At the Fortis Hospital, Noida we have assembled the finest talents in medical care. We give below our key physicians and surgeons with a brief profile of their abilities and achievements.

Dr. Manoj Rai Mehta - Medical Director

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Present Assignment: Medical Director, Fortis Hospital, Noida, Holding the post since July, 22, 2007.
• Immediate Past Assignment: Chief Operating Officer,Riyadh Medicine Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE:

• Performed more than 5,000 intraocular lens implants- more than 8,000 cataract surgeries.
• Phacoemulsification with foldable implants- more than 1,000 surgeries.
• Oculoplasty, trauma, retinal detachments- more than 700 surgeries.
• Running Medical Ophthalmology services with Fluorescein angiography and Argon Laser Facility.
• Organized Eye Banking and Corneal Preservation Facility.
• Running Glaucoma Services with Humphrey Field Analyser and YAG Laser.
• Refractive Surgery (LASIK), performed more than 100 procedures from + 9 D to - 10.5 D using Hansatome and Flying Spot Laser (Bausch & Lomb)

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS:

• Senior Resident at RP Centre, AIIMS- 1987-89
• Pool Officer at RP Centre, AIIMS- 1990-NOV 91
• Senior Cosultant and Head od the Deparetment - Nov 91 to Jan 2004 of Ophthalmology at EHIRC
• Medical Director at Fortis Hospital, Noida- Feb 2004 to April 2006
  

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Junior Science Talent Search Scholarship- 1974
• Ramjas Foundation Merit Scholarship- 1975
• Qualified for National Science Talent Scholarship- 1977
• Best Intern in Community Medicine- 1983
• Best Resident in Ophthalmology- 1985
• Secretary, Ophthalmic Research Association- 1988
• Gold Medal for Standing First in M.D. Ophthalmology- 1986
  
• Plaque of Honour at Optics Asia 89 Conference at Singapore- 1989
• Guest visitor Singapore Optical Trade- 1989
• Association, Singapore Contact Lens Society- 1989
• Panellist at several international and national conferences on various aspects of Optometery and Ophthalmology from 1990 till date- 1989-2002
• Gold Medal and a Plaque of Honour Internation Study Circle and Centre for Economic Studies- 2002

PUBLICATIONS / BOOKS / CONFERENCES:

• More than thirty publications in national and international journals.
• Contributed chapters in ‘Contact Lens Advanced- Principal Author: Dr. V.K. Dada.
• Member of editorial board of:
  
  • Delhi Ophthalmological Society
  • Afro-Asian Journal of Ophthalmology
  • National Medical Journal of India.
• Founder Editor ofSCHISM (Journal of IDPD, an affiliate of IPPNW).
• Granted patent for a device for measuring wetting angle of solutions.
• Attended several International and National conferences as panelist, presenter and moderator.

ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Special invitee in the Board of Directors of the Hospital since its inception.
• Management Representative in ISO 9001 : 2000 programme.
• Member of the National Committee on Health and Family Planning, CII.
• Member of Committee on HIV/AIDS Trust, CII.
• Chairman of Selection Panel of State Chapter of BYST, and autonomous trust of CII.
• Founder of Rotaract(Youth wing of Rotary International) at AIIMS.

CARDIOLOGY

Dr. Upendra Kaul

Dr. Parneesh Arora is a Consultant at the Fortis Hospital, Noida.

His qualifications include an MD (Internal Medicine); DM (Cardiology) from AIIMS and DNB (Cardiology) from the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.

Dr. Arora has 11 years of experience including 7 years as a Super Specialist. He has performed over 5,000 angiographies, 700 angioplasties and 50 ptmc's.

Dr. Arora's extensive expertise are in the areas of Interventional cardiology, Angiography - especially from the radial route (hand), Angioplasties - including complex procedures - Peripheral Angioplasties, IVC Filter Implantation, Percutaneous Dilatation of valves, Device Closures of Congenital Heart defects. He also has Pacemaker implantation is an added area of expertise.

His focus areas are Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography and paediatric echocardiography.

CARDIAC SURGERY

Medical Graduation
B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. 1979

• A new technique to simplify Fontan procedure following a previous bi-directional Glenn.
  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
  Sept. 1993, 106(3); 569-70.
  
  
• Ascending aortic aneurysm eroding the chest wall, repair avoiding median sternotomy.
  J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
  Feb. 1994, 107 (2); 640-1.
  
  
• Double valve replacement and aortic root widening with Konno procedure.
  Ann Thorac Surg
  Apr. 1994, 47 (4): 1057-8.
  
  
• Management of cold agglutinemia using normothermic intermittent fibrillatory arrest.
  Ann Thorac Sug
  Nov. 1994, 58 (5): 1566.
  
  
• Isolated bilateral coronary ostial stenosis with complete obstruction of left main.
  Ann Thorac Sug
  Mar.1995, 59 (3): 785-6.
  

Prof. Anil Kumar Singh

Prior to joining the Fortis Healthcare family he was the Director Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at MAMC and associated with the G.B.Pant Hospital New Delhi.

He is an innovative surgeon who is credited with introducing the widespread use of the microscope in modern neurosurgical practice there by making it safe and minimally invasive.

He has introduced several new techniques. To name a few - microscopic transoral procedures for craniovertebral anomalies, Micro vascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia, Neuro endoscopy and is known as the master of spine surgery in India

He is an examiner of Postdoctoral courses in all the major universities of the country and can be described as teacher of teachers as his students are now heading the Neurosurgery departments all over the country and abroad.

He has numerous scientific articles to his credit and is the author of three textbooks on Neurosurgery, which are widely read in India but abroad. The American Association of NS have described them as significant contributions to neuroscience.

Visiting Neurosurgeon to Madras Neuro Centre- Chennai.

Recipient of B.C. Roy award for excellence in Neurosurgery.

Lifetime Achievement award in the year 2001 by the Jhunjhunwala Trust.

Dr. Sameer Malhotra is a Consultant Psychiatrist (neuro-psychiatrist and psychotherapist), Dept. of Neurosciences, Fortis Hospital, NOIDA.

Dr. Malhotra did his MBBS from Delhi and MD from PGIMER, Chandigarh.  He received training and experience from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, India. As a part of MD training at PGIMER, Chandigarh, he also received training at NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences), Bangalore, India.

He brings with him over 11 years of experience working in prestigious and renowned institutes.  Following his post graduation at PGIMER, Chandigarh he worked as Consultant Psychiatrist (Asst. Professor) in the Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, Delhi and as Consultant Psychiatrist in the National Health Service, United Kingdom.

He has certification in ‘Biostatistics and research methodology’, PGIMER, Chandigarh; SCAN (schedule for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry) training, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi;  ‘Treating tobacco use and dependence’, the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison; recognition from the Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges, UK; He was elected as a member of the prestigious National Academy of Medical Sciences (India); Mental Health Act (1983) section 12 (2) approved, UK; certification in teaching, the KSS Postgraduate Deanery for Kent, Surrey & Sussex, UK; sessions on deep relaxation and medical hypno-analysis, UK and neuro-linguistic programming, UK.

He has experience in adult psychiatry (outpatient, emergency, inpatient and community settings), neuropsychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, stress management, psychosexual disorders, psychosomatic disorders, substance use disorders (tobacco/alcohol/drug de-addiction), counselling, psychotherapies (including individual, marital/couple, family and group therapy), psychoanalysis, cognitive behaviour therapy, relaxation, hypnosis and behaviour therapy. He has been actively involved at clinical, academic teaching and research levels.

Prior to joining Fortis Healthcare, Dr. Malhotra has worked as Consultant Psychiatrist, National Health Service, United Kingdom.

He received Certification in Teaching from the Postgraduate Deanery for Kent, Surrey & Sussex, the United Kingdom.

Mental Health Act (1983) section 12 (2) approved, UK.

Sessions on relaxation, medical hypno-analysis and hypnotherapy, UK.

He has received numerous International awards and fellowships for his work and been invited to deliver guest lectures in international symposia. He has presented papers, delivered guest lectures and chaired scientific sessions in international meetings. He has actively participated in International professional meetings/conferences including Japan, Spain, Italy, Germany, UK, and Egypt.

Has been involved in research activities, teaching of MRC Psych students, clinical and educational supervision.

While in the UK he worked as site specific Principal Investigator for multi-centre collaborative study in psychiatry and was also involved in important work packages of NICE implementation resource tool project across the trust.

Dr Malhotra’s areas of expertise & special focus are: Stress (anxiety, depression) management, drug de-addiction, child and adolescent mental health, psychotic disorders, psychotherapy and counselling.

We give below the listing of the Awards & Recognition - National & International that Dr. Malhotra has received:

Dr. LV Phatak award, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, India, 1993.

GC Boral-II award, Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, India, 2001.

Global Network Awards for research in the field of Tobacco addiction, Spain, 2002 and Italy 2003.

Donald Cohen Fellowship, International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), Berlin, Germany, 2004.

WPA (World Psychiatric Association) fellowship, Florence, Italy, 2004.

Elected as a member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India).

Executive Council member of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (a World Psychiatric Association member society).

Life Fellow of the Indian Psychiatric Society; Life Fellow of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry; Life Fellow of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Executive council member of Delhi Psychiatric Society (2000-2004).

Steering Committee member of the World Association for Young Psychiatrists.

Life membership of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation [Indian chapter]; Indian Medical Association; Geriatric Society of India; membership of the World Psychiatric Association-educational liaisons network.

Dr. Sameer Malhotra has been member of abstract review committee, National Conference on Tobacco or Health, US (2003); member of awards committee of Delhi Psychiatric Society (2003); Investigator in WHO projects including multi-site collaborative international study and nationwide project; member of Immuno-genetic study on childhood autism.  He has actively participated, chaired scientific sessions, presented & authored a number of research papers and delivered guest lectures in Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities, National and International scientific conferences, workshops and symposia. Some of these include XII World Congress of Psychiatry, Japan 2002; International Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 2002; XVIII World Congress - World Association for Social Psychiatry (WASP); European meetings, Spain 2002, Italy 2003; IACAPAP, Berlin 2004; Indo-US symposia; WHO and National workshops; CMEs; inter-parliamentarian meets; annual national conferences of national psychiatric societies; WPA International Conference, Florence, 2004; World Congress of Psychiatry, Egypt, 2005. He has delivered guest lectures on national mental health issues, psychiatric awareness, child and adolescent mental health, psychiatric training, HIV counselling, de-addiction (drug/tobacco/alcohol use), mental health needs- problems- psychiatric and behavioural disorders seen in children, adolescents, adults, females and the elderly; marital, parental and child counselling, management of stress and psychiatric disorders across diverse population groups.

He has several publications in important national and international medical professional journals and has edited books, authored book chapters in medical and psychiatric books.

Dr. Vikas Gupta - Consultant

Dr. Vikas Gupta is a Senior Consultant at the Fortis Hospital, Noida. His qualifications include an M.B.B.S, M.S ( Surgery ) & M.Ch ( Neurosurgery).

He has 12 years of rich and varied experience including a stint as a Fellow "Spinal Deformity Correction" at Nanjing University Medical Centre, Nanjing , China.

Dr. Gupta experience lies in Minimally Invasive Spine surgery, Microscopic Spinal surgery, surgery for Degenerative and Infective diseases. His special area of focus is in Spinal Instrumentation and Deformity Correction, Endovascular neuro-intervention procedures, Neuro- trauma and related intensive care.

He has published articles in 10 International and 14 National peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Ashok Rajgopal

Having served as the honorary Orthopaedics surgeon to the president of India in 1997, Dr. Rajgopal's professional achievements include conducting over 9,950 arthroscopies and over 3,200 Arthrosplasties, conducting the first bilateral TKR in India (Apr'87) and the first MIS Unicompartmental replacement (Mar'02). He is one of the most experienced surgeons, in India, where knee replacements are concerned.

He has been invited to numerous international conferences as a guest speaker. The most prominent conferences were at Brisbane, China, Cairns, Dundee and Singapore. He has read nearly 45 papers at Indian Conferences.

Dr. Upender K. Sadhoo

Dr. Sadhoo is a Senior Consultant of Orthopaedics at the Fortis Hospital , Noida. He did MS (Orth.) and M. Ch (Orth). He has had several years of higher training and Fellowships post acquiring his Masters degree.

He is an experienced physician with over 27 years of professional experience after doing his Masters. His experience includes 8 years in the UK and Switzerland .

PULMONOLOGY

Dr. Mrinal Sircar

Dr. Sircar has done his MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1982; Diploma (1986) and MD in Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases from Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi in 1990. Dr Sircar did his DNB in Respiratory Medicine in 1991. He followed it with a fellowship in Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine from Leeds (UK) in 1999 - 2000. Dr Sircar is a recognized teacher for DNB (Resp. Med), DNB (Critical Care) and ISCCM fellowship in Critical Care Medicine. He has 22 years of distinguished experience in the field of Critical Care and Pulmonology..

COSMETIC & PLASTIC SURGERY

Dr. Vishwanath Dudani

MS(Gen Surg) 1993 MGM medical college Indore. Mch Plastic Surg from Institute of Medical Sciences-1999. Attended many national and international conferences and has presented papers on "Brachial Plexus Injury, Management of Nerve Gaps.

Presently he is working as Consultant at Fortis Hospital Noida.

Dr. Manoj Johar
Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery, MMBS, MS, MCH

1. Master of Chirurgic (M.Ch), Plastic Surgery:December 1990. From Christian Medical College, Ludhiana affiliated to Punjab University, India.
2. Masters in Surgery (MS), General Surgery:December 1987, from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana affiliated to Punjab University, India.
3. Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS):November 1982, from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, affiliated to Punjab University, India
4. Pre-Medical- April 1978 from D A V College, Chandigarh, affiliated to Punjab University, Chandigarh, India

Special Skills:

• Cosmetic and Laser Aesthetic Surgery (qualified Laser Practitioner from Harvard)
• General Plastic and Reconstructive surgery including trauma reconstruction, facio-maxillary etc.
• Primary Reconstruction conjointly with specialties involving maxillo-facial (including trans-cranial or simultaneous approaches) and often skull base and high cervical surgeries.
• Peripheral Limb and Hand reconstructions including Micro-vascular.
• Organizing a comprehensive, integrated department.

Employment:

• August 2004 till date- Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery, Fortis Hospital, NOIDA, India. A 350 beded Tertiary care state-of-the-art corporate group hospital. I have introduced Cosmetic surgery and Microsurgery in the hospital including major and Minor Replantation. Have conducted complex reconstructive surgeries independently as well as numerous primary reconstructions jointly with other specialities such as Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Maxillo-facial surgery and Onco-surgery.
• Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery, Goodwill Hospital, NOIDA, India, a 250 beded primary and secondary care multispeciality hospital in NOIDA, India.
• February, 2000 till date- Senior Consultant, Plastic Cosmetic and Laser Surgery, AXIS LASER TECHNIQUES (P) LTD., New Delhi, India A comprehensive, fully equipped, ‘‘Same day Surgery’ centre specializing in Cosmetic and Aesthetic Laser Surgery.
• 1997, till date-Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery,Vidyasagar Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, (VIMHANS) New Delhi, India A Specialty Neurosciences hospital for tertiary care in neurosciences and neurotrauma, orthopedics and plastic surgery.
• May 1991 onwards- Unto 1995, as Consultant, Plastic Surgery, Unit 1, Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, India. – a 250 beded hospital. During this period, coordinated in developing the three units into a department, including initiating and starting micro-vascular and reconstructive micro-surgery.
• Unto 2002, as Chief Consultant, Plastic Surgery, NOIDA Medicare Centre, NOIDA, India. During this period, performed some of the first micro-vascular repairs, replantations, reconstructive microsurgeries, free-tissue transfers and Cosmetic Surgery in Western UP.
• March 1988 to January 1991- Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
  

Publications & Presentations:

• January 2008,
  Chairperson and Moderator, Lasers In Aesthetic Surgery” at the 3rd International Tutorials In Aesthetic Surgery, held at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, India.
• October 2007
  Guest Lecture as National Faculty, “Non-Surgical Rejuvenation and Lasers”, presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of International College Of Surgeons (India Chapter), Agra, UP, India, October 2007.
• July 2007
  Invited Lecture “Setting Up A Laser Practice In A Developing Country”, presented at International Masters Course In Ageing Skin (IMCAS), Asia, Bangkok, July 2007.
• May 2007
  Guest Lecture and Invited International faculty at 10th annual meet of European Society of Lasers in Aesthetic Surgery, Athens, Greece.
• March 2007
  Guest Lecture and Invited Speaker on “Setting Up A Laser practice”, at AESURG ’07, The Annual Conference Of The Association Of Aesthetic Surgeons, held at Mussourie, India.
• March 2007
  Guest Lecture as Invited Speaker, on “Aesthetic Lasers: An Expensive Experiment or a Medical Boon?” at the Annual Conference of The Indian Association Of Aesthetic Surgeons, held at Mussourie, Uttranchal, India.
• January 2007
  Guest Lecture and National Faculty, 2nd International Tutorials In aesthetic Plastic Surgery”, post graduate series and Workshop, at Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical sciences, Mumbai, India.
• February 2006
  Guest Lecturers and National Faculty, ‘1st International Tutorials in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery’, Post-Graduate CME Series and ‘Workshop of Indian Society of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery’ at Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, India.
• February 2006,
  Guest Lecture as National faculty, AESURG 2006: International Conference on Aesthetic Surgery and Workshop on Rhinoplasty and Facial Aesthetic Surgery, organized Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, West of Asia Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and Association of Plastic Surgeons of West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
• October 2004
  Guest Lecture as National Faculty, Annual Conference of Association of Aesthetic Laser Surgery, Update 2004, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
• November 2003
  National faculty and Guest Lectures at 10th Annual Conference of UP/UA Chapter, Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, Dehradun, India.
• January 2003
  National Faculty and Guest Lectures at “International Instructional Course and Workshop on ‘FACIAL REJUVENATION & USE OF LASERS IN AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY”, Mumbai, India.
• October 1999,
  National Faculty and Guest Lecture at 25th Regional Conference cum CME of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
• January 1998
  Organised and directed the hands-on course on current concepts in CO2 laser in Aesthetic Surgery and Cutaneous Surgery, at Noida, India.
• January 1997,
  Video presentation Different Applications of CO2 Laser in Plastic Surgery in the 1st International Conference of Laser Surgery in India, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
• January 1995,
  Presented the paper ‘Ageing Beautifully’ in MEDICON-95, xxx1x Annual Delhi State Medical Conference, New Delhi, India.
• 1995,
  Live transmission of ROLE OF PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERY IN INDIA on National TV network, Doordarshan, India.
  

ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Dr. Mary Abraham

MD in 1983 from All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

DNB in 1985 From National Board of Examinations.

Worked as Professor and Head of Neuroanaesthesia Division of G.B Pant Hospital from 1988 till 2004.

Was awarded WHO fellowship for training in Neuro Anaesthesia in 1997.

Main areas of interest are Neuroanaesthesia, Management of Pain and teaching and training in Neuroanaesthesia.

  Dr. Rajiv Sekhri - Consultant

Dr. Rajiv Sekhri is a Senior Consultant at the Fortis Hospital, Noida.

He has done his MBBS and MD and post his graduation has over 18 years of professional experience in Dermatology. He has more than 80,000 patients registered in his consultancy.

His overseas experience includes participation in teaching activities at Boston University & Tuft’s New England Medical Centre at Boston, USA.

Dr. Sekhri’s areas of expertise and special focus are Photo-medicine and Cryogenics.

He has numerous publications, lectures and book contributions to his name:

PUBLICATIONS:
LEPROSY IN RESETTLEMENT COLONIES OF DELHI. INDIAN J LEPR 1995 OCT-DEC; 67(4): 467-71

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN CHILDREN. INDIAN PEDIATR 1995 JAN; 32(1): 27-30.

POSTER PRESENTATION:
ATYPICAL VARIANT OF KERATOSIS PILARIS ATROPHICANS: A CASE REPORT. INDIAN ASSOC DERMAT & VENER – ANNUAL CONFERENCE – MUMBAI 2004

PULSE THERAPY IN PEMPHIGUS. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGY – BEIJING, CHINA 2004

HYPOHIDROTIC ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA – A CASE REPORT. EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGY – ITALY 2004

INVITED LECTURES:
SETTING UP LIQUID NITROGEN CRYO IN PRACTICE. 1998 INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS, VENEREOLOGISTS & LEPROLOGISTS (IADVL), DELHI CHAPTER AT MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, N.DELHI.

ANTIANDROGENS IN DERMATOLOGY. 1999 DEHRADUN DERMATOLOGISTS GROUP, DEHRADUN.

MANAGEMENT OF GENITAL WARTS. 2000 IADVL, DELHI CHAPTER AT MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE, N.DELHI.

DIFFUSE ALOPECIA IN FEMALES: 2001 IADVL, DELHI CHAPTER AT SUNDER LAL JAIN HOSPITAL, N.DELHI.

MANAGEMENT OF AGA IN A MALE. 2001 MEERUT DERMATOLOGISTS GROUP, MEERUT.

SETTING UP & MANAGING PUVA 2002 IADVL, DELHI CHAPTER AT LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE, N.DELHI.

PRE-PULSE EVALUATION 2002 WORKSHOP ON PULSE THERAPY IN PEMPHIGUS AT THE AII INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, N. DELHI, INDIA.

MANAGEMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS 2002 PANEL DISCUSSION, MID-YEAR CONFERENCE OF IADVL, DELHI CHPTER HELD AT AIIMS, N.DELHI.

ORAL MUCOSAL LESIONS IN DERMATOLOGY: 2002 ANNUAL COFERENCE OF DENTAL SURGEONS OF NOIDA.

PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES 2002, 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IADVL, UP CHAPTER, KHAJURAHO.

VULVAL DISEASES IN DERMATOLOGY PRACTICE: 2003: ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF GYNAECOLOGY SOCIETY OF INDIA, NOIDA.

CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS REVISITED: 2003 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IADVL, UP CHAPTER, MUSSOORIE.

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES – PATHOMECHANISM: 2004 ACADEMIC FORUM OF DERMATOLOGISTS, MEERUT.

PANEL DISCUSSION – PSORIASIS: 2005 ACADEMIC FORUM OF DERMATOLOGISTS, NOIDA.

TOPICAL RETINOIDS IN ACNE: 2005 DERMALANDS INTERNATIONAL CME, FUJIARAHA, UAE.

ISOTRETINOIN – TO THE POINT: 2005 ACADEMIC FORUM OF DERMATOLOGISTS, MUSSOORIE.

LIMITATIONS OF PSORIASIS THERAPY: 2005 NATIONAL CONSENSUS ON THE USE OF ACITRETIN IN PSORIASIS, MUMBAI.

PANEL DISCUSSION ON VITILIGO MANAGEMENT: 2006 DERMALANDS INTERNATIONAL CME, CAIRO, EGYPT

EXISTING THERAPY GAPS IN SUNSCREENS: FULFORD DERMATOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, MUMBAI

Contribution to Book writing:
Current Literature Dermatology 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003, 2003-2004.

This is an official publication of Delhi State Branch of Indian Association of Dermatologists Venereologists & Leprologists (IADVL) with its editorial office at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi India.

Dr. Sanjiv Kakkar

Post Graduation
Maulana Azad Medical College. Delhi

Higher Training/ Fellowship.

• Higher Training for nasal and sinus endoscopy at AIIMS
• Dr.C.A Amesur fellowship of AOI for Otology.

Area of Expertise and special focus.

• Otology.
• Occupation related hearing loss and ENT diseases.

Research and Publication.

• Button cell in Oesophagus, an unusual destructive foreign body: a case report” Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck surgery Volume 58, Number 2 April-June 2006. Page 191-194.
  
  
• Article entitled “Noise Induced Hearing Loss” in “Occupational Diseases – an emerging threat”.

Dr. Lt. Col. V. K. Sapra

Dr. Lt. Col. V.K. Sapra is a Senior Consultant & Coordinator at the Fortis Hospital, Noida.

Dr. Sapra studied at AFMC, Pune and R & R Hospital Delhi Cantonment. He graduated from Govt. Medical College, Patiala. He did his post graduation from AFMC, Pune.

He joined Fortis Healthcare after 30 distinguished years as a Senior Specialist/Consultant at the Armed forces, Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi, Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, AFMC, Pune, RR Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi. He was a teacher at AFMC, Pune from 1976 to 1978.

He has performed 5,000 surgeries with a special focus on Microsurgery, Ear & Larynx Endoscopic Surgery, Nose & Sinuses and Cochlear Implant Surgery.

Was actively involved with the teaching programme of postgraduate students while serving as senior specialist at RR Hospital, Delhi Cantonment from 1978 to 1982.

Dr. Sanjay Sood

Dr. Sanjay Sood is a Consultant at the Fortis Hospital, Noida.

He graduated from the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, 1983, and acquired his Post Graduate: M.S. (E.N.T.) from Lady Harding Medical College, Delhi University, 1988. PGDHHM from IGNOU in 2004.

He joined Fortis Healthcare after 18 years as an ENT Consultant, ENT Surgeon and Coordinator at Deepak Memorial Hospital in East Delhi and has been in private practice since 1992. Dr. Sood has performed thousands of routine ENT, head and neck surgeries.

Dr. Sood’s areas of expertise and special focus are: Endoscopic Surgery, Micro-ear Surgery, Paediatric, ENT, head and neck surgeries.

He is the Secretary, Association of Otolaryngologists, Delhi State Branch, Joint Secretary, Delhi Medical Association.

Dr. Madhu Srivastava

Dr. Ajay Bhalla

Sr. Consultant and Head - Medical Gastroenterology.

Gastro Services provided in Fortis Healthcare are managed by Dr. Ajay Bhalla, MBBS, DNB (Medicine), DNB (Gastro).

Dr Ajay Bhalla done his post graduation DNB (Medicine) from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1991.

Done his DNB in Gastroenterology for Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in 1996.

Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy training form Havard Medical School (2002).

Training in liver transplant at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore , 2005.

Published 15 paper in national and international journal 6 paper presented in national level conference.

Special interest in Therapeutic Endoscopies & Hepatology ( diseases).

Only Gastroentologist in Noida Doing denial Biliary Endoscopies (ERCP).

Dr Kunal Das has done his basic and post-graduation in Internal Medicine from the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and his super-specialisation D.M.(Gastroenterology) from G.B.pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. He has large experience of Gastroenterology for the last 8 years under the best teachers like Dr S.K.Sarin and Dr P.Kar. He was recently selected for the six month fellowship programme of the prestigious Japanese Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (JSUM) and has undergone specialized training in Endoscopic Ultrasound and Advanced Endoscopy techniques like Narrow Band Imaging, Chromoendoscopy, Endoscopic Submucosal Diseection (ESD) for Gastric cancer and Trans-arterial Chemoembolisation (TACE) for hepatocellular cancer. His current area of interest is GI oncology and Advanced Endoscopy.

He has participated and presented his research in several National and International conferences and has won several awards. He has many publications in high-impact factor international and national journals of repute. His research topics include hepatotrophic viruses and endoscopic ultrasound.

He has joined Fortis Hospitals, NOIDA and Vasant Kunj presently and was with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi previously.

GENERAL SURGERY / MINIMAL ACCESS
SURGERY

Dr. Sudhir Sharma

• MBBS and PG from MS University Baroda.
• Obtained Fellowship of Indian College of Laparoscopic Surgery 1994.
• MIS training in Mumbai, Jalandhar and USSR.
• First to start MIS in Noida - 1995.
• Performed over 3500 MIS surgeries - largest in Noida
• Member of ASI (Association of Surgeon in India ), IAGES (Indian Association of Gastro Endoscopy Surgeons), Executive member of IMA, Noida for the past 4 years
• Conducted seminars and workshops at Baroda, Godhra and Noida, where he trained qualified General Surgeons in MIS

 Dr. Yogesh Agarwala

Dr. Yogesh Agarwala is a Sr. Consultant for Fortis Hospital, Noida.

Dr. Agarwala graduated and did his post graduation from J.N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh. He has a Fellowship from Kieo University, Tokyo, Japan.

He joined Fortis Healthcare after 17 years as Consultant / Senior Consultant at Narinder Mohan Hospital, Max Hospital and Pushpanjali Hospital, Delhi, bringing more than 19 years experience.

He has worked for 6 months at the Mt. Elizabeth Medical Centre; Kieo University, Japan 1997  (8 weeks) and Mt. Sinai Medical Centre, New York 1999  (3 months).

He has performed over 8,500 surgeries and procedures.

His areas of expertise and special focus are: Laparoscopic Surgery: Hernias, Bowel, Bariatric, Solid Organ, Pediatric, Hepatobilliary & Pancreatic, Paediatric

Dr. Agarwala has won awards & recognition including:

Best Senior Resident, 1989 Batra Hospital, New Delhi
Best Paper, Association of Surgeon’s of India, Annual conference 2003
Guest faculty in over 150 conferences both Nationally and Internationally
Faculty, Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Delhi
Secretary, East Delhi Surgeons Forum
Executive Member, Association of Endosurgeons

Dr. Malay Nandy  

Undergraduate and postgraduate in General Medicine from VSS Medical College ( Sambalpur University ). 

After his 10 year tenure at the Dharamshila Cancer Hospital he has now joined the Fortis Healthcare group of Hospitals from September 2004 as Senior Consultant in Medical Oncology.

MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Medical Oncology) from Cancer Institute Adyar, Madras.

He has trained at the Memorial Slom Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, U.S.A., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre Seattle, U.S.A., M.D Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston Texas, U.S.A., James Cancer Centre & Research Hospital Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

He is the chief Investigator Phase II trials of CA Gall Bladder, CA Ovary, CA recurrent breast cancer, CA Lung (Role of Gene Therapy); BCIRG Phase III trial of CA breast.

He presented a paper in UICC ( Bangladesh ) on CPT - 11 on metastatic CA Lung 2000.

He presented a paper in ASCO ( San Francisco ), USA on Phase II CA Gall Bladder 2000.

He presented a paper in ASCO (New Orlando) USA, on Phase II CA Ovary 2003.

He presented a paper in Asia Pacific Lung Cancer Conference Thailand August 2004.

He attends and participates in all National and International conferences of Oncology.

He is a member of the American Society of Oncology (ASCO).

He is a life member of IMA & DMA.

He has worked as Senior Consultant of Hemato-Medical Oncology in Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Delhi for more than seven years.

He was a faculty of DNB Medical Oncology at DCH&RC.

He is a Chief Investigator in Phase II from USA & Canada trials.

He is currently the Investigator in Phase II global trials on gene therapy in Lung Cancer and Phase III BCIRG Global Trials on CA breast.

He graduated from GVSM Medical College, Kanpur (1982) and did his Post Graduation from the same institute in 1986.

He joined Fortis Hospital, Noida after 15 distinguished years as consultant at Noida Medicare Centre, Noida (from 1991 till date), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi (from1999 till date) and Max Hospital, Noida (2002-2004).

Dr. Chandra’s areas of expertise are Internal Medicine with a Special Focus on Diabetes, Rheumatology and connective tissue diseases.

He has received numerous awards and recognition: National & International including:

Fellowship in Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine (FIACM)
Member Association of Physician of India
Member Delhi Medical Association
Member Indian Medical Association
Member Indian Society Of Critical Care Medicine

NEPHROLOGY

Dr. Manoj Singhal

• MBBS 1987 King George's Medical College , Lucknow.
• MD (Medicine) 1991 King George's Medical College , Lucknow.
• DM (Nephro.) 1995 Sanjay Gandhi PGI of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
• DNB (Nephro.) 1995 National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
  July 1996.
• June 1997 Senior Research Associate (CSIR Pool Scheme) at Renal Unit, Dept. of Medicine, King George's Medical College , Lucknow.
• July 1997 to June 1999 Fellowship in Clinical Nephrology, The Toronto Hospitals , Canada.
• Sept. 1999 to July 2003 Senior Consultant, Nephrology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi and Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi.
• August 2003 to Sept. 2004 Senior Consultant & Head, Dept. of Nephrology & Hypertension, Escorts Heart & Super Speciality Institute Ltd., Amritsar.

Designated teacher for DNB in Nephrology and Faculty in several Post-Graduate courses and CMEs. Published Approx. 50 papers in several national and international Journals. Reviewer for Peritoneal Dialysis International (A Journal of International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis published from The Toronto Western Hospital, Canada).

Dr. Arun Goel