He has done advanced training course in France with Dr. Alen Crebier

FELLOWSHIPS: -

• Charles Nicolle Hospital, Rouen, FRANCE
• National Heart Centre, SINGAPORE
• New York Centre, New York, USA
• Korea University, Guro Hospital, Seoul, KOREA

Dr. Nitish Garg has a wide experience of 18 years of cardiac interventions producing best of the results.

• All sorts of coronary and peripheral interventions.
• Pacemaker/AICD implants
• Valvoplasty(Mitral, Aortic & Pulmonary).
• Congenital heart disease: Percutaneous (without surgery) closure of various holes in the heart (VSD, ASD, PDA).
• Specialised in Radial Artery(hand) intervention, electrophysiology & radiofrequency ablation.

He has main interest in promoting preventive Cardiology. He has been conducting public meetings & camps to promote this endeavor. He has been educating general public regarding daily exercise, healthy diet & stress free life.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Extraction of Thrombus from Coronary Artery in Patients of Acute MI which can prevent need of stent (first interventionist in PUNJAB to perform this technique). It not only reduces cost of treatment but also gives long term better results.
• First Digital Pacemaker Implantation in PUNJAB.
• Principal Investigator in many multinational research trials.
• He is awarded fellowship of American College of Cardiologists "FACC" in 2013, which is the most prestigious society of America.
• He is awarded fellowship of Indian College of Cardiology "FICC" in 2013.
• He is awarded by one of the world's largest & most Influential Cardiology Society "European Society of Cardiologists" "FESC" in Jan 2016.
• Member of American College of Cardiology "ACC".
• Member of European Society of Cardiology "ESC".
• Member of Cardiology Society of India "CSI".
• Member of Indian College of Cardiology "ICC".

Dr. Nitish Garg has an expertise in Angiography and Angioplasty through radial artery(hand) with the advantage of minimal hospital stay & no local site complications. Patients can be discharged within few hours, no night stay in hospital is necessary and can resume his/her work the next day.

Infection after pacemaker implantation could be a serious complication. Our infection rate is nearly zero percent.

RESEARCH WORK:

• Many paper publications in reputed National & International Journals.
• Principal Investigator in many multinational research trials.

Angioplasty is advised only if it is must or unavoidable. Many patients can be managed with medicines without need of surgery or stenting.

He has treated heart patients as young as 1year and as old as 92years.

He is quite dedicated in doing emergency heart procedure (primary angioplasty) even in night hours in patients of heart attack (acute MI).

Dr. Nitish Garg works a lot on preventive medicine. He educates people how we can bring certain changes in our lifestyle to remain healthy and avoid falling in clutches of the heart diseases.

CIMS has a PHILIPS ALLURA XPER FD 10/10 state-of-the-art digital cath lab. Innovative techniques give patients (both adults and children) the advantage of superior therapies and preventive care for disorders of the heart and vascular system (blood vessels).

QUALIFICATION:

• M.B.B.S: Govt. Medical College, Amritsar
• M.S. (General Surgery): Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
• M.Ch. (Neurosurgery): Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
• One Year Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (Endoscopic Neurosurgery) from Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secundrabad

Dr Bharat Gupta is heading the department of Neurosciences at Cardionova Hospital, Jalandhar and he has vast experience of more than twelve years in Neurosurgery. He has worked for many years in various prominent hospitals in India and abroad to excel in the field of Neurosurgery. He has also been bestowed one year fellowship degree in Neuro-Endoscopy for Brain and Spine surgeries.

Dr Bharat Gupta always prefers to use minimally invasive techniques, wherever possible, to treat the patients. He is well trained from John Redcliff Hospital, Oxford ,England to use Ultra-Sonography for total excision of brain tumors. He has learnt Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease from University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland . He is also well trained in Epilepsy surgery for patients where seizures aren’t being controlled with drugs. He has got vide surgical exposure of aneurysmal clipping and operating brain tumors in India for more than twelve years.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Internship: Worked As Intern at Govt. Medical College, Amritsar
• M.Ch: Worked Under Neurosurgery Icons Dr. Yashbir Dewan, Dr SS Grewal, Dr Pridipta Tripathi, Dr Jacob Mathew at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
• Fellowship: Worked under kind guidance of Neurosurgery icons Dr. A. Krishna Reddy and Dr Manas Panigrahi at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences , Secundrabad.
• CMC Vellore: Got Oppurtunity to Work With Dr Ari Chacko, Dr V. Rajshekhar.
• DMC Ludhiana: Worked With Dr Ashwani Chaudhary and Dr R K Kaushal.
• AIIMS New Delhi: Worked With Dr Ashwani Suri And Dr P Sarabchandra.
• Oxford Hospital, Jalandhar: Senior Consultant Neuro Surgeon till Aug 2017
• Shrimann Hospital, Jalandhar: Senior Consultant Neuro Surgeon till March 2020
• Cardionova Hospital, Jalandhar: Head,Department of Neurosciences at presently.

EDUCATION &TRAINING:

• Did M.Ch in Cardiothoracic Surgery from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1992, under Prof. P. Venugopal.
• Two years fellowship at Portland, Oregon, USA under Dr. Albert Starr.
• Two years advanced fellowship at Albany Medical College, New York, USA.

EXPERIENCE:

• Senior Cardiac surgeon at BBC & Pruthi Hospital Hospital, Jalandhar from 2000 to 2002.
• Senior Consultant at Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana from 2002 to 2007.
• Chief Cardiac Surgeon at S.G.L. Superspeciality Hospital, Jalandhar from 2010 to 2015.

EXPERTISE:

• Extensive (>27years) experience in all aspects of this specialty.
• One of the earliest proponents of Beating Heating Surgery in Punjab. At present doing almost 99% of all CABG operations off pump.
• Total Arterial Revascularization using Bilateral IMA’s and Radial artery.
• Surgery for complications of MI (LV Aneurysms, post MI VSR).
• Rich experience in Mitral Valve Repair and Bioprosthetic Valve replacement surgery.
• Surgery on the aortic root and aortic arch, including aortic dissections.
• All types of Congenital Heart Surgery & complex vascular surgery.
• Area of special interest; Experience of over 100 minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS), including CABG, valves and Congenital Heart surgeries.

TOTAL ARTERIAL CABG

• Using Bilateral Internal mammary Arteries and Radial Arteries.
• Long Term results are far superior to that of venous graft.
• Better results in diabetic patients.
• Complications like strokes are much less.

MITRAL VALVE REPAIR

• Preserves patients own valves.
• No need of an artificial valve.
• No need for lifelong anticoagulants.
• Hearts pumping does not decrease with time
• Complications like strokes are much less.
• Avoids sternotomy.
• Excellent cosmesis.
• Postoperative pain in much less.
• Blood requirements much less.
• Hospitalization period reduced.
• Faster return in work.