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More than Just Surgery

More than Just Surgery

Life Lessons Beyond the OT

Tehemton Erach Udwadia
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Awarded the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the OBE, Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia is widely regarded as the father of laparoscopy in India. From 1951 as a medical student to the present day, he has not only witnessed first-hand the avalanche of surgical progress, but has also seen lives saved as a result of these advances, be it a disposable plastic syringe or a liver transplant.

In this, his memoirs, he painstakingly maps his journey from his student years through residency, research, surgical practice and surgical teaching with a view to sharing the lessons he has learnt. And what they can teach you.

More Than Just Surgery is a warm personal account of people, incidents, mentors, failures and absurdities against the backdrop of surgery. It is also an engrossing historical account through the eyes and hands of someone who has lived through the journey.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Oct/2021

ISBN: 9780670096510

Length : 304 Pages

MRP : ₹799.00

More than Just Surgery

Life Lessons Beyond the OT

Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Awarded the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the OBE, Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia is widely regarded as the father of laparoscopy in India. From 1951 as a medical student to the present day, he has not only witnessed first-hand the avalanche of surgical progress, but has also seen lives saved as a result of these advances, be it a disposable plastic syringe or a liver transplant.

In this, his memoirs, he painstakingly maps his journey from his student years through residency, research, surgical practice and surgical teaching with a view to sharing the lessons he has learnt. And what they can teach you.

More Than Just Surgery is a warm personal account of people, incidents, mentors, failures and absurdities against the backdrop of surgery. It is also an engrossing historical account through the eyes and hands of someone who has lived through the journey.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia is a renowned teacher and surgeon, the first surgeon in India to introduce laparoscopy in surgery in 1972, and the first to perform laparoscopic surgery in the developing world in 1990.

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