Dr Pankaj
Garg...
MBBS(AIIMS,N.Delhi)
MS(AIIMS,N.Delhi)
MSAGES(USA)
MELSA(Hongkong)
Sr Consultant
Department of Surgery, Fortis
Super-specialty
Hospital
Mohali (Chandigarh),
Punjab
India
Affiliations/Memberships
SAGES- Society of American Gastro-Intestinal &
Endoscopic Surgeons
ELSA- Endoscopic & Laparoscopic surgeons of Asia
IUSCRS- International Society of
University of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, USA
AMASI- Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India
IAGES- Indian Association of Gastro-Intestinal &
Endoscopic Surgeons
ASI- Association of Surgeons of India
ACRSI- Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India
IHA-
Indian Hospital Association
IMA-Indian Medical Association
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
International Travelling
Fellowship-ASCRS
May, 2009
Awarded International Travelling
Fellowship by American Society of Colo-Rectal
Surgeons(ASCRS) for the year 2009
FIRST PRIZE-ASI,
Annual conference December, 2007
Research paper
presented in annual conference of Association of
Surgeons of India(ASI), Bhubneswar, India was awarded
First prize.
Pioneering Surgery in South Asia
September,2006
Did
Anal Fistula Plug surgery for treating complex and high
Anal Fistulas. This procedure was done for the first time
in South Asia and India.
International Honor
March,2006
Was honored by Dr Antonio Longo,
the innovator and inventor of famous Stapler technique
for pioneering work done in the field of ano-rectal
conditions.
Awarded Prestigious American Society Membership
May,2005
Awarded membership of the
America’s most prestigious society of Laparoscopic
Surgery, SAGES(Society of American Gastro-intestinal and
Endoscopic Surgeons)
Founded ABCDE- Association for Breast Cancer Death Eradication
Oct,2006
Founded ABCDE with the aim of creating nationwide
awareness about Breast Cancer and reducing to minimum the
deaths due to Breast Cancer.
Founded World Piles Day
November 20th every year
Founded World Piles Day along with Pioneers’ Circle
members of India which falls on November 20th
every year
National Youth Award
January, 2003
National Award for
medical services in Youth conference in Indore, Madhya
Pradesh
Rotary International
Award June, 2003
Rotary Award for contribution in health services for
promoting Immunization in children.
Live Surgery in conferences
Live
Surgery in IAGES-USI Twin Conference- June,2007
Demonstrated a surgery live - Anal Fistula Plug in
Fistula-in-ano -IAGES-USI Twin Conference-held in Srinagar,
Jammu & Kashmir, India
Live Surgery in an International conference-
December,2006
Demonstrated a surgery live - Anal Fistula Plug in
Fistula-in-ano in PSG Surgicon International conference &
workshop in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH & PAPERS Pankaj Garg. To determine the efficacy of anal fistula
plug in the treatment of high fistula-in-ano- an initial
experience. Colorectal disease. (Under Print-
Online on pubmed - PMID 18637937)
Pankaj Garg. Flaps, Plugs & Glues- A view from the east.
Seminars in Colon and Rectum Surgery. (Under
Print-March 2009 issue ).
Pankaj Garg, Mahesh Rajgopal, Vino Varghese, Mohamed
Ismail. Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal
hernia repair with non fixation of the mesh in 1692
hernias. Surgery Endoscopy (Under print -
Online - PMID 18813990)
.
Pankaj
Garg.
Acellular extracellular matrix Anal Fistula
Plug: Results in high fistula-in-ano awaited.
World Journal of
Gastroenterology
2008, December 14; 14(46):7143
Pankaj Garg, Mahak Garg, Manishi Bansal, Brijesh Arora.
Creating awareness about the painless nature of early
breast cancer lump is important in low-income countries.
The Breast Journal. (Under print). Pankaj Garg,
Mohamed Ismail. Horizontal mattress suture at the
staple line is effective to decrease the recurrence rate
after Stapler Hemorrhoidopexy. Diseases Colon
Rectum. (Under Print)
Mohamed Ismail, Pankaj Garg. Laparoscopic inguinal
total extraperitoneal hernia repair under spinal
anesthesia without mesh fixation in 1220 hernia repair.
Hernia (Under print) Pankaj
Garg. Intraoperative ligation of residual hemorrhoids
after stapler mucosectomy: A small modification
significantly decreases the recurrence rate in high-grade
hemorrhoids. Techniques in Coloprocptology 2008
(Under print)
Jagat Narula, Pankaj Garg, Stephen Achenbach, Sadako
Motoyama, Renu Virmani,William Strauss. Arithmetic of
Vulnerable Plaques for Noninvasive Imaging. Nature
Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine.
2008,May;5(10): S1-9 Khazanchi RK, Nanda V, Kumar R, Garg P, Guleria S, Bal S.
Omentum Autotransplantation in Thromboangiitis Obliterans.
Surgery Today- Japanese Journal of Surgery. 1999, Jan;
29(1):86-90.
Garg Pankaj. Damage Control Team(DCT)- A new concept.
Hospital Administration. 2004, Mar;41(1):11-14.
BEST PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Pankaj Garg, Mahesh Rajagopal, Vino Varghese, Mohamed
Ismail. “Anal High Patient satisfaction and low recurrence
rates with Stapler Mucosectomy in 1125 patients with high
grade hemorrhoids: A small modification in the Longo’s
procedure”- Selected for presentation in the BEST paper
category - Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of
India(ASI), Ludhiana, India, December 2008.
Mohamed Ismail, Pankaj Garg.
“Laparoscopic inguinal total extraperitoneal hernia repair
is feasible and safe in spinal anesthesia without mesh
fixation : A study in 1658 hernia repairs”- Selected for
presentation in the BEST paper category - Annual
conference of Association of Surgeons of India(ASI),
Ludhiana, India, December 2008.
Pankaj Garg. “Treatment of
Fistula-in-Ano by Anal Fistula Plug: A prospective study
from Asia.” Presented in the BEST Paper Category at
International Society of University Colon & Rectal
Surgeons(ISUCRS) Biennial conference, San Diego, USA,
September 16, 2008.
Pankaj Garg, Mahesh Rajagopal, Vino
Verghese, Mohamed Ismail. “High Patient satisfaction and
low recurrence rates with Stapler Mucosectomy in 1125
patients with high grade hemorrhoids: A small modification
in the Longo’s procedure”. Presented in Best Paper
Category at Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of
India (ACRSI) annual conference, Mumbai, September 20th
2008.
Pankaj Garg, Mahesh Rajagopal, Vino Verghese, Mohamed
Ismail. “To determine the efficacy of anal fistula plug in
the treatment of high fistula-in-ano- an initial
experience”. Presented in Best Research Paper Category at
Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI)
annual conference, Mumbai, September 20th 2008.
Garg Pankaj.(December, 2007) “Anal
Fistula Plug- a new procedure- An Indian experience”-
Selected in the BEST paper category and was awarded FIRST
PRIZE- Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of
India(ASI), Bhubneswar, India, December, 2007
PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/POSTERS
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES
Pankaj
Garg, Mohamed Ismail. “Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal
repair in recurrent inguinal hernias: Comparing outcome
with primary hernia repair in 937 patients”. Selected for
Oral Presentation at Society of American Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual conference, Phoenix,
USA, April 2009.
Pankaj Garg, Mohamed Ismail.
“Is prophylactic laparoscopic total extraperitoneal
inguinal hernia repair on contralateral side justified: A
comparative study of bilateral to unilateral repair in
1754 hernias”. Selected for Oral Presentation at Society
of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Annual conference, Phoenix, USA, April 2009.
Mohamed Ismail, Pankaj Garg.
“Could total extraperitoneal hernia repair done under
spinal anesthesia without fixation of mesh be recommended
as the first line procedure for unilateral inguinal
hernias?”. Selected for Oral Presentation at Society of
American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Annual conference, Phoenix, USA, April 2009.
Pankaj Garg. “A modification
in Longo’s technique significantly improves the results of
Stapler Anopexy in higher grade hemorrhoids.” Presented at
International Society of University Colon & Rectal
Surgeons(ISUCRS) Biennial conference, San Diego, USA,
September 16, 2008.
Swaminatha V. Gurudevan,
Pankaj Garg, Ramni Khattar, Todd Zynda, Florin Moisiuc,
Shaista Malik, Farhood Saremi, Jagat Narula. Prevalence
and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic
Women: A Cross-Sectional 64-Slice MDCT Study. Presented
at annual conference of Society of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (SCCT),Orlando, Florida, USA, July16-17, 2008.
Swaminatha V. Gurudevan,
Pankaj Garg, Ramni Khattar, Todd Zynda, Florin Moisiuc,
Shaista Malik, Farhood Saremi, Jagat Narula,: “Framingham
Risk score correlates well with Atherosclerotic plaque
burden and obstructive disease in coronary vessels in
aymptomatic individuals.” Presented at annual conference
of American Diabetes Association(ADA), San Francisco, USA,
June 16, 2008.
Pankaj Garg, S M Ismail.
“Impact of previous hemorrhoids surgery and out-patient
procedures for hemorrhoids on the results of Stapler
Mucosectomy- A study in 500 patients.” Presented at
Tripartite annual conference of American Society of Colo-rectal
Surgeons(ASCRS), Boston, June 7, 2008
S M Ismail, Pankaj Garg. “High Patient satisfaction and
low recurrence rates with Stapler Mucosectomy in 960
patients with Stage III hemorrhoids.” Presented at
Tripartite annual conference of American Society of Colo-rectal
Surgeons(ASCRS), Boston, June 7,2008.
Pankaj
Garg, S M Ismail. “Drain in pre-peritoneal space
significantly reduces the incidence of seroma formation
after laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia
repair: a study in 1560 hernias.” Presented at European
Hernia Society, Annual conference, Sevilla, Spain, May
7,2008 .
S M Ismail, Pankaj Garg. “Laparoscopic inguinal Totally
Extraperitoneal hernia repair without mesh fixation in
spinal anesthesia: early results in 1461 hernia repairs.”
Presented at European Hernia Society, Annual conference,
Sevilla, Spain, May 7,2008.
Pankaj Garg, S M Ismail. “Laparoscopic total
extraperitoneal repair of femoral hernia without fixation
of mesh: A series of seven patients.” Presented at
European Hernia Society, Annual conference, Sevilla,
Spain, May 8,2008.
S M Ismail, Pankaj Garg. “Laparoscopic total
extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: comparing results
of mesh fixation with no fixation of the mesh in 1680
hernias.” Presented at European Hernia Society, Annual
conference, Sevilla, Spain, May 8,2008.
Pankaj Garg, Florin
Moisiuc, Todd Zynda, Ramni Khattar, Shaista Malik, Farhood
Saremi, Jagat Narula, Swaminatha Gurudevan.: “NCEP-ATP III
Guidelines Underestimate the Need for Statin Therapy in
At-Risk Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study Using
64-Slice MDCT.” Presented at annual conference of American
College of Cardiology(ACC), Chicago, March 28, 2008.
Pankaj Garg, Ramni Khattar, Todd Zynda, Florin Moisiuc,
Shaista Malik, Farhood Saremi, Jagat Narula, Swaminatha V.
Gurudevan: “Framingham Risk score correlates well with
Atherosclerotic plaque burden and obstructive disease in
coronary vessels in aymptomatic individuals.” Presented at
annual conference of American College of Cardiology(ACC),
Chicago, March 28, 2008.
Pankaj Garg. “Anal Fistula
Plug: A new novel Minimally Invasive procedure to treat
Anal Fistulas-An Asian experience.” Presented at: Asian
Federation of Colo-proctology; Tokyo, Japan, September
2007.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Pankaj Garg. “Anal Fistula
Plug- An Indian experience.” Presented at: Indian
Association of Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopic surgeons;
Srinagar,Kashmir, India, June 2007.
Pankaj Garg. “Prevention of Diabetic foot.” Presented at:
Diabetic Foot Society of India(Endocrinology & Vascular
Surgery Department, Fortis Hospital); Mohali, India,
November 2006.
Pankaj Garg. “A new
procedure- Anal Fistula Plug.” An oral presentation at:
Association of Surgeons of India(Delhi state chapter); New
Delhi, India, October 2006.
Pankaj Garg.
“Role of key hole surgery in modern world.” Presented at:
Kurukshetra University; Kurukshetra, India, February 2006.
INTERVIEWS
Canada Radio-LIVE- Delivered an interview on ‘Piles-
causes, symptoms & treatment modalities’ on channel
‘Punjab di Goonj’-
21 March,2006
Canada Radio- Delivered an interview on Piles on channel
‘Sur Sagar’-
18 August,2006
Canada Radio- Delivered an interview on ‘Dengue fever and
how to prevent it’ on channel ‘Punjab di Goonj’
14 October,2006
All India Radio-107.2 FM- Chandigarh & N.India- Delivered
an interview on ‘Piles- causes, symptoms & treatment
modalities’
20 November,2006 Zee Punjabi-Regional TV- Delivered an
interview on ‘Piles’ on occasion of World Piles Day
20November,2006
Zee National TV- Delivered an interview on ‘Piles’ on
occasion of World Piles Day
22November,2006
Zee News- National TV- Live Interview
13 Feb,2007 Aaj Tak- National TV- Live interview
10 May, 2007
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