Mohit Bhandari is an Indian bariatric surgeon specializing in laparoscopic, metabolic, and robotic surgery.रिकॉर्डः मोटापे की सर्वाधिक सर्जरी करने वाले बने डॉ. मोहित भंडारी, एशिया में नंबर-1, Patrika. As of 2026, he was reported to have performed more than 40,000 bariatric surgeries. He is the president of IRCAD India, a centre for training and research in minimally invasive surgery.IRCAD Centre to collaborate with SAIMS to establish surgical training in Indore, ET HealthWorld.India's First IRCAD Centre To Establish Cutting-Edge Surgical Training In Collaboration With SAIMS To Launch In Indore, The Free Press Journal.
He is pro-chancellorIndore: Develop reading, writing, discussion, skills to become a successful lawyer, The Free Press Journal. of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, director of bariatric surgery at Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics, and a director at Enliten.Bariatric Endoscopy is most suited weight loss procedure for young obese people, DailyHunt.
Career He is one of the first surgeons to perform robotic bariatric surgery in India and the first Indian doctor to perform SADI-S surgery.
In 2013, Bhandari performed bariatric surgery on a six-year-old boy weighing about 60 kilograms at the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences in Indore; he said the boy was the youngest patient in India to undergo the procedure.
In 2020, Bhandari and colleagues published outcomes of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedures performed at his centre from 2017, described in the journal Digestive Endoscopy as the first Indian experience with the procedure.
In July 2021, he was appointed as a specialist member by the National Board of Examinations (NBE), India, in connection with the development of a training program in obesity surgery. His role included contributing to institutional eligibility criteria, curriculum development, and examination standards for the program.National Board of Examinations Starts Syllabus on Obesity, ePaper Dainik Bhaskar.
In September 2022, Allurion Technologies launched its weight-loss device in India following approval from the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation. Bhandari was associated with the introduction of the device in India and participated in clinical studies conducted before its approval.Cutting Edge: With this balloon pill, you can lose weight without surgery, control sugar spikes, The Indian Express.
Telesurgery In July 2025, Bhandari performed a robotic bariatric telesurgery from Gurugram on a patient in Indore, approximately 850 kilometres away. Later that month, he performed a robotic gastric bypass from Strasbourg, France, on a patient in Indore.
In May 2026, he performed a robotic gastrojejunostomy on a patient in Indore from Perth, Australia, a distance of approximately 10,000 kilometres, using the SSI Mantra surgical robotic system.Indian doctor in Australia performs surgery on patient 10,000 km away in Indore, India Today. The procedure was carried out during the 94th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, held in Perth from 30 April to 3 May 2026.
Records In 2015, he was listed in the Limca Book of Records in connection with a series of 25 bariatric surgeries performed within an eleven-hour period by a surgical team of approximately 40 members. The previous record had been attributed to surgeon Atul Peters, who performed 16 surgeries in a twelve-hour period. He also performed bariatric surgery on Dharamveer, a patient from Mauritius who was reported to weigh 410 kilograms, at Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics in Indore. On 15 August 2026, Bhandari led a team that performed 51 robotic bariatric surgeries in 14 hours using six robotic surgical systems, as part of an initiative called "Surgical Swaraj".51 robotic bariatric surgeries performed in a day as part of 'Surgical Swaraj', ThePrint. Documentation from the event was submitted to Guinness World Records and the World Book of Records for verification.
Personal life He is married to Shilpa Bhagdikar, a gynaecologist and an In vitro fertilisation expert.
References
External links Mohak Bariatrics & Robotics, surgery center of Dr. Bhandari Mohit Bhandari on X