1. When minimally invasive surgical method was first developed in France in 1989, Pradeep Chowbey underwent training in the procedure at Singapore General Hospital from the pioneers of the technology such as Mohan Chellappa which helped him to perform the first Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in North India.
At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Pradeep Chowbey established Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre where the team led by him is reported to have performed over 55,000 minimally invasive procedures.
Pradeep Chowbey has been involved in the designing of the International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery Program of the Surgical Review Corporation, USA and was one of the key members among the founders of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society where he served as the founder president.
Pradeep Chowbey is the president of the Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society, Asia Pacific Chapter of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders and has served Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India and the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons as their president.
Pradeep Chowbey sits in the Board of Governors of the Gasless Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons Society International and is the Advisor to the Asia Pacific Endosurgery Task Force.
Pradeep Chowbey is a founding designee in the International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery Program by Surgical Review Corporation, USA.
Pradeep Chowbey is an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, International Medical Science Academy, International Congress of Surgeons and Association of Surgeons of India.
Pradeep Chowbey is an Honorary Member of the Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgeons, German Hernia Society, Indonesian Hernia Society and Gulf Cooperation Council Hernia Society.
Pradeep Chowbey was included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1997 and the Limca Book of Records for more than 80,000 major minimal access surgeries performed by a surgeon.
Dr Pradeep Chowbey has a Limca Book of Record for establishing the first dedicated Department of Minimal Access Surgery in the Asian subcontinent in 1995 The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2002.
Pradeep Chowbey was the first to introduce the technique called MAFT in entire Asia-Pacific region.
Pradeep Chowbey operated on 14 years old Mihir Jain, believed to be World's heaviest teenager weighing 237 Kilograms in July 2018.
In 2021, Dr Pradeep Chowbey embarked on unleashing the excellence of next generation robot, Versius to extend the benefits of robotic surgery even in common surgical conditions like Gallbladder surgery, hernia etc.