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Dr. Tulip is the chief bariatric surgeon and director of TODS, Dr. Tulip’s Obesity and Diabetes Surgery Hospital Bangalore which is the first standalone Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Hospital in South India. TODS Hospital is also a COE Centre of Excellence accredited by the OSSI, Obesity Surgery Society of India. Dr. Tulip has been given the SOE, Surgeon of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Surgery (Diabetes Surgery) by the SRC, Surgical Review Corporation USA. She is the leading bariatric surgeon in Karnataka and has had the opportunity to perform bariatric surgeries on Mr. Ashok Kheney, Mr. Ravi Belegere, Doddanna, Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Mr. Revansiddaiah.

In Bangalore, she started her work as a laparoscopic surgeon with renowned surgeon Dr. M Ramesh at A.V Hospital. Later she worked as a laparoscopic and bariatric/ obesity surgeon in BGS Global Hospitals which is now known as Glen Eagles Global Hospital. Following this, she started and developed the department of Minimally Access Surgery and Obesity Surgery at Vikram Hospitals Bengaluru along with teacher turned colleague Dr M Ramesh. Surprisingly, this bariatric surgeon has also done a 3D Animation course in Maya and has contributed to medical animations in the field of laparoscopic surgery, bariatric and metabolic surgery. These animations make it very easy to understand the surgery procedure and the way the surgery works.

Having operated on many type 2 diabetes patients successfully, being witness to their happiness and surprise on being able to stop insulin and stop tablets for diabetes, and hearing them rename this metabolic surgery as Magic surgery, Dr. Tulip is now focussing on spreading awareness among type 2 diabetics about the existence of such a wonder surgery for eligible type 2 diabetes patients only. It is not very easy and comfortable for all ladies to consult with a male doctor. Being a lady surgeon she has made it very comfortable for obese women from all parts of the world to feel free to consult and express their problems. Personal life[edit] Dr. Tulip was born in the town of Bhusawal in Maharashtra on the 15th of October 1970. Born of loving and adorable parents Prof Mr. Louis Alphonso and Mrs. Daphne Alphonso, she completed her graduation at St Aloysius High School at Bhusawal. Dr Tulip got her MBBS and MS degrees in the years 1993 and 1997 respectively under her maiden name Dr. Tulip Alphonso. She has a flair for languages and speaks English, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarathi, Sindhi. Her interests lie in fitness, 3D Animation, and councelling.

Dr. Tulip exchanged rings and vows with Mumbai based Mr Brendon Chamany an MBA from IIT Mumbai, at the age of 26 at Sacred Heart Church Bhusawal on 4th January 1997. They stayed in Mumbai for 7 long years and then settled down in Bangalore in the year 2003. She is a proud mother of a 13-year-old son, Bruce Michael Chamany born in Bangalore in the year 2006. Career[edit] Dr. Tulip has a long journey in her career starting as a general surgeon, then the laparoscopic surgeon and finally and bariatric and Metabolic surgeon. The first Lady Bariatric surgeon to start a Single Speciality Bariatric and Metabolic Hospital in INDIA. The first Lady Metabolic surgeon In India to have operated on her mother who was having type 2 diabetes for a duration of 11 and a half long years and was on 9 tablets to control her sugar levels. As early as 2008, she performed metabolic surgery on her mother aged 63 years who is now 75yrs of age and has been off diabetes medication since the 2nd day of surgery to date.

Dr. Tulip underwent training in laparoscopic surgery with Dr. Manoj Kamdar in Mumbai and Dr. M Ramesh in Bangalore. She underwent further training in Bariatric Surgery with Dr. Syed Ikramuddin, University of Minnesotta. She has trained surgeons and gynecologists from all over Karnataka in Basic and Advanced Laparoscopy, at the B.E.S.T Institute and Research Centre Bangalore headed by Dr. M Ramesh.

She has trained many surgeons all over India in Bariatric surgery as a part of the PACE program. She is also faculty of the 2 years “Fellowship in Bariatric surgery” by the Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore, and also the “Fellowship in Minimally Access Surgery”. She has given live demonstrations of weight loss surgeries/ bariatric surgeries in conferences and workshops held in many parts of Karnataka, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.

She has been invited to deliver talks at National and International conferences in Rome, Vienna, and Istanbul. She has to her credit the chance of performing successful surgeries on patients of all ages, starting from 9 years of age up to 77 years of age. Her heaviest patient weighing 250 kgs is now 90kgs. She performs a wide range of bariatric surgeries, but her favorite surgery is the Rou en y gastric bypass surgery which has stood the test of time over the last 50 years.

She has not refused any weight loss surgery / bariatric surgery because it is complicated and difficult to perform, and has operated on patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea, post kidney transplant ( renal transplant), post open cardiac bypass surgery( CABG/ Heart bypass surgery), post-cardiac stenting/ coronary artery stenting, ankylosing spondylosis.

Qualification MBBS; MS (General Surgery); FMAS (Fellowship in Minimally Access Surgery); FIAGES (Fellowship of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons); FALS (Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery); FMIBS (Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery USA).

Positions •	Director and Chief Surgeon TODS, Dr. Tulips Obesity and Diabetes Surgery Centre, Bangalore. •	Consultant Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeon Fortis Hospitals Bangalore •	Faculty for “Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery” Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore. •	Faculty for “Fellowship in Minimally Access Surgery” Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore •	Member, Obesity Surgery Society Of India (OSSI) •	Member, IMAGES

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