Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: MBBS, MS (General Surgery), FMAS

Designation: Consultant, General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery

Years of experience: 8 years  

Areas of expertise:

• Bariatric Surgery
• Hernia & Abdominal wall reconstruction surgery
• Robotic Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgeries

Introduction:

Dr. Harsh Sheth is a Minimal Access Surgeon with a special interest in gastro-intestinal & bariatric surgery. He has completed his basic surgical training at Seth G.S Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, followed by clinical and research fellowship stints at Stanford University, California and All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. He has subsequently successfully graduated from a Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) accredited fellowship in minimal access & bariatric surgery (FMAS) from Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, where he was specifically trained in Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Harsh has vast experience in the field of bariatric and metabolic surgery and has performed 2000+ bariatric surgeries, both primary as well as revisional surgeries. He is also one of the only surgeons who is certified and has successfully performed surgeries using three different robotic surgery platforms: Intutive DaVinci, CMR robotics and SSI Mantra.

Awards & Publications: 

Awards:

• Awarded as 'Outstanding Teacher’ at Saifee Hospital, Mumbai for contribution towards the residency teaching program
• Best Paper Award at the APHS (Asia Pacific Hernia Society) annual conference 2023 for the ‘GENESIS study’
• Won 1st runners-up prize for the ‘Best paper’ category at the TRAUMASICON 2017, for a presentation on ‘Effectiveness of a novel fecal management system in immobilized trauma patients’
• 'Best Thesis (Academic)’ award for ‘Evaluation of patients with suspected Abdominal TB and formulation of a diagnostic scoring system’ at Seth G.S Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital for the year 2014-15
• 'Best Resident (General Surgery)’ award at Seth G.S Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital 2011-2014

Publications:

• Baig S, Sheth H, Viswanath NG, Madhok B; GENESIS Collaborative Group. Patient-reported outcomes in inguinal hernia surgery- Results from the GENESIS study: A multinational multicenter study. World J Surg. 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38470413
• Sheth H, Rao S, Karthik V. Clinical and Health Economic Evaluation of a Novel Device for Fecal Management in Bedridden Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023; 27 (10):759-765
• Baig, S. J., Afaque, M. Y., Priya, P., Sheth, H., Goel, R., Mahawar, K. K., Agarwalla, R., Rajyaguru, A. M., Sharma, A., Ambalamcheri, A. B., Basu, A., Gupta, A., Chaudhary, A., Singh, A., Ahuja, A., Baba, A. A., Khaitan, A., Oommen, A. N., Thangavelu, A., … Soni, V. (2022). Practice and short-term outcomes in ventral hernia repair: a prospective multicenter data audit of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons Research Collaborative. Hernia: The Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10029-022-02666-Y
• Bagasrawala SI, Sheth H, Shah H, Ansari R, Lakdawala M. Metabolic Syndrome Rather than Obesity Alone Is More Significant for Kidney Disease. Obes Surg [Internet]. 2019 Jun 12 [cited 2019 Nov 4]; Available from: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11695-019-04011-2
• Sheth H, Bagasrawala S, Shah M, Ansari R, Olithselvan A, Lakdawala M. The HAALT Non-invasive Scoring System for NAFLD in Obesity. Obes Surg [Internet]. 2019 Apr 23
• Wallace, N., Sheth, H., Garcia, A., Ackermann, M. Evaluating New Innovations in Fecal Management Solutions. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://infectioncontrol.tips/2017/08/03/evaluating-new-in-fecal-management/
• Sheth, H., Rao, S. A., & Venkataramani, K. (2017). Contemporary non-surgical approach for faecal diversion in a case of Fournier’s gangrene. BMJ Case Reports, bcr-2017-222282. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222282

Memberships:

Memberships:

• International Federation for the Surgery for Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Obesity Surgical Society of India (OSSI)
• Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES)
• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• Hernia Society of India (HSI)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
• Asia-Pacific Hernia Society (APHS)