Department of General Surgery

From General Surgery to Surgical Disciplines: A really short history!  

The department of Surgical disciplines is located at the Surgery Block in the Masjd Moth campus of AIIMS, New Delhi. It has got outpatient services including minor operation theatre for day care procedures; inpatient services with 209 beds including general wards, private rooms, Intensive care unit, high dependency unit and transplant ICU; and twelve operation theatres. The department runs numerous sub-speciality clinics in the afternoon, that includes the breast cancer, benign breast diseases, endocrine surgery, renal transplant, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, hematology surgery, hernia, colo-proctology, pectus and chest wall clinic, cancer genetic clinic, vascular access clinic and stoma services. Each unit also runs a follow up clinic to provide dedicated care to post-operative patients.

The department has kept abreast with newer procedures and technologies in all its areas of expertise including breast, endocrine, colorectal, vascular, abdominal wall reconstruction, thoracic, bariatric surgery and minimal access surgery. The department has witnessed many firsts including renal transplant in the youngest patient in our country and has collaborated with the departments of CTVS, pulmonary medicine, cardiac-anesthesia for initiating lung transplant services. The faculty from the department have mentored initiation of various programs such as the sentinel lymph node biopsy (breast cancer), renal transplant and bariatric surgery programs in other premier medical institutions of the country.

The department is a research hub to various clinical trials, most of which get published in various peer reviewed journals of national and international importance. The faculty and residents regularly present their research work in all major national and international conferences, receiving awards for many of these. The residents of our department regularly receive travel grants and fellowships from various international scientific bodies to present their research work.

The department contributes to the teaching and training of MBBS graduates and interns, BSc nursing and OT technician students at our institute. The department conducts the MS General surgery, MCh in breast endocrine and general surgery, MCh minimal access and general surgery, Fellowships in bariatric surgery and renal transplant surgery. Regular conferences and training programs are initiated by the department to train surgeons from across the country and neighboring SAARC nations. Initiatives aimed at knowledge exchange with various international institutions of repute are undertaken by the department in the form of inviting faculty for lectures and inhouse training; as well as sending own faculty for short term fellowship/observership. The department faculty and residents have taken a lead to promote simulation-based training of various basic and advances surgical procedures. Medical graduates from various countries like Germany, France and surgeons from various countries like Bangladesh attend the department from time to time as observers.

The department has a large alumni base located across the globe. Many of their achievements have been commendable, adding to the pride and glory of our department.