Dr. Mahesh Desai is MBBS and M.S. in General Surgery from B. J. Medical College, Pune University. He received FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Edinburgh (1973). He established Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH, Nadiad, Gujarat) to provide most modern treatment in rural India. He has mastered the most modern treatment for the stone disease and developed innovative techniques in Percutaenous Nephrolithotrispy (PCNL), Ureteroscopy and ESWL. So far he has done more than 14,000 PCNL, probably the largest series in the world. He is Managing Trustee of MPUH and Honorary MD of Muljibhai Patel Society for Research in Nephro-Urology.