Dr. Richie Gupta

Dr. Richie Gupta has been in clinical practice in the field of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, since past 22 years. He is widely experienced in all aspects of Plastic Surgery. He is one of the leading surgeons in the country in the field of Sex Change Surgery and Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery. He also has a special inter. Presently, he is Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh. The Department together with Department of Dermatology is providing the latest in the field of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery. A large number of reconstructive surgeries such as craniofacial surgery, post cancer resection reconstructive surgery, microvascular and free flap surgery, sex change surgery, hand and brachial plexus surgery, post burns reconstructive surgery and surgery for correction of birth defects are routinely carried out in this Department. This Department is also the leading unit in country in terms of number of sex change operations being performed, currently, around 15-20 per year. Dr. Richie has many publications in National and International Journals, to his credit._x000D_ Well versed in the management of a large spectrum of plastic surgery cases, Dr. Richie Gupta core areas of expertise include microsurgery and free flaps, hand surgery and re-implantations, maxilla facial surgery, burns and cosmetic surgery, reconstructive surgery, cleft surgery and hair replacement surgery (flaps and micro hair transplants). He is also efficient in performing Gender Affirmation (Sex Reassignment) Surgeries.

Dr. Richie Gupta is the founding Director of Association for Transgender Health In India (ATHI) and It’s professional wing- Indian Professional Association for Transgender Health (IPATH). He routinely participates in Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs and conferences. Prominent amongst these are the IPATHCON 2019, in which he was the organizing chairperson. He co wrote the surgical chapter in and was instrumental in the release of the first ever Indian Standards of Care for persons with gender incongruence and people with differences in sexual development/ orientation (ISCO1), which was released during online IPATHCON 2020.