Dr. Kuldip Singh - Sikhs The Supreme

Dr. Kuldip Singh, Professor of Surgery at DMC, Ludhiana is the FIRST surgeon from developing nations who tackled difficult gall bladder stone cases laparoscopically. In the beginning of laparoscopic surgery in 1991, the cases of gall-bladder were not taken up for laparoscopic surgery due to difficult dis-section and fear of complications. But Dr. Kuldip Singh innovated a method of his own for such surgeries which got world-wide recognition and he became the first surgeon of his kind in developing countries.

In 2000, he was invited to demonstrate and deliver a guest lecture and chair a "free paper session" on laparoscopic gall-bladder surgery in the Seventh World Congress of LaparoEndoscopic Surgery held from May 31 to June 4 in Singapore. Thus he became the first laparoscopic surgeon from Northern India to get this distinction from the World Congress. In March 2004, he again became the FIRST Surgeon from North India to be elected as President of the Indian Association of The Mighty Sikhs / 226 Laparoscopic Surgeons that too unopposed. Again he was invited as main speaker and to chair two sessions in World Conference held in Dec. 8 to 11, 2004 in Japan and he became again FIRST Laparoscopic surgeon from North India to get this honour. He spoke extensively on the gall-bladder stone operations laparoscopically in the World Congress. In March 2003, he was invited in the 10th International Conference of Surgeons of Pakistan held at Lahore. In Pakistan, he demonstrated his technique of doing difficult gall bladder surgery laparoscopically and got great applause from the surgeons of developing countries. Pakistani surgeons also invited him to train them in this type of surgery.

In Aug. 2005, he was invited to chair the plenary session of VII Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic Surgery organized by the Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) held in Hong Kong. The pioneer laparoscopic surgeon, Dr. Singh was conferred the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of England in 2006. Dr. Singh contributed more than 50 research papers and delivered guest lectures at several national and international meetings and seminars. In Feb. 2006, during the National Congress of Endoscopic Surgery held in Bangalore, he was elected unopposed second time as President of the Indian Association Gastro Endo Surgeons for a period of two years (2006-2008). He was also nominated as a member of the Governing Council of the International Federation of Endoscopic Surgical Societies. He also represented India as a member of the Governing Board of Endoscopic the Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia Associations.

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