Dr. Ayyappan is a highly qualified,experienced and Board Certified Plastic surgeon practicing in Ahmedabad since the last 20 years. After acquiring the MBBS degree from prestigious Madras University with "Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery" in 1988,he was selected to pursue residency through ALL INDIA MERIT for Masters degree in Surgery in 1992, thereafter he underwent Senior residency for 3 years in Plastic Surgery wherein he stood University first in merit in Gujarat University exams. He showed his proficiency in Plastic Surgery like ear cosmetic surgery, eyes plastic surgery, eyelid reconstructive surgery, nose cosmetic surgery augmentation, hair transplantation, liposuction surgery, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation/lift/reduction, nose cosmetic surgery reduction, face lift, gynecomastia (male breast correction), facial bone reconstruction, hand & maxillofacial reconstruction, mega liposuction by successfully qualifying in First attempt National Board Exams for the award of "Diplomate in Plastic Surgery" in 1995.He was further selected on Merit for the award of Member National Academy of Medical Sciences (Plastic Surgery) .He has been a dedicated teacher and has trained many surgeons in Surgery and Plastic surgery as a faculty(Associate Professor) with B. J. Medical College and Civil hospital for nearly two decades .

He was invited by the prestigious Chinese University of HongKong as a teaching faculty and served as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon at Prince of Wales Hospital at HongKong and gained experience in Cosmetic surgery, high end microsurgery, cancer reconstructive surgery for head and neck including free flaps for immediate reconstructing of tongue after commando surgeries . He was selected for Karl Zeiss -Ganga fellowship in Hand & MicrovascularSurgery at the prestigious Ganga Hospital & Research Centre at Coimbatore .