Dr. Hitesh Garg
Orthopedics

Dr. Hitesh Garg

Head - Ortho Spine Surgery

Artemis Hospital• Gurugram

15+ years of experience
Ortho Spine Surgery
MBBS, MS, Fellowship in spine surgery, Fellowship in Paediatric Spine, Joint Replacement Fellowship

About the doctor

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 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. 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.

Area of expertise

Spinal Fusions (TLIF, ALIF, DLIF, Axial-LIF, PLIF, PLF)Spinal deformity (Scoliosis and Kyphosis) correctionArtificial Disc Replacements (Cervical and Lumbar)Minimally Invasive Spine SurgeriesCervical Spine SurgeryOccipito-cervical and C1-C2 surgeriesSpinal tumoursKyphoplasty and VertebroplastyMotion preserving surgeries for degenerative spine and scoliosisGrowing rod for scoliosisSpinal Trauma surgeries

Qualifications

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

Professional Journey

  1. Currently Head - Ortho Spine Surgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
  2. Graduation from AIIMS, New Delhi
  3. Post graduation from KEM Hospital, Mumbai
  4. Worked at Yale University, USA
  5. Worked at Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, USA

Awards & achievements

  • 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)
  • Dr Hira Lal Sharma Memorial Gold Medal (1996-97) for standing first in Punjab School Education Board (Std XII)
  • Ranked 5th in All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination

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