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Dr Vikas Singhal Advanced Laparoscopy, Robotic, Bariatric, Hernia, Gallbladder, GI Surgeon

Dr. Vikas Singhal

Advanced Laparoscopic, Robotic, Bariatric, Hernia, Gallbladder, GI Surgeon

Senior Consulrant- Department of GI & Bariatric Surgery, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon

After graduating from Maulana Azad Medical College, Dr. Vikas Singhal, the Obesity Specialist Doctor, went to pursue further training in the U.K. He completed initial training in surgery from Birmingham, Coventry, and Leeds. After this, he moved to America for higher training. He completed a five-year Surgical Residency from the Guthrie Clinic, Pennsylvania. After this, he pursued a Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Weight Loss Bariatric Surgery from Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA. He believes in honest and ethical patient care. He practices Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).

DR. VIKAS SINGHAL

CONSULTANT- DEPARTMENT of GI & BARIATRIC SURGERY, MEDANTA- MEDICITY HOSPITAL

MBBS, MRCS (Glasgow), FACS, FALS
Diplomate American Board of Surgery
Fellowship American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS)
Fellowship- Advanced Laparoscopic GI & Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland, USA

EXPERIENCE:

After graduating from Maulana Azad Medical College, Dr Singhal pursued further surgical training from UK and USA. He completed a five year Surgical Residency from the Guthrie Clinic, Pennsylvania. After this he pursued a Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery from Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA. He is an American Board of Surgery certified surgeon. He has also received the Fellowship of American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS). He believes in honest and ethical patient care and practice of Evidence Based Medicine. He has several indexed publications in GI surgery in reputed journals and has been awarded the best paper award by the Journal of GI Surgery (JOGS) and Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary tract (SSAT), USA. He is also in the Editorial Board of several medical journals.

CLINICAL EXPERTISE & INTERESTS:

Dr. Singhal specializes in laparoscopic bariatric & metabolic surgery, laparoscopic gastric surgery, laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery and intra-operative endoscopy. He has special interests in newer laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures for reflux disease, and complex hernia surgery including component separation techniques.

MEMBERSHIP IN HONORARY/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

▪ Member- American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

▪ Member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

▪ Member of the Society for Surgeons of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)

▪ Member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

▪ F.A.C.S – American College of Surgeons, October 2016
▪ Certification in Bariatric Surgery, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), October 2014
▪ Board Certified- American Board of Surgery, Jan 2014
▪ M.R.C.S. – Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow, UK, July 2005
▪ M.B.B.S. – Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India, Feb 2002

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Current:
7/2016 to till date	Consultant- Minimal Access, GI and Bariatric Surgery,Medanta- Medicity Hospital, Sector 38, Gurgaon, India
Previous:
8/2014 – 7/2016	Consultant- GI and Bariatric Surgery, Jaypee Hospital, Sector 128, Noida, UP, India
7/2013 – 6/2014	Fellow- Bariatric Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Medical Center & Geauga Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
7/2012 – 6/2013	Chief Resident- General Surgery, Guthrie Clinic- Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
7/2008 – 6/2013	General Surgery Residency, Guthrie Clinic- Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
10/2007 – 5/2008	Clinical and Research Fellow, Upper GI Surgery, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
2/2004 – 10/2007	Senior House Officer, University Hospitals Warwickshire and Worcestershire Basic Surgical Training Rotation, West Midlands, UK (3.5 year Basic Surgical Training Rotation)
2/2003 – 2/2004	Senior House Officer, General Surgery & Orthopedics, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK
12/2002- 2/2003	Clinical Attachment- Hepato-biliary Surgery, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
5/2002- 11/2002	Junior Resident- General Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India

RESEARCH AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

▪Journal of GI Surgery (JOGS) 2012 best paper award,for “Biliary Dyskinesia: How effective is cholecystectomy?’, given jointly by Springer publications and Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), USA.
▪Stanley Conklin Research Award,Guthrie Clinic- 2nd prize for the best paper in the review of literature category, June 2013
▪Stanley Conklin Research Award,Guthrie Clinic – prize for the best case report, June 2013
▪Stanley Conklin Research Award,Guthrie Clinic – 2nd prize in the clinical research category, June 2013
▪ Clinical research study, ‘Biliary Dyskinesia: Are we treating it right?’, plenary presentation at the26th Annual Residents and Fellows SSAT Research Conference,Chicago, May 6, 2011
▪Stanley Conklin Research Award,Guthrie Clinic- 1st prize for best research paper in the case report category, June 2011
▪Lynn Smaha Resident Research Competition– 2nd prize at Guthrie Annual Cardiovascular Symposium, October 2009
▪Travel grant from the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh– funded for travel to Hong Kong for plenary presentation at the joint meeting of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, October 2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

▪Faculty (Tutor) for Obesity Medicine Masters (MSc) and Diploma Courses,University of South Wales, U.K.
▪Faculty at the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Basic GI Laparoscopic surgery course for Residentsheld at Ethicon Endo-institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1st -2nd, 2013
▪Post Graduate Award in Medical Education– University of Warwick, UK, where I taught medical students from the University of Warwick for six months as a Clinical Demonstrator, June 2006.

OTHER PRIZES

The Rob Benny Prize for the best surgical trainee– conferred by the education and training committee, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Basic Surgical Training Rotation, UK, based upon overall performance throughout the 3.5 year rotation, given out of 45 trainees, July 2007.

REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

▪ Member- Editorial Board- General Surgery Journal
▪ Digestive Diseases and Sciences (DDS)
▪ World Journal of Gastroenterology
▪ World Journal of Radiology
▪ World Journal of Clinical Cases