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shared one of the moments of pride
and joy that almost wet his eyes when
one of his students recently got a Gold
medal in the presentation competition
at a national level conference. He has
also been a visiting professor in the
Mayo clinic, USA.
Dr. Deeepak joined PhD in GI Surgery
at the Department of GI Surgery,
AIIMS under the guidance of Prof
Samiran Nundy after taking study
leave. He also worked for almost a
year without any honorarium or pay
during this course. “I owe everything I
have to my Alma mata. It is one of the
finest training I have ever had in the
Department he added.
After completing his PhD in GI
Surgery, he then joined GTB Hospital
as Assistant Professor in Surgery.
Fortunately, he got a break to become a
consultant GI Surgeon at the PSRI
Hospital of liver and digestive
diseases. Here he started the
Department of GI Surgery under the
guidance of the then Director Prof B.N.
Tandon.
Then he went on to work at the
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals at New
Delhi in 2004. Dr. Deepak’s academic
interests led him to start DNB in GI
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Surgery at this hospital in 2011. He
was able to do this with all support
from the Apollo Hospitals management
in spite of lot of obstacles at every
stage. “Since then, we have been
having a good teaching program and
have been able to develop our
Department as one of the best private
GI Surgical unit in the city and country
at large,” he says. The department has
been performing all major GI Surgical
procedures and advanced laparoscopic
procedures, apart from academics. In
2012 the hospital also acquired the
Robotic surgery instruments and his
team has performed many critical
Robotic GI Surgeries since then.
Experience as a Professor
Teaching has always been his passion,
he says, “I feel I have learnt a lot from
my students. As a doctor, you feel good
when your patient gets better and is
discharged to go home. Similarly, a
teacher is always happy when his
student passes and performs well.” He
The Awards and Publications
He has received the President’s
appreciation award from the IMA, and
additionally he has been felicitated at
various forums. He has also received
felicitations at the Apollo hospitals for
patient care. “But I sincerely feel that
my patients and their testimonials are
the best awards for me,” he continues.
He has written various papers which
have been published in recognized
national and international journals.
Apart from these Dr. Deepak has
various chapters in different books, to
his name. His main areas of interest for
publications and presentations have
been related to pancreatic surgery and
robotic GI surgery, especially
colorectal surgery. He has also treated
some rare and difficult cases
successfully, which have been
published

Social commitment
After seeing some young patients with
colorectal cancer who came very late
to him and also the rising incidence of
this disease in our country, he felt the
need and started a colorectal cancer
research foundation. Through which he
keeps holding free GI and colorectal
cancer awareness programs, camps and
public lectures. “This is a cancer which
can be almost prevented with good diet
and lifestyle and cured almost
completely if detected and treated in
time” he said.