Dr. Hitesh Garg
Specialist: Orthopaedic- Spine Surgeon
Experience: 16+ years of experience
Hospital: Artemis Hospital
Brief About Doctor:
HOD Ortho-Spine Surgery
Hitesh Garg has extensive experience in spine surgery having trained from the best spine centers of the world and India.
Garg specializes in the comprehensive treatment of numerous conditions affecting the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine including degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, trauma, infections, and tumors.
He has performed more than 2000 spine surgeries including more than 1500 spinal fusions, 250 deformity correction procedures (Scoliosis and kyphosis), 150 lumbar and cervical artificial disc replacements.
In spite of being offered a faculty position in the USA, he chose to come back to India with the aim to establish an advanced spine center of international repute in India.
With the same aim in mind, he started the spine surgery department at Artemis Health Institute in 2010 with the unique concept of neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons working together to give the best results.
He has strong academic interest, has published nationally and internationally and has written chapters in world renowned books on spine surgery.
Garg believes in meeting patients’ individual needs through comprehensive evaluation and treatment designed to help them achieve active, pain-free lifestyles.
He combines leading edge techniques with proven traditional methods to provide patients with the best care possible.
Education & Fellowships:
MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
MS from the School of Physiotherapy, Orthopedic Center at KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai in the year 2005
Fellowship in Spine Surgery from Yale University, USA.
Fellowship in Pediatrics Surgery Spine from Shriners Hospital, USA
Joint Replacement Fellowship from AIIMS,
Special Areas of Interest:
Spine surgery
Degenerative spine
Spine deformity correction
Lumbar and cervical disc replacement
Traumatic spine,
Paediatric spine
Motion preserving surgeries of the spine
Memberships:
AO Spine
Delhi Spine Society
Association Of Spine Surgeons Of India
Indian Medical Association
Gurgaon Orthopaedic Society
Indian Orthopaedic Association
List of Treatment Procedures:
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Spinal laminectomy/spinal decompression
Discectomy
Foraminotomy
Nucleoplasty / plasma disk decompression
Spinal fusion
Artificial disk replacement.
Laminectomy
Microdiscectomy
Lumbar fusion
Degenerative disc disease
Herniated disc
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Spinal deformities such as scoliosis
Spinal infections
Spinal instability including spondylolisthesis
Vertebral compression fractures
Spinal tumours
Honors & Awards:
“Atal Swasthya Bhushan Samman 2019” awarded by Shri Om Birla, Honourable Speaker of India.
Healthcare Today excellence award for “Best Spine Surgeon of the Year, 2018”
Merit Award and Market Research Healthcare Award for “Best Spine Surgeon in Delhi NCR” for the year 2017
Primetime “Global Healthcare Excellence Award” for “Best Spine Surgeon in Gurgaon” 2015
Dr. Pandurangi Award for the “Best Orthopaedic Resident” for the year 2006-07 at KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai.
Selected among the top 12 nominees out of 298 submissions for All Asia Young Inventor Award organized by Hewlett Packard (Dec 2000), for work on Homemade spacer for asthmatic patients. The work was mentioned in “Far Eastern Economic Review” (Dec, 2000).
Dr. Hira Lal Sharma Memorial Gold Medal (1996-97) for standing first in Punjab School Education Board ( Std XII ) in the state of Punjab
Priviliged to sign the college Roll of Honour ( 1996-97)
Ranked 5th in All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination
Merit certificate and silver medal from Punjab School Education Board
National Level Science Talent Search Examination Scholarship
