MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

SurgeryPlanet is proud to have an exceptional and unique team of Medical Surgeons and Doctors leading, guiding and advising our company’s medical facilitation services. Their wealth of experience and knowledge in the medical industry in USA, Europe and Asia is an asset to our Clients and the company. Listed below, are a few of our  Team Leaders.

Dr. Kenya Numan

BREIF PROFILE

Dr. Numan has been providing health care for over twenty years. She is currently the Medical Director of Health Babies Project, Inc. and the Women’s Health director at the La Clinica Community Clinic. She has taught numerous medical students, interns, resident, physician assistants, and nursing staff and continues to teach health care workers. She also serves as the Alameda County, California, Public Health Commissioner

Education and Training:

OBGYN Residency at Kaiser Foundation Hospital, SF., CA, USA, 1984-88

Medical School:

UCSF School of Medicine, S.F., CA, USA; Medical Degree awarded 1984

Professional Memberships

• Alameda County Public Health Commissioner
• Sinkler-Miller Medical Society
• American Medical Women’s Association
• American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology – affiliate member

Interests

• Obstetrical care; Obesity and Diabetic Implications; Fertility
• HIV and Women’s Issues; Dysplasia; Menopause
• International health, Medical Health Missions

Research

• “Cervical Dysplasia and HIV Positive Women” 1995-2001 WIHS Multi-center Study, UCSF-HGH
• “HIV Disease and Pregnant Women: Delivery Options” – Kaiser Foundation Hospital, S.F., CA

Dr. Harshavardhan K Hegde

MS Orthopaedics

Current Appointment: Consultant-Orthopedics at Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon.

BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Harshavardhan K Hegde has joined Artemis Health Institute as Consultant-Spine Surgery & Orthopedics. He specializes in Spinal surgeries, Arthoplasty, & Trauma. He has been trained on all complex surgeries of spine in Germany & UK as well as advanced training in Arthroplasty in the UK. He has number of publications, research papers to his credit.

He has numerous complex spinal surgeries to his credit like Scoliotic corrections, Disc Replacements (both cervical and lumbar), Instrumentation for low back problems including spondylolisthesis, surgeries for infections like Tuberculosis of the Spine etc.  He has done over 2500 knee and hip replacement surgeries both primary and revision.

Education and Training:
Residencies and Fellowship:

• Spine Fellow at Klinikum Karlsbaad, Langenteinbach, Germany from July 2001 to Dec 2001.
• Spine Fellow at Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford, U.K. from Feb96 to Jan 97..
• Sr.Registrar in Orthopedics at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, U.K from Aug 94 to Jan 96 (ODTS Oxford Rotation).     

Post Graduate Programmes:

• M.S. (Orthopaedics) - Baroda Medical College, Gujarat. 1987

Medical School:

• M.B.B.S. - Baroda Medical College, Gujarat. 1982

Professional Memberships

• The Indian Orthopaedic Association
• The Delhi Orthopaedic Association
• GMC, U.K
• Girdlestone Orthopedic Society, U.K
• Indian Association of Spine Surgeons
• The Gujarat Orthopaedic Association
• Ahmedabad Orthopaedic Association
• Gujarat Spine Society

Previous appointments

• Senior Consultant- Spine Surgery & Orthopedics, Max Health Care, New Delhi & Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research. May 2005 till 31st May 07
• Senior Consultant Orthopedics & Spine – Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 2003 - 2005
• Consulting Orthopedics Surgery at Bhailal Amin General Hospital, Baroda, Gujrat – 1997 to 2003
• Professor & Head of Orthopaedics at Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat 1988-2003

Dr.Rehan Sayeed

Dr. Rehan Sayeed comes with a vast experience of performing more than 6000 Cardiac and 2500 Thoracic surgeries. He has presented more than 100 scientific papers in various National and International forums.

BRIEF PROFILE

Education and Accomplishments:

• MBBS - Madras Medical College, (affl. to Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University) Chennai, India. - 1989 - 1994
• DNB (General Surgery) - National Board of Examinations, New Delhi,India. - 1996 - 1999
• FRCS - The Royal College Of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - 1999
• DNB (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) - National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India. - 2000-2002
• MD - Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA. - ( 2002-2004)
• MD - Fellow in Heart Failure and Assist Devices, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. - ( Jan 2005- July 2006)

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• General Thoracic Surgery

Interests

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac surgery
• Heart failure surgery
• Mitral Valve Repair Procedures
• Artificial Heart devices and Heart Transplantation
• OPCAB- Total Arterial Revascularisation
• Management of Sick Ventricles
• Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
• Heart transplantation and Ventricular assist devices
• Thoracic Oncology
• Tracheal reconstructive surgery

Licensure

• Temporary license state of Massachusetts
• Temporary license state of Ohio
• Medical council of India

Professional Affiliations:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery network
• American college of Chest Physicians - affiliate member
• The Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh
• Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons
• The Cleveland Clinic Alumni

Count of Surgeries

• 6000 Cardiac Surgical cases
• 2500 Thoracic Surgical cases
• 1500 Minimal Access Valve procedures
• 4000 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgeries
• 400 Aortic Surgeries
• 50 Heart Transplant
• 500 VATS
• 50 Heart Assist Device
• 2000 Lung Resections

Research Experience:

• Management of Oesophageal Perforations A 3 year
• Prospective study 1996-1999
• Off pump CABG 2000 - 2002
• Mitral Valve Apparatus and its anatomy 2000 - 2002
• CABG for severe LV dysfunction 2000 - 2002
• MRI based scoring system for Dor procedure Jan 2005 - July 2006
• Folding valvuloplasty for degenerative Mitral valve disease Jan 2005 - July 2006
• Stroke in Aortic arch disease Jan 2005 - July 2006

Dr. Rajani S Roy

BRIEF PROFILE

Educational Qualifications

• Post Doctoral Certificate course in Cardiac Anaesthesia
     Jan 2006 to Dec 2006.
     Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala.

• Diplomate of National Board (DNB) Anaesthesiology
     July 2003 to Oct 2005
     Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala.

• Diploma in Anaesthesiology
     July 1999 to July 2001.
     Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Karnataka
     Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

• MBBS
     Dec 1991 to May 1997
     Siddhartha Medical College,
     University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, AP.

• Internship June 1996 - June 1997
     University General Hospital
     Vijayawada, AP.

Brief of Experience

Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
JR Consultant - Dept of Cardiac Anesthesia

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala.

Asst Professor Anaesthesiology
Lecturer in Anaesthesiology

Bangalore Heart Hospital & Research Center Bangalore

JR Anesthetist
August 2001 to May 2003

Research work:

A thesis entitled “ Correlation of Blood Lactate to Haemodynamic Variables following Coronary Artery bypass Surgery” submitted for Diplomate of National Board Exams on June 2005 as a part of DNB Training under guidance of Dr. Suresh G Nair, Consultant & Head of Dept: of Anesthesia and Critical Care AIMS, Kochi.