Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala is an Indian surgeon, and he is the founder of the “Digestive Health Institute” in Mumbai.
Wiki/Biography
Dr Muffazal was born on Friday, 22 November 1968 (age 51 years; as in 2019), in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his schooling from Christ Church School, Byculla in Mumbai. He attended the College of St. Xavier, Mumbai, and Topiwala National Medical College in Mumbai. He got his MBBS from Grant Medical College University of Mumbai and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals in Mumbai. Later, he pursued his Masters in Surgery (MS) from BYL Nair Charitable Hospital in Mumbai.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala’s Child Picture
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Family, Caste & Wife
He was born into a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim family.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala’s parents
While in college, he met Bollywood actress Aditi Gowitrikar who was his junior in college. Soon, they became friends and fell in love with each other. Dr. Muffazal and Aditi’s parents opposed their marriage because of different religions. Despite all opposition, the couple married in both Hindu and Muslim wedding ceremonies. Aditi changed her religion to marry her long time boyfriend Dr Muffazal and changed her name to Sarah Lakdawala. They dated for almost seven years and in 1998, the couple got married. In 1999, the couple was blessed with their daughter, Kiara, and in 2007, Aditi gave birth to their second child, Zhiaan. Soon, their happy married life began to face problems, and they decided to divorce in 2008. Reportedly, their different lifestyles were the cause of their rift; as Aditi has started her career in modeling and acting, while Muffazal continues his medical profession.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala and Aditi Gowitrikar
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala With Aditi Gowitrikar and Their Children
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala with Kiara Lakdawala
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala’s Son Zhiaan
After Muffazal divorced Aditi in 2009, he married for the second time in 2011. He married Priyanka Kaul Lakdawala in Goa, who worked at the Institute of Digestive Health, Mumbai. The couple was blessed with a baby boy, Kiaan, shortly after their wedding. In 2020, Priyanka gave birth to twins; a son and a daughter, and their names are Aari Muffazal and Miaa Muffazal.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala with Priyanka Kaul Lakdawala
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala with his son, Kiaan
Twins of Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala
Career
He has worked as a lecturer at BYL Nair Hospital, a teaching hospital in Mumbai. In 2004, he underwent training in Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery with Prof. Seon Hahn Kim in Seoul, South Korea. In 2005, he trained at the Gastrosurgery Unit, with Piet Pattyn from the University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium. In 2006, he trained in Bariatric Surgery with Raul Rosenthal at the Cleveland Clinic, USA. He is one of the surgeons who performed the largest single-incision sleeve gastrectomy in the world. In India, he was the first surgeon to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass. He operated on a 30-year-old woman with unexplained body pain; who have live worms in their bile ducts. He performed a sleeve gastrectomy on one of the youngest patients in his career, a 17-year-old boy Jayesh Malukani. He has also performed Bariatric Surgery on a man from China who weighed 285 kg (627 pounds); one of the heaviest men in Asia.
In 2004, he founded the ‘Digestive Health Institute’ in Mumbai; India’s first Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. In the same year, he was appointed as the Chairman of the ‘Minimum Access Service Institute at Saifee Hospital.’
Controversy
In 2017, the heaviest Egyptian woman in the world, Emam Ahmed (500Kg) was brought to India at Saifee Hospital in Mumbai for bariatric surgery and Dr Muffazal Lakdawala took care of her case. Later, Emam’s mother and sister accused Dr Muffazal Lakdawala of not treating Emam properly, and Emam’s sister called Muffazal a liar in one of his live videos. Emam Saimma’s sister said in an interview,
Mom has not recovered at all. He has been in a critical condition for the past one and a half months and is on massive medication to stop brain activity.”
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala with Eman Ahmed
While Dr Muffazal in his defense said,
Eman is healthy and well. She has recovered well and only a CT scan needs to be done to confirm her neurological condition Actually, Everything was fine with Saimma for the initial 15 days after Eman’s treatment started but when she recovered and we suggested she could be brought back to Egypt, Saimma started creating all these dramas because he did not want to bring his sister back to Egypt for financial reasons, More than a challenge, we took it as a humanitarian cause. We just can’t see him lying like that, so helpless, just waiting for death to come. The risk of this case is 99%. I think now, we have given him a chance to live. If he does physiotherapy properly and wants to be able to walk, Eman will have to work.”
Main Position
- Chair, Position Statement Committee, International Federation of Societies on Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- Board Member, AETF – Asian Endosurgery Task Force (AETF)
- Member, Asia Pacific Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (APMBSS)
- Director, Asian Consensus Meeting on Metabolic Surgery (ACMOMS)
- Head, Department of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai
- Head, Expert Advisory Board for Men’s Health Magazine
Awards, Honors & Achievements
- Silver Medal in Shirin Mehtaji’s Oration for ‘Obstructive Jaundice’ in 1996
- ‘Humanitarian of the year’ by the All India Human Rights Association in 2007
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala in the IFSO Event
Hospital Address
C/o Digestive Health Institute, L301, 3rd Floor, Trade View, Oasis City, Gate No 4, Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400018, Near Starbucks Kamla Mills
Favorite Things
- Clothing: Blazer, Blue Jeans, T-shirt or White Shirt and Brown Shoes
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, when asked about his journey as a successful surgeon, he said,
The journey of a young middle class Muslim boy from Bhendi Bazaar to become the surgeon of the Vice President of India is very interesting to talk about. No member of my family is a doctor to lead the way. It has been a personal journey of ups and downs that has not deterred me from my goal of making a mark in the world of surgery. There was a lot of hard work and sleepless nights, with only one goal: to save one more life. I learned that one’s maximum satisfaction is not in making a lot of money, but in giving back to those less fortunate.”
- He was a gold medalist in Anatomy when he was in his first year of MBBS
- He has performed bariatric surgery on many popular Indian politicians, including Nitin Gadkari, Nawab Malik, Nitin Raut, Vinod Tawde, and Venkaiah Naidu.
- He is one of the Indian surgeons who has demonstrated live surgery in almost every Asian country.
- His hobbies include playing cricket and doing photography.
- He has also played for the Mumbai under-19 cricket team and has played cricket at the national level as well.
- He follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Dr Muffazal Lakdawala Eats Duck and Rice
- He is a fitness freak and regularly works out at the gym.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala at Gym
- He is the author of the book, ‘The Eat Right Prescription: From India’s Leading Weight-Loss Surgeon’ (2016).
- He is better known as Dr Muffi.
- In an interview, when he was asked what his prized possession was, he said,
my watch Each one has a story. The most precious is the Audemars Piguet watch my wife bought me when my son Kiaan was born. It has a name, time and date of birth.”
- In August 2020, Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, Dr Gautam Bhansali and their team members were invited to The Kapil Sharma Show to honor their contribution to society during the coronavirus outbreak.
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala in The Kapil Sharma Show
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
