Gastro Hernia & Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Sarfaraz J Baig is the Director, Digestive Surgery Clinic based out of Belle Vue Hospital, and a Senior Consultant GI Surgeon in the city of Kolkata. He has a practice of over 20 years with more than 10000 surgeries. His expertise is recognised in laparoscopic surgery, bariatric surgery, hernia and Abdominal wall reconstruction surgery, biliary surgery, anti reflux surgery and colorectal surgery. His qualifications are MBBS MS FRCS FIAGES FALS FMBS. He served the State Healthcare from the year 2000 to 2006 as an Assistant Professor, General and GI surgery. He loves teaching and has mentored many students in his career. He runs various courses for surgeons at his center. He holds/ held posts in various national bodies- IAGES, OSSI, HSI, IASG. He has conducted many conferences and workshops in the country and has given lectures on his area of expertise both in India and abroad. He is the Associate Editor, Journal of Bariatric Surgery and in the Editorial Board, Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. In his free time, he loves singing, writing poetry, dancing and traveling. His YouTube channel is valuable to many who like watching his operative skills, oratorial talent and listening to his poetry.

Dr. Sarfaraz Baig

Dr. Sarfaraz Baig is one of the frontiersmen of the GI, Laparoscopic, and Bariatric Surgery based in Kolkata. In recent times, his area of work mainly focuses on bariatric surgery, an inevitable surgery for obesity and diabetes. Because of his more than 20 years of work experience, he is now the most referred surgeon for extremely complicated cases. Surprisingly, he has shown his work efficiency all the time and cured his patients of the direst situations. He is an active Executive Committee Member in the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Surgeons, Obesity Surgical Society of India, Hernia Society of India, and many more active associations. Not only surgeries, but Dr. Baig also runs training courses for Bariatric Surgery and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in his own center. More than 200 surgeons from different countries have been successfully trained by him. For better understanding, Dr. Baig actively runs a YouTube channel where more than 100 videos are posted. Millions of people from all over the globe have watched those videos and got beneficial knowledge on various surgical procedures. Dr. Baig has written several books on the topic the surgery. All his books are widely popularized. The chapter on “Surgical Nutrition” is one of them. He is a regular blogger and posts blogs regarding various health issues. Dr. Baig has contributed a lot just to provide his services to all his patients. All he wants is to successfully cure his patients who are suffering from these health issues.