Dr Gunasekar Vuppalapati from a Humble family of farmers and teachers in a remote village, dreamt and became a Doctor on merit, then General Surgeon @ Coimbatore Medical College, where he was inspired by the miraculous plastic surgery work of Prof CN Ramaswamy & qualified in Plastic Surgery from Stanley Medical College, Chennai in 2002. Since then, He operated on thousands, Restoring the Form, Function or both as in birth defects, deformities, hand injuries, Replantation of fingers, hands, lower limb trauma reconstructions, Cleft lip/palate repairs, Head & Neck, Breast Reconstructions, Burns in the early Years of practice and then acclaimed for his Aesthetic Surgeries enhancing whether it be Facial, Breast or Body Aesthetics in the later years to make them more acceptable and pleasant. His attention to detail in his Aesthetic work that produced some shining stars in the young stardom which further attracted many senior artists for their ANTI-AGING procedures. Now he has Super stars and the who’s who his clientele with purpose built celebrity suites for their grooming breaks.
During his stint in UK till 2007, He had experienced a very high standard of care especially for the Burns victims while working in St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery & Burns, @ Chelmsford, Essex, as well as the WW II Era hospital Queen victoria hospital @ East grinstead, where he witnessed survival of upto 93% Burns, still remains a distant dream in India. On his return, he could not produce the same result for Burns victims due to lack of adequate funding, support and dedicated infrastructure in private hospitals to treat burns nor was there a supply of cadaver skin as there was no SKIN BANK at all. Hence, He joined hands with ROTARY BANGALORE MIDTOWN, Victoria hospital to put this basic requirement SKIN BANK in place for the first time in Karnataka in 2016.
He shifted his practice from Apollo to his own Clinic in the name of DrGVG Aesthetic clinics @ Jayanagar in 2008 & elevated to a purpose built facility @ JP Nagar 7th phase in 2017, called “GVG Invivo Hospital”, PROBABLY the 1st Hospital for Anti-aging and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in the country.
He has joined hands with Sparsh Hospitals in 2025 to extend his rich experience and Surgical expertise to build a state of Art Department of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Plastic Surgery to all the patients in need of his expertise choosing RR Nagar, including elite clientale of Sparsh Hospital
He has to his credit Publishing articles in American and British Journals of Plastic surgery, made several International presentations in UK & Europe including the one to Royal College of Surgeons of England, London in 2004, European Burns Association, Lisbon in 2005 and addressed the Italian Society of Plastic Surgeons on a Cruise Conference on the coast of Genoa in 2006.
Most importantly, He is known amongst all hand Surgeons in the world for his discovery of an ARTERY in the Hand called “Commissural Artery of Webspace” and developed a flap called Commissural RDMA flap which made it to the top 10 downloded article in 2004 with more than 100 citations in the journals there after. This discovery was made in his research on Cadaver dissections on 44 hands in a 15th century anatomy lab in St Pare, PARIS, France.
Now he is dedicated to GVG Invivo Hospital@ JP Nagar & Sparsh Hospital @ RR Nagar for his Aesthetic, Trauma, Burns, Oncoplastic Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. He also does voluntary work through Human Healing foundation for the health related charitable work and Rotary International for Social charitable work.
Surgical Expertise:
Cosmetic /Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Rhinoplasty, Blepharoplasty, Fat fillers,
- Keyhole Browlift, Facelift, Necklift,
- Dimple creation, Cheek reductions/enhancement,
- Lip & Chin enhancements/size corrections, Jaw definition
- Botox & Fillers
- Augmentation, Reduction, Lift, Asymmetry/shape correction
- Gynaecomastia Correction
- Liposuction
- VASER Liposelection
- High definition bodysculpting
- Tummy reduction, Abdominoplasty/tummytuck
- Arms reduction/Lift
- Brazillian Butt Lift(BBL)
- Thigh reduction/lift
- Antiaging Makeovers – Face & Body
- Post Weightloss Makeovers – Nips & Tucks
- Mommy Makeovers
- Marriage Makeovers
- Career Makeovers
Maxillofacial Trauma
Hand Surgery
- Hand injuries
- Replantations
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Trigger finger release
- Post burn scar release
- Tendon surgeries
Lower Limb Trauma
- Degloving injuries – Skin graft cover,
- Exposed Bones, Tendons & Metal fixations cover with Local flaps, regional flaps, Microvascular Free flaps
Burns
Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery
Orthognathic Surgery
Hair Restoration
- MicroGRAFT FUE (Scarless) Technique – Baldness upto grade 5
- Moustache, eye brow & Beard hair transplant
Microsurgery
Oncoplastic Reconstruction
- Head & Neck
- Sarcoma – Limb preservation surgery
Breast Reconstruction
- Autolous reconstruction with DIEP flap,
- LD muscle flap with Prosthesis
- TUG flap
Lymphatic Surgery
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Congenital defects & deformities
- Hypospadias & Chordee correction
- Qualified Plastic Surgery in 2002 from a renowned institution Stanley Medical College, Chennai
- Cleft & Craniofacial fellowship, SRMC, Chennai
- Breast & Micro Surgery fellowship, Queen Victoria Hospital at East Grinstead & St Andrews Centre for Plastic surgery at Chelmsford, UK.
- SAC Accredited, certified Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship, McIndoe Surgical Centre at East Grinstead, UK.
- Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2005/2006 & 2010/2011
- Awarded as “Most Promising Plastic Surgeon” by Global Healthcare Excellence Awards 2014.
- Aging process, Longivity, Healthspan,
- Aesthetics & Anti-aging scientific advances,
- Stem cells applications, Hyperbaric Medicine,
- Scarless healing,
- Invivo denovo Tissue Engineering for Skin & Hair regeneation.
- Published 8 articles in British and American Plastic Surgery peer reviewed journals
- Speaker in many Indian, British and European Plastic Surgery meetings since 2005
- Gunasekar Vuppalapati, C Oberlin, G Balakrishnan. Distally based dorsal hand laps: Clinical, Cadaveric studies and an update. Br J Plast Surg, Oct 2004, 57; 653-667.
- Gunasekar Vuppalapati, D Oudit, G. Ross; The digital arteries arising from the Dorsal metacarpal artery with a minor contribution from persistent Median artery: Anatomical variation. Plast Reconstr Surg, March 2004, 113:3, p1095-1096
- Gunasekar Vuppalapati, Niri S Niranjan. Islanded Tripier flap: another useful variant. Br J Plast Surg, Sept 2005, 58:6, 882-884.
- Gunasekar Vuppalapati, Turner A, La Rusca I, Schonauer F. Unusual MAC infection of the hand treated with PIA flap. J Hand Surg June 2006(epub ahead of print).
- S.Durand, Gunasekar Vuppalapati, P.Thoreux, C. Oberlin. Unusual anatomic variations associated with bilateral case of superficial ulnar artery. Plast Reconstr Surg, Dec 2005, 116:7, 2055-2056
- AM Juma, Gunasekar Vuppalapati; A see through In Vitro tendon repair model.
- Plast Reconstr Surg, March 2004, 113:3, p1097-1098
- Oudit, Deemesh; Ellabban, Mohammed ; Vuppalapati, Gunasekar; Stringfellow, Helen; Korashi, Ali, Porocarcinoma?. Plast Reconstr Surg, June 2004, 113:7, 2216-2217.
- Schonauer Fabrizio, Vuppalapati Gunasekar, Marlino Sergio, Santorelli Adriano, Canta Luigi, Molea Guido; Versatility of the posterior auricular flap in partial ear reconstruction, Plast and reconstr surg Oct 2010;126(4):1213-21.
- Dissertation on “Post operative infections”. Studied as a part of Master of Surgery at Coimbatore Medical College.
- Audit report on Brachial Plexus Injuries & recovery 5years review as a part of MCh Plastic Surgery @ Stanley Medical College.
- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
- Association of Plastic Surgeons of India(APSI)
- Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (IAAPS)
- International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)
- Indian Medical association(IMA)
- Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association) PHANA
- Rotary Bangalore Midtown
