Dr. James Zachariah Pulimuttil

Dr. James Zachariah Pulimuttil is a highly experienced General, Laparoscopic, and Bariatric Surgeon in Dubai with more than three decades of surgical practice. He graduated from Andhra Medical College, Vizag, in 1984 and later completed his MS in General Surgery from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, in 1992. Early in his career, he served at the Christian Medical Colleges in Vellore and Ludhiana and was selected as a faculty member at CMCH Ludhiana, where he trained future surgeons.

He later held senior roles in India, including Head of General and Laparoscopic Surgery at CARE Hospital, where he established and led the department for six years. In 2010, he became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and he continued to build his expertise through fellowships and specialized training in trauma care, GI endoscopy, colorectal surgery, and bariatric/metabolic surgery. He moved to Dubai in 2014 and worked for over a decade at Zulekha Hospital Dubai, where he also served as Head of the Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery and Chairman of the Drugs and Therapeutic Committee, before being listed at Medcare Royal Specialty Hospital.

Dr. James has advanced expertise in bariatric surgery, metabolic surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, hernia surgery, thyroid surgery, colorectal surgery, emergency abdominal surgery, and high-risk multidisciplinary cases. His official profile also highlights that he is skilled in sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic gastric bypass, mini gastric bypass, revision bariatric surgery, and endobariatric procedures.

• MBBS – Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam (1984)
• MS (General Surgery) – Christian Medical College, Ludhiana (1992)
• FICS (ফেলো অফ দ্য ইন্টারন্যাশনাল কলেজ অফ সার্জনস)
• FACRSI (Fellow of the Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India)
• FAIS (ফেলো অফ দ্য অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অফ সার্জনস অফ ইন্ডিয়া)
• ATLS (অ্যাডভান্সড ট্রমা লাইফ সাপোর্ট) সার্টিফাইড
• Training in GI Endoscopy
• Endobariatric Training – MOHAK Bariatrics
• Advanced Endobariatric Full Thickness Suturing Training – Tel Aviv

• Gall bladder stone disease with and without jaundice
• Acute appendicitis and acute abdominal conditions
• গ্যাস্ট্রো-ইসোফেজিয়াল রিফ্লাক্স ডিজিজ
• Morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome
• Uncontrolled diabetes with obesity
• Thyroid swellings, including thyroid cancer
• Inguinal, femoral, and umbilical hernias, including complex and rare hernias
• Breast lumps, including cancer, and inflammatory breast conditions
• Hemorrhoids, anal fistula, and fissures
• Blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma
• কোলন এবং রেকটাল ক্যান্সার
• Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and diverticulitis require surgical management

• স্লিভ গেটসটোমি
• গ্যাস্ট্রিক বাইপাস
• মিনি গ্যাস্ট্রিক বাইপাস
• রিভিশন বারিয়েরেটিক সার্জারি
• ল্যাপ গ্যাস্ট্রিক ব্যান্ডিং
• Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal / Cholecystectomy
• Appendectomy
• গুড লাক!
• ল্যাপারোস্কোপিক হার্নিয়া মেরামত
• Hemicolectomy
• হুইপল এর পদ্ধতি
• Colorectal সার্জারি
• থাইরয়েড সার্জারি
• Endobariatric procedures, including endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty-related training exposure

• আমেরিকান কলেজ অফ সার্জনস (ACS)
• ইন্টারন্যাশনাল কলেজ অফ সার্জনস (ICS)
• এসোসিয়েশন অফ সার্জনস অফ ইন্ডিয়া (এএসআই)
• অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অফ কোলন অ্যান্ড রেকটাল সার্জন অফ ইন্ডিয়া (ACRSI)
• Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI)
• ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ফেডারেশন ফর দ্য সার্জারি অফ ওবেসিটি অ্যান্ড মেটাবলিক ডিসঅর্ডার (IFSO)
• সোসাইটি অফ আমেরিকান গ্যাস্ট্রোইনটেস্টাইনাল অ্যান্ড এন্ডোস্কোপিক সার্জনস (SAGES)
• এমিরেটস মেডিকেল অ্যাসোসিয়েশন (ইএমএ)
• Emirates Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ESMBS)
• Asia Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Society (APMBSS)

• Outstanding International Bariatric Fellow Award (Taiwan - 2015): Awarded internationally by the Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center (APMBSC) at Min-Sheng Hospital, Taiwan, for demonstrating absolute milestone excellence in clinical performance and breakthrough research in metabolic surgery.
• Prolific Scientific Educator Designation: Contributed significantly to global weight-loss surgery literature, authoring original clinical trials and research papers in high-impact indexed international bariatric journals (including Obesity Surgery), tracking long-term resolution metrics of comorbidities, accumulating over 140+ global citations.