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NAME: Dr. Abhinav Gupta

Date of Birth: 4-11-74
Marital Status: Married
Permanent Address: C-196 Surajmal Vihar, Delhi 92
Present Address: Apollo BSR Hospital , Bhilai, Chattisgarh
Telephone No: 9891040215, 8085952506

Email Add: abhif2@gmail.com

Qualification MBBS, DNB, (MCh Neurosurgery), DHM

Professional Qualification

• DNB (Diplomate of National Board) in Neurosurgery Aug 2000-July 2005.

Equivalent to MCh (Neurosurgery). As per notification issued by govt of India
from time to time DNB is equivalent to post-graduate/post-doctoral qualification
awarded by Indian Universities. DNB is a recognized qualification as per 1 st
schedule of the Indian Medical Council Act (1956).
• DHM (Diploma in Hospital Management) 2005-2006 from NIHFW (National
Institute of health and family welfare) Delhi.
• MBBS Aug1993-Jan1998, (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) from
AFMC (Armed Forces Medical College), Pune.
• Fellowship in Endoscopic Neurosurgery from University of Pittsburgh Medical
Centre (USA).
• Certificate Course in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery from UPMC.
• Fellowship in Pain management from Asceulap Academy.
• Attended course in Endoscopic neurosurgery at Annual conference of CNS (2009)
held at New Orleans USA with CME credits.
• I have an experience of more than 2 years on BRAIN SUITE ( Intraoperative
MRI with Image guidance)
• Vast personal experience in spinal surgeries and AO course attendee
Registration detail
• Medical Council of India 1999 onwards
• Delhi Medical Council (2004 ,2009)

Membership

• Life member Neurological Society of India

• Member Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA)
• Life member Delhi Neurological society
• Full member AO spine

Professional Experience

• Presently working as Consultant Neurosurgeon with Apollo BSR Hospital, Bhillai

since January 2010. Here I am running the whole department independently and
performing diverse craniospinal surgeries independently. I successfully performed
the first double cervical disc replacement surgery successfully at the hospital, It is
first of its kind in whole of central India.
• We have a Philips DSA lab with flat panel and road mapping on which I have
already performed 2 cases of aneurysm coling with an associate from Nagpur. I
am interested in developing the same in our institution.
• I am performing all kind of complex cranial and spinal surgeries like Disc
replacement, Kyphoplasty and Spinal instrumentation at all levels

• Associate consultant Max Superspeciality Hopital from Dec 2007 to Jan 2010. I
was in charge of Neuro ICU with staff of 30 people (ICU residents, Residents,
nursing and technical staff). I was performing all kind of Cranial and Spinal
surgery. I have assisted Dr Vipul Gupta there in number of cases of interventional
neurosurgery. Max is one of the best-equipped hospitals in India. Here about
twelve hundred major neurosurgical operations are performed each year. Thus I
was exposed to the latest and most advanced neurospine technologies in the
world. I developed endoscopic neurosurgery in the department. I was
independently operating in the Brian-Suite (Intra-operative MRI with Neuro-
navigation) for 2 years. Here I got exposure to stereotactic radio surgery (Gamma
 knife surgery) under Dr. Sandeep Vaishya. To upgrade my skill I completed the
Gamma knife course at UPMC.

• I further got training in DBS implantation from Dr Sandeep Vaishya and

assisted more than 10 cases .
• Clinical Assistant in Dept of Neurosurgery Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi
(Aug 2006 to Nov 2007). I was doing all kind of complex cranial and spinal
surgeries under supervision. I also performed a number of Endoscopic spinal
procedures specially the Endoscopic discectomy.

• Senior Resident (Neurosurgery) at LNJP hospital( Aug 2005 to July 2006).

The hospital attached to Maulana Azad Medical College. This is one of the largest
tertiary care referral centres of North India, with one of the largest trauma centers
in India. During my tenure here, I operated on more than 500 poly-trauma patients
independently.

• During 2005-2006 I acquired Diploma in Hospital Management from National

Institute of health and family welfare, Delhi. This was a distance cum contact
programme with submission of compulsory project report.

• Clinical fellow in Dept. of Neurosurgery for six weeks at NIMHANS Bangalore.

Learned basics of microneurosurgery and learned vascular anastomosis on animal
models.
• PG trainee in Dept. of Neurosurgery (DNB Neurosurgery 5yrs) Aug 2000-July
2005 at SGRH, New Delhi.
• Junior Resident in Dept of Surgery Hind Rao Hospital, Delhi. April 1999-Mar
2000.
• Rotating Internship at Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi. 2nd March1988-1st Mar
1999.
PG training Experience

Aug 2003 to July2005:

 • The last two years out of five-year training programme, I worked as Senior
Resident. During this period I was rotated to specialty units i.e. Neurovascular
and Skull Base unit, Pediatric Neurosurgery unit and Spinal Neurosurgery unit.

• Job responsibilities included independent management in wards and assisting all

the operative cases.

• Further as the Senior PG, I was responsible for resident teaching. The
responsibility included taking formal operative session discussions and tutorials
for the postgraduate trainees, both inter and intra-departmental.

• Microsurgical Training at Johnson & Johnson Institute New Delhi. This part
of my training included, dissection of sheep brain and anastomosis of vessels in
live anesthetized rats.

August 2000 to July 2003

Resident DNB trainee in Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

Apart from surgical training I was responsible for management in neuro-intensive

care unit.

April 1999 to March 2000

Junior Resident in Dept.of General Surgery at Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi.

Surgeries Independently performed:

• Complex Intracranial tumors with neuro-navigation and Brain-suite

• All kinds of trauma surgery with complex Cranio-facial reconstructions.
• All kind of spinal surgery including Anterior Cervical Discectomy with and without
fusion, Spinal Instrumentation at all levels from cervical spine down to sacrum, Disc
replacement and Endoscopic spine surgery.
• Endoscopic Cranial surgery
• Stereo-tactic neurosurgery

Exposure as first assistant

• Aneurysm surgery assisted over 100 cases as first assistant

• Skull base surgery including far -lateral and cranial base exposure
• Functional Neurosurgery (DBS)
• Gamma Knife surgery

Research and Academic achievements

Dissertation for the award of Diplomate of National Board, Neurosurgery

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and its surgical management.
Accepted in March 2005
Awards for Papers presentation
• Benefits and Limitations of Brain suite (Intraoperative MRI with Image guidance) in
Pituitary surgery. (Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans USA, Oct
2009) Certificate of appreciation.
• Experience of cervical disc replacement in 60 patients (2nd prize in award category at
DNACON 2010).
• Experience of instrumentation in cases of spinal tuberculosis (54th Annual
Conference of Neurological Society of India, Vishakhapatnam, Orissa Dec-2005)
• Acute aneurysm surgery with 3D CT Angiography alone (53rd Annual Conference of
Neurological society of India, Indore Dec-2004). Runner-up in award paper
category
• Role of lamina terminalis fenestration during aneurysm surgery in prevention of
nd
development of hydrocephalus (52 Annual Conference of Neurological society of
India, Chandigarh Dec. 2003)
• Variations of far lateral approach (51stAnnual Conference of Neurological society of
India, Cochin Dec. 2002)
• Prospective analysis of cases of Bifrontal contusion. (National Neurotrauma
conference, Aug. 2001)

Workshop and conferences attended:

2007

• WFNS microneurosurgery & Endoscopy Skull base cadaver work shop, AIIMS
Delhi
• 9th Annual conference of Skull Base Society of India & International CME,
AIIMS, Delhi, India
• 4th South Asian Neurological congress-2007, Delhi
• 9th Annual Micro surgery workshop. AIIMS, Delhi
2006
• 8th Annual microneurosurgery workshop at AIIMS
• 15th Annual Neurotrauma conference, Delhi
• Annual Nimhans Neuroscience update, Bangalore
• Symposium on Neuro-AIDS at SGRH, Delhi
• 55th Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India. Madurai, TN

2005
• 7th Annual Microsurgery workshop. AIIMS, New Delhi
• Workshop on Spinal Instrumentation. Indraprasth Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.
• Neuroscience update (Research and Referral Center, Armed forces), Delhi.
• Mid Neurocon- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
 • International clinics of Neurosurgery - GB. Pant Hospital, New Delhi
• 54th Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India, Vishakhapatnam,
Orissa

2004
• Neuroendoscopy and minimal invasive surgery, workshop - Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, New Delhi
• 6th Annual Micro surgery workshop, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi
• International clinics of Neurosurgery - GB. Pant Hospital, New Delhi
• Certificate course on "Spinal cord injuries: Acute Management and Rehabilitation
Care". Indian Spinal Injuries, New Delhi
• Endoscopic spine surgery workshop, Indore, MP, India
• 53rd Annual Conference of Neurological society of India, Indore, MP

2003
• Delhi Neurological Association (D.N.A) Conference, New Delhi
• Annual Micro surgery workshop, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi
• International clinics of Neurosurgery - GB. Pant Hospital, New Delhi
• Certificate course on "Spinal cord injuries: Acute Management and Rehabilitation
Care". Indian Spinal Injuries, New Delhi
• NEUROCON 2003-PGI Chandigarh
2002
• Delhi Neurological Association (D.N.A) Conference, New Delhi
• Annual Micro surgery workshop, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi
• NEUROCON 2002-Cochin
• National Neurotrauma conference
• International Neuroradiology Workshop - Indraprasth Apollo Hospital, New
Delhi.
2001
• Neuroendoscopy and minimal invasive surgery, workshop - Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, New Delhi
• Annual Micro surgery workshop, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi

Dr. Abhinav Gupta

References
Dr. Rana Patir
Director Neurosurgery
Max Hospitals, Saket ,Delhi, India