University College of Medical Sciences

The department provides specialized services like diagnosis and therapeutic gastro-intestinal endoscopy; laproscopic surgery; and endourology for treatment of urinary calculus, urinary bladder tumors, and prostratic disease. The department has contributed in WHO project for development of ‘A Teaching Module on Prevention and Control of Injury for Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum’. The department activity participates in National Family Welfare Programme for non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) operations.

A regular surgical skill training programme -Suture Practicum - is conducted for all the batches of interns posted in the department.

The department has a large number of publications in reputed national and international journals.

Clinical Material

Department of Surgery provides management of both emergency and elective cases.

Emergency cases include trauma, burn and surgical emergencies like perforation peritonitis, acute appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleed, soft tissue infection, abscess, acute abdomen (panctreatitis, cholecytitis, etc.).

Elective cases include-

(i)	Minimal Access Surgery-Cholelithiasis, inguinal hernia, appendicitis
(ii)	Gastrointestinal surgery-Esophageal stricture, peptic ulcer disease, cholelithiasis, pseudocyst
	of pancreas, splenic abscess, hypersplenism, chronic pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel
	diseases, rectal prolapse, anal fissure, perianal fistula.
(iii)	Urological procedures-Renal stones, ureteric stones, bladder stone, PUJ obstruction,
	uretheral stricture, benign hyperplasia of prostate.
(iv)	Vascular surgery-Varicose vein, peripheral arterial diseases
(v)	Oncological surgery-Carcinoma breast including reconstructive procedure, GI malignancy,
	urological malignancy, soft tissue sarcoma, oral carcinoma.
(vi)	Endocrine surgery-Goiter, carcinoma thyroid, parathyroid adenoma, Cushing syndrome,
	pheochromocytoma, adrenal adenoma
(vii)	Pediatric surgery-Congenital hernia, hydrocele, undescended testis, phimosis
(viii)	Thoracic surgery-Malignant pleural effusion, tuberculosis

Department also provides services of upper GI and lower GI endoscopy, uroflowmetery and urodynamic study.

Teaching Staff:

UCMS Cadre
Dr. Sanjay Gupta	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Arun Gupta	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Iqbal Singh	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. (Mrs.) Navneet Kaur	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Mohit Joshi	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Seema Singh	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Deepjyoti Mohanty	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Sudipta Saha	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Pradeep Saini	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Nitin Agarwal	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Garg	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. A. L. Noba	Lecturer	Research Projects	Thesis supervised

CHS Cadre
Dr. B. K. Jain	Professor & Head	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Sunil Kumar	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Vivek Agrawal	Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Amit Gupta	Assistant Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised
Dr. Atul Kumar Nanda	Assistant Professor	Research Projects	Thesis supervised

Non-Teaching Staff:

Mrs. Taruna Grover

Stenographer

Appointment of Teachers, if any, to Higher Posts / Assignment Outside

Dr. Kaur N

•	Assignment at BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.

Dr. Singh I

•	Clinical Instructor (Fellow), Division of Surgical Sciences (Urology) at WFUMS and WFUBMS in North Carolina (USA).

Distinctions Achieved by the Members of the Teaching Staff Either at the National or International Level

•	A special grant of Rs. 50 lacs has been obtained from UGC for setting up of a Skill Laboratory.

Dr Agrawal V

•	Member of Academy of Medical Sciences, Oct 2006.

Dr Gupta A

•	Invited to deliver a guest lecture on “Splenic Injuries” during National CME programme in Surgery, MAMC, Delhi, Sep 2007.
•	Invited by National Board of Examinations, Delhi as Faculty in National CME programme for DNB students, St. Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi, Feb 2008.
•	Nominated as CONCILOR for the Academic Council for Emergency and trauma (ACET) at INDUS-ACET 2009, AIIMS, 28 Feb- 1 Mar 2009.

Dr. Jain B K

•	Temporary Adviser to the WHO Scientific Working Group meeting for development of Core Curriculum in Family Medicine for South-East Asia Region at Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jun 2003.
•	Agreement for Performance of Work by WHO to arrange an intercountry consultation on Strengthening Injury Prevention and Control in Medical and Nursing Education Programmes in Countries of South-East Asia Region at Manesar, India.
•	Guest faculty in a symposium of surgical Skills organized at annual conference of U.P. chapter of ASI at Berielly, 9 Mar 2009.
•	Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), 01.11.2009.
•	Member of Editorial Board, World Journal of Gastroenterology for year 2010-2012.

Dr. Joshi MK

	Successfully completed ‘Instructor course’ of Advanced Trauma Life Support (American College of Surgeons), New Delhi, Sep 2009 and has been designated as ‘Faculty’ in ongoing ATLS provider courses.

Dr Kaur N

•	Fellowship of IMSA, Jul 2007.
•	Breast Surgery International Travel Award, Aug 2007.

Dr. Kumar S

•	Councilor to the Indo-US joint Emergency Academic Council for Indo-US Emergency Medicine Summit, AIIMS, New Delhi, 27 Sep to 1 Oct 2006.
•	Successfully completed Basic Life Support (BLS) and Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) training courses, conducted by the Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services, New Delhi, 18, 21 and 22 Sep 2006.
•	2nd best paper Award for the ‘Dissectalgia following TEP- Result of Prospective Randomized Trial’ at Third AIIMS Surgical Week (ENDOSURG 2009) New Delhi, 13 - 15 Mar 2009.
•	Successfully completed ‘Instructor course’ of Advanced Trauma Life Support (American College of Surgeons), New Delhi, Sep 2009 and has been designated as ‘Faculty’ in ongoing ATLS provider courses.

Dr Singh I

•	Invited as Guest Faculty and Chairperson of a Session in the CME and Workshop-2007 entitled “Advances in Minimally Invasive Urology and Laser Surgery” organized by the Department of Urology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, 1-2 Dec 2007.
•	Invited as a Panelist by Doordarshan TV (DD-1 Channel-Live Phone in programme) from 5-6 pm on the topic of problems of prostate awareness and BPH, 19 Apr 2007.
•	Head and Organizer for the PDAP Camp (Prostate Disease Awareness Program) held at UCMS and G.T.B. Hospital [Organized by the Urological Society of India, Indian Medical Association and Department of Surgery, UCMS & GTB Hospital] Coordinated by Delhi Urological Society and supported by the Bhagidari Scheme of the Government of NCT of Delhi, 14 Apr 2007.

Dr. Srivastava U K

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Chairman, Board of Research Studies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi for a period of two years (May 2005- May2007)

Seminars and Conferences Held in the Department of National/ International Significance

•	Teacher training workshop for implementation of WHO-SEARO teaching module on prevention and control of injuries for undergraduate medical curriculum, 12-13 Mar 2008.

Funded Research Projects:

Sl.No.	Title of the Research Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Years	Amount (Rs.)
1.	To implement the WHO-SEARO teaching module, on ‘Prevention and Control of Injuries’ for undergraduate medical curriculum at UCMS and LHMC.	Jain BK	WHO		4.26 Lakhs
2.	Controlled study of risk factors in patients with BPH and carcinoma prostrate	Gupta S	IMRG, UCMS	2010	25000

List of Publications 2003 onwards: