Dr. Vandana Soni

Senior Director

34 Years of Experience

General Surgeon, Obesity and Bariatric Surgeon

MBBS, MS

Reg. No.:35334, Delhi Medical Council

Max Hospital, Gurgaon

Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Vandana Soni

Dr. Vandana Soni is a renowned General, Laparoscopic, Minimal Access, and Bariatric Surgeon in the Delhi NCR region.
She has over 34 years of 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 expertise 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 University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, New Delhi, in 1990 and her MS in General Surgery from Lady Hardinge Medical College, 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 papers.
She is an active member 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).

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Education

MBBS, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, 1990
MS (General Surgery), Lady Hardinge Medical College and Allied Hospital, New Delhi, 1995

Past Experience

Consultant (Minimal Access Surgery), Sir Ganga Ram, New Delhi, 2009
Registrar (Department of Pediatric Surgery), Kalavati Saran Children's Hospital, 1996

Awards

Sri Raja Laxmi Ramachandran Trophy for exemplary devotion to duty in 1993-94
‘Surgeon of Excellence’ award by Surgical Review Corporation, USA
The best paper award titled “Endoneck Surgery” at Fourth Congress of IAGES 2000, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, 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 more than 130 articles and research papers in renowned 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 Hospital 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.