About

Dr. Praveen C. R. is a well-trained general surgeon at Columbia Asia Hospital - Whitefield. He has 14 years of experience in this field. He is an expert in laparoscopic surgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. He is expertise in handling abdominal surgical emergencies (the acute abdomen) brings reliability to the emergency and out-of-hours surgical work. Dr. Praveen C. R. completed MBBS at MS Ramaiah Medical College, and he gained his MS-General surgery at the Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore. The surgical mentors he has trained with have given him a very high grade for his surgical abilities. He has done his Diploma in minimal access surgery from World laparoscopy hospital, Delhi. He has worked with eminent General and GI surgeons of the Armed Forces and Indian Air Force. Moreover, he was part of the GI surgery team in a tertiary care center of a medical college in Nepal and published various papers during this tenure. Also, he has a Fellowship in endoscopy and advanced laparoscopy in Hepato-biliary pancreatic surgery from the Indian association of gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgeons of India (IAGES) and a Fellowship in colorectal surgery awarded by the Association of colon and rectal surgeons of India (ACRSI).