Dr. Hemanth Kumar Kasaragod has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Laparoscopic and Minimal Access Surgeries. He has performed over 25000 surgeries including simple and advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeries over these years. He worked in his early days at Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi before moving on to Fortis Group of Hospitals. His knowledge about open surgical procedures is profound having performed almost all of the procedures done in General Surgery including breast and thyroid surgeries. He has various fellowship degrees in the field of Minimal access/Laparoscopic surgeries. His expertise includes Gastro-Intestinal(G.I)/Colorectal (Benign and Cancer) surgeries along with Metabolic including diabetes Mellitus and Bariatric (weight loss) surgeries. His keen interest in advanced laparoscopic and minimal access surgery including laparoscopic Whipples surgery, laparoscopic oncology/ cancer surgery, laparoscopic diaphragmatic/ hiatal hernia, laparoscopic radical surgeries including radical Gastrectomy, radical cholecystectomy, laparoscopic sphincter preserving ultra low anterior resection, laparoscopic abdominoperinal resections are well known. His work in the field of advanced hernia repair with laparoscopy for Inguinal, umbilical, incisional, complex and lateral wall hernias is well recognised.He has performed surgeries on various platforms like conferences and workshops. He is adept in the latest techniques and technology involved in the procedures. He has presented papers in various National and International forums. He has published papers in various Journals and has been a co-author in the chapter of Surgical Textbooks. He also has experience in Robotic Surgery (Da Vinci Xi) and has performed and assisted various cases including G.I and Bariatric Surgery. With a keen interest in teaching, he has conducted various workshops in the fields of Hernia surgery, Bariatric Surgery, and MIPH (STAPLED HAEMARRHOIDECTOMY and STARR procedure). He is a member of various surgical societies. He is an avid Badminton and Cricket player having played at various National Levels