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Dr.C.Palanivelu

Chairman,MS, MCh, DNB, FACS, FRCS(Hon) Ed.,

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About Dr.C.Palanivelu

Dr Palanivelu is the First to introduce Laparoscopic surgery in south India after realising the importance of Laparoscopic surgery to indian people without delay. 80% of Indian population are farmers and labourers. Faster recovery with minimal morbidity is vital to our people.

Dr C Palanivelu pioneer in laparoscopic cancer operation and advanced laparoscopic operation has innovated many new operations first time in the world. Authored many books and conducting training courses in advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Contact Information
  • Chairman-GEM Hospital and Research Centre
  • Professor & Director-Institute of Gastroenterology & Minimal Access Surgery
  • Managing Trustee-GEM Digestive Diseases Foundation – Charitable Trust



Recognitions :

  • World Great Surgeon
  • Best Doctor Award
  • Lifetime Achievement Award




  • Pseudocyst Pancreas
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Cancer of Pancreas


Social And Community Service

    GEM Digestive Diseases Foundation and Charitable Trust

  • To serve the needy and economically backward common public.Conduction of 65 in house periodic free medical camps.
  • Provision of high tech medical facilities and treatment at free / affordable cost.
  • Served 43,225 of patients till now 2,777 of free laparoscopic surgeries.
  • Financial assistance for poor students to persuade education


    Free Medical ward at GEM Hospital

  • 20 beds exclusively to cater medical services including laparoscopic surgeries free of cost forthe needy people


    Health Education

  • To make everyone realize “Prevention is better than cure”
  • A serial of lectures in Doordarshan – “Vayirae Nalama”, 2005
  • Major issues for discussion on Obesity and GI Malignancies aiming Prevention and early detection, cure
  • Periodic Hepatitis-B Awareness and free vaccination programmes every year one month in August.


    Establishment of first Preventive gastroenterology Clinic

  • Obesity Awareness – Mini Marathon
  • For early detection
  • For health education
  • Cancer screening




Awards & Achievements

Olympic Silver Medal, in International Olympic Surgery, Phoniex, USA, 2009.
Best Doctor Award” by TamilNadu Government, 2011
Life Time Achievement Award of District Rotary Coimbatore, 2012
Vocational excellence award of Rotary International, 2011
The Award of “Brand Ambassador of Coimbatore” by The Indian chamber of Commerce and Industry Coimbatore, 2012
Fellowship Ad Hominem Award, by Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh – the highest honour of the college, United Kingdom. 2003
“For The Sake of Honour Award” 2009 by Mount Rotary Chennai, 2009
Best International Video Award, Annual Congress of America College of Surgeons, New Orleans, USA, 2007.
SAGES Awards from the ‘Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons’(2003, 2004 & 2005)
Best Technique Award for Cancer Esophagus, 10th International Society of Disease of Esophagus, Japan, 2010
“Bheeshmacharya award” by Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India during the Annual conference AMASICON 2012, Coimbatore 2012
Honorary Fellowship conferred by Latin American old University, First Indian Honored in Latin America
Best Video Award, European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, 16th Annual Conference at Stockholm, Sweden 2008
Vocational excellence award of Rotary International, 2011