Doctors

Brief Profile:

With more than 40 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, Dr. Rakesh Khazanchi currently heads the division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery as the Chairman at Medanta, Gurgaon, Haryana.

He was the Secretary General of the 15th World Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS 2009). Dr. Rakesh Khazanchi has led 22 research projects and published more than 60 papers in national and international medical journals.

His contribution extends to authoring four chapters in textbooks and a book on plastic surgery for general surgeons. His major areas of interest comprise cosmetic surgery, reconstructive microsurgery, and vascular malformations, replantation of amputated parts, and head and neck reconstruction.

Before joining Medanta as the Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Rakesh K. Khazanchi was a Professor and Head of Plastic Surgery at AIIMS, the Head of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery division at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

He completed masters in plastic surgery and general surgery from CMC Ludhiana and a fellowship in microsurgery at the Microsurgery Research Centre at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He has been the President, the former Vice President, and the Founder Secretary of the Association of Phonosurgeons in India.

He is the Founder and life member of the Indian Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery as well as the Brachial Plexus Surgery Group of India. He is also an eminent life member of many medical groups in India.

Education and Training:

MBBS - Christian Dental College, 1975

MS - General Surgery - Christian Dental College, 1980

M.Ch - Plastic Surgery - Christian Dental College, 1983

Expertise:

Cosmetic Surgery

Reconstructive Surgery

Vascular Malformations

Brachial Plexus Surgery

Experience:

Director*

 Plastic, Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon

Senior Consultant & Head

 Dept. of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 1999 - 2009

Professor and Head

Department of Plastic Surgery

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1985 - 1989

Membership and Fellowship:

Life Member - Association of Surgeons of India

Life Member - Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Life Member - Indian Society of Head and Neck Oncology

Life Member - Delhi State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India

Life Member - Delhi State Chapter of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Founder Life Member - Indian Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Life Member - Indian Society for surgery of Hand

Life Member of Indian Association of Aesthetic plastic surgeons of India

Member - Indian Society of Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies

Founder Life Member - of Brachial Plexus surgery group of India

Life Member - Indian Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery

Awards and Achievements:

Distinction in MS (Surgery) by CMC Ludhiana, Punjab University

Gold Medal by Punjab University, Chandigarh (MBBS) by CMC Ludhiana, Punjab University