Dr. Pavan Addala is a Surgical Gastroenterologist with 19 years of experience treating the full range of digestive system conditions, from routine hernia and gallbladder surgery to complex cancer and transplant cases. He has performed over 16,000 GI surgeries and currently practices at Medicover Hospitals, Secunderabad, where his roles include Chief Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist and Program Head for Liver & Pancreas Transplant — the latter reflecting an advanced sub-specialization built on top of a broad general surgical practice, not a replacement for it.
After his MBBS and MS in General Surgery at Manipal University, Dr. Addala went on to specialise further, completing his DNB in Surgical Gastroenterology at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai — one of the country's more demanding training programs in the field. He earned fellowships in advanced laparoscopic surgery (FIAGES, and FALS in Oncology), and later completed a certificate course in endobariatrics at Mohak's Bariatric Centre in Indore, adding weight-loss surgery to his skill set.
In 2016, Dr. Addala became the first surgeon in Andhra Pradesh to perform POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy) for Achalasia Cardia, followed by STER (Submucosal Tunneling and Endoscopic Resection) in 2017 — together known as Third Space Endoscopic Surgery. He also sits on the advisory board for Teleflex Medicals.
Learn more about Third Space Endoscopy →Chief Consultant Surgical Gastroenterologist and Program Head, Liver & Pancreas Transplant.
Senior Consultant, GI Surgery and Bariatrics.
Program Head, GI Surgery and Bariatric Surgery.
Consultant GI Surgeon. Headed the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology from 2015 to 2017.
Across 19 years and 16,000+ GI surgeries, Dr. Addala's practice has always covered the everyday alongside the complex: hernia repair, gallbladder disease, reflux and hiatal hernia, piles and fissures, and inflammatory bowel disease sit alongside GI cancer surgery, pancreas and HPB conditions, and, more recently, liver and pancreas transplant. The advanced sub-specializations are additions to that base, not a narrowing of it. His practice also includes robotic-assisted surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System, offered for suitable cases alongside laparoscopic and open techniques.
Dr. Addala is a member of several professional bodies that matter in this field: the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG), the Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI), the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons (IAGES), the Indian Pancreas Club (IPC), the Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI), and the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI).
Beyond the operating room, Dr. Addala has spent time teaching and writing. He worked as an Assistant Professor at Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijayawada, and co-authored two textbook chapters on managing GI bleeding, published in 2016. He has presented his surgical work at national and international conferences, including IHPBA Mumbai and ILTS London.
See Dr. Addala's full publication and conference record →Dr. Addala consults with patients in Telugu, English, Hindi, and Kannada.
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