MBBS and MS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; Formerly Professor (and Head of the Department) of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow; Formerly Visiting Professor to King’s College Hospital, London UK and International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; Consultant Surgeon at Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi UAE; Fulbright Fellow to USA, Commonwealth Fellow to UK, UICC Fellow to USA, DAAD Fellow to Germany, ACU Fellow to Malaysia/ Singapore.
Specialty Interest
- Gallbladder cancer
- Bile duct injury
- Pancreatoduodenectomy
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Abdominal Tuberculosis
- Scientific Communication
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- Fellowship International Assoc of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists & Oncologists (IASGO)
- Fulbright Fellowship (US Education Foundation in India)
- Graham Coupland Visiting Lecturer (Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Australia)
- Fellowship (without examination) of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Commonwealth Fellowship (UK)
- Academic Exchange Fellowship of the Association of Commonwealth Universities
- Travel Grant of the International Federation of Surgical Colleges
- Travel Grants of the Japan Surgical Society
- Scholarship of the International College of Surgeons
- Clinical Oncology Fellowship of the UICC (ICRETT)
- PN Berry Educational Trust (UK) Scholarship
- Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Fellow National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- American College of Surgeons
- International Association of Surgeons Gastroenterologists and Oncologists
- Principal Investigator –FHIT gene in Gall Bladder Cancer, e-Cadherin gene in Gall Bladder Cancer, Serum microRNA in gall bladder cancer (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India)
- Site Principal Investigator - international multi-centre phase II, III and IV drug trials (Astra Zeneca, Fujisawa, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Tranzyme, Wyeth)
- Review Article in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
- Leading Articles/ Editorials (Am J Gastroenterol, Am Surg, Br J Surg, Cancer J, Clin Med Rev Oncol, Front Med, Int J Clin Pract, J HBP Surg, J Surg Oncol, Korean J HPB Surg); Review Articles (Asian J Surg, Chin Clin Oncol, J GI Cancer, Postgrad Med J, Rozhl Chir), Systematic Review (Am J Surg)
- About 150 Original Articles (Abdom Radiol, Am J Gastr, Anal Lett, Ann HPB Surg, Asia Pac J Cancer Prev, Australas Radiol, Austr NZ J Surg, Br J Surg, Cancer, Cancer Invest, Chin Clin Oncol, Clin Oncol, Dig Surg, Eur J Surg Oncol, Gut, Gut Liver, Hepato-Gastr, Hepatol Res, HPB, HPB Surg, Human Genet, Hum Genet, Int J Mol Med, Int J Surg, J Am Coll Surg, J Cancer Res Treatment, J Clin Exp Hepatol, J Gastr Hepatol, J GI Surg, J Laparo-endosc Surg, Jap J Surg, J Am Coll Surg, J Cancer Res Tr, J HBP Surg, J Pancr, J Surg Oncol, Korean J HPB Surg, Lipids, Magnet Reson Med, Min Inv Ther, NMR Biomed, Oncotarget, Pediatr Surg Int, Pancreas, PLoS, Scand J Gastr, Solid State NMR, South As J Cancer, Surg Inf, Virch Arch, World J Surg).
- Books (operative surgery 752 pp, clinical surgery 686 pp, gall bladder cancer 361 pp, safe cholecystectomy 310 pp, post-cholecystectomy bile duct injury 244 pp, acute pancreatitis 224 pp, pancreatoduodenectomy 212 pp, venous thrombo-embolism 212 pp, surgery of bile ducts 172 pp) and Mahatma Gandhi 212 pp
- Book Chapters (Advances in Surgery, Bailliere’s Clinical Gastroenterology, Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology, Recent Advances in Surgery, surgical text books)
- Contributed Chapters to www.emedicine.medscape.com