Dr Jayashree Todkar has been appointed the Secretary of ‘Obesity Surgery Society of India’ (OSSI) for next three years. OSSI is India’s national association for bariatric surgeons and allied health professionals, involved in delivering comprehensive bariatric and metabolic surgical care.
Dr Todkar currently heads the Department of Bariatric and Metabolic surgery at Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, Powai. Through this appointment, Dr Todkar aims to work towards creating enhanced awareness about obesity and diabetes– one of the largest killer diseases in India. Dr Todkar has made remarkable contributions to the sphere in her career.
She is the Director of International Center of Excellence for Bariatric surgery and has received accreditation from Surgical Review Corporation from US.
She is also very active in research of related surgical fields with various surgical organisations at national and international levels. She has presented and published her work in laparoscopy and obesity surgery and has been invited as a speaker at many prestigious national and international forums. She is also an active and prominent part of the research in surgery for treatment of Type 2 diabetes.