Dr CP

Prof. C Palanivelu MS, MCh, MNAMS, FRCS(Ed), FACS.
Chairman of the institute and Director of GEM Hospital


Dr. C.Palanivelu, the guiding light of GEM institution, is a visionary, a surgeon par excellence, and an innovator all rolled into one. Dr. C. Palanivelu has many firsts to his credit. He has been instrumental in introducing the “Key Hole Surgery” or “the minimally invasive Surgery” to South India.

With technology playing a predominant role, he has innovated surgical instruments and infused new methods and procedures to perform minimally invasive surgery for a wide spectrum of diseases. Armed with more than two decades of professional experience and an uncanny ability to perform Laparoscopic Surgery with ease he has earned a prestigious position among the medical fraternity. He has crossed many milestones in his illustrious carrier and now GEM is reckoned as a globally reputed Hospital & Research Centre.

Dr.C.Palanivelu, Director of GEM Hospital is the founder President of the organization AMASI and recently been elected as the All India President of The Association of Surgeons for a term of two years.