Pavi Kundhal

Dr. Kundhal is a General and Laparoscopic Surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive surgeries (“key hole surgery”). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine which is a designation showing his expertise in obesity medicine. This is a prestigious designation that very few surgeons in Canada hold.

He has been a member of the Department of Surgery at William Osler Health System since 2012, and is the Site Chief of General Surgery at Brampton Civic Hospital. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Dr. Kundhal completed his undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of Toronto graduating with honours. Following this, he attended medical school at the world renowned University of Toronto . He finished a five year surgical residency at the prestigious Department of Surgery at University of Toronto. He trained at the University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital and Sunnybrook. In addition, he did a Clinical Fellowship at the Toronto East General Hospital with a focus on advanced minimally invasive procedures.

Dr. Kundhal also has a clinical interest in surgical and non-surgical weight loss, and has completed numerous post-graduate courses in this area. Most recently, Dr. Kundhal completed an advanced graduate degree of Masters of Business Administration at the Ivey School of Business. He hopes to use this experience to improve delivery of healthcare in our healthcare system.

Dr. Kundhal believes that one's mindset plays a critical role in health and healthy weight maintenance. He believe that mindshift techniques such as mindfulness, affirmation, gratitude, medication and self-reflection through journaling play a key role in changing one's relationship with food. To aid his patient's he wrote "Shift Your Weight To Shift Your Mind" to provide patients with a structured approach for building sustainable habits.

Dr. Kundhal regularly attends conferences and courses to keep up to date with the latest advances in laparoscopic surgery and Obesity Medicine in order to provide his patients with the most up to date and evidence based care.

Dr. Kundhal is a member of the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ontario Association of General Surgeons, and Obesity Medicine Association. He is also a SCOPE certified specialist in Obesity Medicine.