply committed to advancing the field of surgery while inspiring and mentoring the next generation of General and Laparoscopic Surgeons.

With a strong focus on minimally invasive techniques wherever appropriate, he strives to achieve smaller scars, reduced postoperative pain and a faster return to everyday life.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

FELLOWSHIP IN MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY [2013]
World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, New Delhi (Dr. R.K.Mishra)

DIPLOMA IN MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY [2013]
World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, New Delhi (Dr. R.K.Mishra)

DA VINCI ROBOT TRAINING COURSE [2013]

World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, New Delhi (Dr. JS Chowhan)

ADVANCED COURSE IN LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA SURGERY [2015]

GEM hospital, Coimbatore (Dr. Palanivelu)

ADVANCED COURSE IN TOTAL LAP HYSTERECTOMY & MYOMECTOMY [2015]

CEMAST, Mumbai (Dr. Neeta Warty)

ADVANCED COURSE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE INGUINAL – VENTRAL        AND CAWR SURGERY [2016]

IRCAD, Strassbourg, France (Prof. Didier Mutter)

ADVANCED COURSE IN ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY & SOFT CADAVERIC WORKSHOP IN TRANSORAL THYROIDECTOMY [2017]

Bangkok, Thailand- Thai Endocrine society (Major Dr. Angkoon Anuwong)

FELLOW OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSURGEONS (FIAGES) [2018]

FELLOWSHIP IN LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY [2018]

GEM Hospital, Coimbatore (Dr. Palanivelu)

FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY (FALS)    

BARIATRIC SURGERY [2020]

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

LASER COURSE IN PROCTOLOGY [2021]

Eravio Hospital, Navi Mumbai (Dr. Kalyankar)

MASTER COURSE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCTOLOGY [2021]

IMMAST, Mumbai affliated by Royal College of Surgeons of England (Dr. Kushal Mittal)

FELLOWSHIP IN COLONOSCOPY [2022]

Lotus Hospital, Erode (Dr. Easwaramoorthy)

FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY(FALS) – UPPER GI  SURGERY [2023]

JIPMER, Puducherry (Dr. Kalaiarasan)

FASCIOTENS SKILL COURSE WORKSHOP – AWR DI SURGE [2025]

GEM Hospital, Perungudi (Dr. Gereon Lill- Inventor of Fasciotens- Germany)

FELLOW OF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF ROBOTIC SURGEONS [2025]

World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurugram (Dr. R.K. Mishra)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

• Advanced Laparoscopic & Minimal Access Surgery

• Hernia Surgery / Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

• Gallbladder & Appendix Surgery

• Bariatric (Weight loss) & Metabolic Surgery

• Colorectal & Proctology Procedures (Piles)

• Thyroid & Breast Surgery

• Emergency General Surgery

• Upper & Lower GI Endoscopy

 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FACULTY RECOGNITIONS

Recognised as an invited faculty member with 45+ invited talks at national and international conferences, and has performed numerous live operative surgeries. Furthermore he has successfully completed three university-funded clinical research trials as the Principal Investigator.

HONOURS & AWARDS 

• Best Outgoing Intern 2009 - Kilpauk Medical College  

• First In SRM Medical College & Research Centre to perform following Operations 

• Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) [2017]

• Endoscopic Transoral Thyroidectomy [2018]

• Advanced Laparoscopic Hernia Repairs for Complex Abdominal Wall Hernias [2018]

• Bariatric Surgery [2020] 

• Best Performance in Research Award - SRMIST [2021, 2022, 2023, 2025]

• Best Surgery Video Presentation Award- National HSICON 2023 (Hyderabad) - awarded by Hernia Society of India

• Best Video Presentation Award – AWR DI SURGE 2025 (Annual conference of AWR society) awarded by Dr Palanivelu

• Best Paper Award – AWR DI SURGE 2025 (Annual conference of AWR society) awarded by Dr Flavio Malcher

AFFILIATIONS

• EC Member South Zone (India)- AWRSC (Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Society Surgeons Committee)- 2025 to present

• Indian Association of Gastrointestinal EndoSurgeons (IAGES)

• Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI)

• Hernia Society of India (HSI)

• World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons (WALS)

• Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI)

• European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES)

• Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)

• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeons Society (AWR)

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)

• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)