Dr. Vandana Soni
Senior Director
34 years of experienceGeneral Surgeons, Obesity and Bariatric Surgeon
MBBS, MS
Max Smart Super Speciality Medical Centre, Saket, New Delhi
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Dr. Vandana Soni is a well?recognized General, Laparoscopic, Minimal Access, and Bariatric Surgeon in the Delhi NCR region. She brings over 34 years of professional experience in minimally invasive, laparoscopic, and endoscopic procedures. Her specialty includes laparoscopic cholecystectomy, inguinal hernia repair, epigastric hernia repair, sleeve gastroplasty, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgery, and laser surgery for piles, fissures, and fistulas. She also performs endoscopic neck surgery for thyroid and parathyroid diseases. Dr. Soni is known for her specialization in Scarless neck surgery Endoscopic surgery for gastroesophageal reflux, appendix, gall bladder stones Endoscopic surgery for anorectal diseases Obesity and weight surgeries She earned her MBBS from the Univ. Coll. of Medical Sciences and GTB Hosp., New Delhi, in 1990 and her MS in General Surgery from Lady Hardinge Medical Coll., New Delhi, in 1995. Dr. Soni has managed numerous complex medical cases and is recognized for her precise diagnostic skills and compassionate patient care. She has participated in research and workshops within the field of general surgery and has published numerous publications. She is an active part of the Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA), the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OMSSI), the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons (IAGES), and the Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS).Education
MBBS, Univ. Coll. of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hosp., New Delhi, 1990 MS (General Surgery), Lady Hardinge Medical Coll. and Allied Hosp., New Delhi, 1995Past Experience
Consultant (Minimal Access Surgery), Sir Ganga Ram, New Delhi, 2009 Registrar (Department of Pediatric Surgery), Kalavati Saran Children's Hosp., 1996Awards
Sri Raja Laxmi Ramachandran Trophy for exemplary devotion to duty in 1993-94 ‘Surgeon of Excellence’ accolade by Surgical Review Corporation, USA The best publication accolade titled “Endoneck Surgery” at Fourth Congress of IAGES 2000, Sri Ramachandra Medical Coll. and Research Inst., Chennai
Associations/Membership
Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OMSSI) Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS) Hernia Society of India (HSI) Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons (IAGES)
Paper Published
Dr. Vandana Soni has published over 130 articles and research publications in well?recognized national and international journals. Some of these are: Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2024). Management of Latrogenic Peritoneal Tears during TEP Repair of Inguinal Hernia. 10.1007/978-981-97-2385-0. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2024). Indirect Inguinal Hernia. 10.1007/978-981-97-2190-0. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2022). Parietalization of spermatic cord. 10.1007/978-981-19-1371-6_5. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2022). Deployment of prosthetic mesh. 10.1007/978-981-19-1999-2_6. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2022). Completion of preperitoneal dissection. 10.1007/978-981-19-1999-2_5. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2022). Endoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Exploration for Undescended Testes, Orchidopexy and Hernia Repair (EHS, Left PL1). 10.1007/978-981-19-2102-5. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2024). Laparoscopic High Ligation of Inguinal Hernia for Pediatric Congenital Inguinal Hernia: Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniotomy. 10.1007/978-981-97-1835-1. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2022). Hybrid Total Extraperitoneal Repair for an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia (EHS, Left PL3). 10.1007/978-981-19-2159-9. Bhasker, AparnaGovil & Khaitan, Manish & Bindal, Vivek & Kumar, Amardeep & Rajkumar, Anirudh & Kaushal, Anshuman & Prasad, Arun & Parikh, Chirag & Sethi, Daksh & Goel, Deep & Hareendran, DeepakThampi & Bedi, Digvijay & Jammu, GurvinderSingh & Leo, Jayanth & Kular, Kuldeepak & Narwaria, Mahendra & Chikkachanappa, Mahesh & Motwani, Manish & Bharucha, Manoj & Soni, Vandana. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric surgery in India: An Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India survey of 1307 patients. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 17. 542. 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_2_21. Chowbey, Pradeep & Kelkar, Rajat & Soni, Vandana & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish. (2021). Role of DiaRem Score in Preoperative Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Remission After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Indian Perspective. Obesity Surgery. 31. 1-6. 10.1007/s11695-020-05129-4. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2021). Endoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repair for Direct Inguinal Hernia (EHS, left PM3). 10.1007/978-981-16-0573-4. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana. (2021). Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repair for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia in Female (EHS, Right PL2, Left PL1). 10.1007/978-981-16-3300-3. Sharma, Anil & Sinha, Chaitanya & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana & Khullar, Rajesh & Chowbey, Pradeep. (2020). Hybrid approach for ventral incisional hernias of the abdominal wall: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of minimal access surgery. 17. 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_146_19. Bhasker, Aparna & Prasad, Arun & Raj, P. & Wadhawan, Randeep & Khaitan, Manish & Agrawal, Abhay & Tantia, Om & Baig, Sarfaraz & Palaniappan, Raj & Shivaram, H. & Shah, Sumeet & Soni, Vandana & Bhandari, Mohit & Shivhare, Rakesh & Dhorepatil, Shrihari & Chowbey, Pradeep & Narwaria, Mahendra & Shah, Shashank & Khullar, Rajesh. (2020). Trends and progress of bariatric and metabolic surgery in India. Updates in Surgery. 72. 10.1007/s13304-020-00774-x. Sarwal, Ankush & Sharma, Anil & Khullar, Rajesh & Soni, Vandana & Baijal, Manish & Chowbey, Pradeep. (2018). Laparoscopic splenectomy for large splenic pseudocyst: A rare case report and review of literature. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 15. 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_82_18. Chowbey, Pradeep & Baijal, Manish & Kantharia, Nimisha & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Soni, Vandana. (2016). Mesenteric Defect Closure Decreases the Incidence of Internal Hernias Following Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: a Retrospective Cohort Study. Obesity surgery. 26. 10.1007/s11695-016-2049-8. Meher, Sadananda & Baijal, Manish & Soni, Vandana & Sharma, Anil & Khullar, Rajesh & Chowbey, Pradeep. (2015). Epidermoid cyst at a rare location, as a content of inguinal hernia: A case report with a review of the literature. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 12. 10.4103/0972-9941.169993. Soni, Vandana & Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Baijal, Manish. (2014). Roux En Y Gastric Bypass-Revisional Versus Primary Bariatric Procedure. 1144-1144. Chowbey, Pradeep & Khullar, Rajesh & Mehrotra, Magan & Sharma, Anil & Soni, Vandana & Baijal, Manish. Symposium - Sir Ganga Ram Hosp. classification of groin and ventral abdominal wall hernias. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery (ISSN: 0972-9941) Vol 2 Num 3. Chowbey, Pradeep & Murtaza, Pithawala & Khullar, Rajesh & Sharma, Anil & Soni, Vandana & Baijal, Manish. Symposium - Totally extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia: A case for bilateral repair. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery (ISSN: 0972-9941) Vol 2 Num 3.
Area of Expertise
- Adjustable Gastric Band (AGB)
- Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss
- Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS)
- Duodenal Switch Surgery
- Gastric Band Surgery
- Morbid Obesity