Dr. Hitesh Garg

Biography

Dr Hitesh Garg is the head of Ortho-Spine surgery unit at Artemis hospital, Gurgaon, India. He has a rich experience of more than 15 years in spine surgery and has worked at many apex institutes around the globe like Yale University (USA), Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia (USA). He has done his graduation from AIIMS, New Delhi (Top most college of India) and post graduation from prestigious KEM Hospital, Mumbai. In spite of being offered a faculty position in USA, he chose to come back to India with the aim to establish an advanced spine center of international repute in India. He has strong academic interest, has published nationally and internationally and has written chapters in world renowned books on spine surgery

He has more than 5000 spine surgeries to his credit including more than 2500 spinal fusions (TLIF, ACDF etc), 1000 deformity correction procedures (Scoliosis and kyphosis), 300 lumbar and cervical artificial disc replacements, 500 fracture treatments and 500 other complex surgeries like spinal tumour, congenital defects and spino-pelvic fixations.

He uses the latest cutting edge technology during surgery such as Neuromonitoring, O-arm, Navigation, modular operation theaters and microscope which allows him to have a high success rate of almost 98 percent.

Dr. Hitesh Garg has operated on patients from more than 50 countries including USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uganda, Turkmenistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal besides India. His clientele includes some of the very prominent national and international personalities including army officers, ministers, celebrities, sportspersons playing at national and international level, doctors and businessmen of national and international repute. His special interest includes minimally invasive spine surgeries, motion preserving spine surgeries, cranio-vertebral and cervical spine surgeries and deformity correction procedures for scoliosis and kyphosis.

Dr. 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.

MBBS (AIIMS), MS (Ortho)(KEM, Mumbai),
Fellowship in spine surgery (Yale University, USA),
Fellowship in Paediatric Spine (Shriners Hospitals for Children, USA),
Joint Replacement Fellowship (AIIMS)Post Graduate Programs :
MS (Ortho)(KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai)
Fellowship in Spine Surgery (Yale University, USA),
Fellowship in Paediatric Spine (Shriners Hospitals for Children, USA) & Joint Replacement Fellowship (AIIMS)All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Experience

Head & Consultant – Ortho Spine Surgery, Artemis Hospital, Gurugram (present)
Fellowship in Spine Surgery at Yale University, USA
Fellowship in Pediatric Spine Surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, USA
Postgraduate Training (MS Orthopedics) at KEM Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai
Joint Replacement Fellowship at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Specialization & Expertise

Spinal Fusions (TLIF, ALIF, DLIF, Axial-LIF, PLIF, PLF)
Spinal deformity (Scoliosis and Kyphosis) correction
Artificial Disc Replacements (Cervical and Lumbar)
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries
Cervical Spine Surgery
Occipito-cervical and C1-C2 surgeries
Spinal tumours
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
Motion preserving surgeries for degenerative spine and scoliosis
Growing rod for scoliosis
Spinal Trauma surgeries
Pain Procedures: Epidural Blocks, radiofrequency Ablation, Spinal cord stimulator, Baclofen and Morphine Pumps, Percutaneous discectomy