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Air Cmde (Dr) Pauline Babu (Retd)

Air Cmde (Dr) Pauline Babu (Retd)

Senior Consultant and Head - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), MCh (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)

Air Cmde (Dr) Pauline Babu (Retd)

Senior Consultant and Head - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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Overview

Air Cmde (Dr) Pauline Babu, an expert in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeries at Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai, is an alumnus of Government Medical College Kottayam who then joined Defense Services. She put on military uniform in Indian Air Force in 1993. She did her specialization and super-specialization in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery from the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College Pune. As a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, she has been posted in various military hospitals pan India. She is the only Lady Plastic Surgeon in the Armed Forces so far. Besides several path breaking surgeries in military set up and heading Surgical Departments in various hospitals, she has Commanded Air Force Hospital Gorakhpur and has held multiple administrative posts. For her meritorious services, she was awarded Commendation by Chief of Air Staff.

Post retirement, on 01 June 2022, she joined Mar Sleeva Medicity as Senior Consultant in Plastic Surgery, and was then appointed as Chief of Medical Services in September 2022 besides her professional duties. She is among the best women plastic surgeons in Kerala.

Over a career spanning 33 years, she has obtained substantial expertise in clinical plastic surgery, cosmetic and aesthetic procedures, military trauma care, disaster management, hospital administration, teaching, and quality assurance programs. She has received specialized training in cleft surgeries and micro-neurovascular procedures, and is also an ATLS provider and certified microteaching medical person.

Areas Of Expertise

Congenital Anomalies

  • Cleft lip and palate, Ear deformities (including absent ear), Hand anomalies, Nasal deformities, Hypospadias.
Trauma Reconstruction

  • Limb Injuries: Fractures, dislocations, tendon, nerve, and vascular injuries, soft tissue injuries
  • Faciomaxillary Injuries: Facial reconstruction
  • Brachial Plexus Injuries: Functional nerve transfers, nerve grafting, muscle transfers

Post-Oncological Reconstruction

  • Breast reconstruction, Head and neck reconstruction, Regional reconstruction procedures.
Burns and Post-Burn Deformities

Micro-Neurovascular Surgery

  • Free tissue transfer, Replantation and revascularisation, Brachial plexus surgeries.
Aesthetic surgeries

  • Office Procedures: Facial rejuvenation (Botoxing, Fillers, dermabrasions, PRP therapy), Ear lobe repairs, piercings
  • Lipodystrophies: Suction Assisted Lipectomy / open surgery
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Body Contouring: Hands, breast, face
  • Breast Surgeries: Augmentation / reduction / mastopexy / reconstructions
  • Nasal Deformities: Rhinoplasty / Reconstruction
  • Facial Rejuvenation Procedures: Ptosis surgery, blepharoplasty, face lift, eyebrow lift, fat grafting

Vascular disorders and malformations

  • Cystic hygroma, A-V malformations.

Qualifications

MBBS from Government Medical College Kottayam

MS (Gen Surgery) from Armed Forces Medical College Pune

DNB (Gen Surgery) from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi

MCh (Plastic Surgery) from Armed Forces Medical College Pune

Training in Microsurgery from Ganga Hospital Coimbatore

Training in Cleft Surgeries from Charle’s Pinto Center Jubilee Mission Hospital

Microteaching from Armed Forces Medical College Pune

Work Experience

Professor in Surgery (2019-2022) Command Hospital Air force Bangalore

Commanding Officer, Air Force Hospital, Gorakhpur, UP (2016-2019)

Associate Professor in Surgery (2010-2016) Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore

HOD Surgery, 5 Air force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam (2008-2009)

Assistant Professor in Surgery (2001-2005) AFMC Pune, Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore

Memberships

Life member of Association of Surgeons of India

Life member of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Life member of Indian Society of Surgery of Hand

Life member of Indian Medical Association

Life member of Kerala Plastic Surgeons Association

Affordable Treatment

Affordable Treatment

We provide the most affordable treatment in the health sector.

Holistic Care

Holistic Care

Full-fledged Modern medicine, Ayurveda and Homoeopathy under one roof

Critical Medical Care

Critical Medical Care

Critical medical care for people who have life-threatening injuries and illnesses.