CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:   Dr. Ravindra Kumar Dewan

Nationality: Indian

Marital status: Married, wife – an Associate Professor in English in a college of Delhi University

Address: 128, Aravali Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi-110019, INDIA

Ph: R : +91-11-26030011

M : +91- 9810324635                                      

E-mail: ravindrakdewan@rediffmail.com

Date of Birth: 25th January 1962

Educational Qualifications:

1. *MBBS , Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi University – 1979-84
2. *M.S. (Surgery), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi University -1986-88
3. M.Ch. (Cardio-thoracic Surgery), GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi University-1989-1991

*Received National Talent Search Scholarship awarded by the National Council of Educational Research and Training during this period.

Medical Registrations:

1. Medical Council of India: Certificate No. MCI/4718 dated 19 February 1985, New Delhi
2. Delhi Medical Council: Registration No. 2411 dated 30 June 2000, renewed again in 2008, New Delhi

Designation at present: Thoracic Surgeon- Senior Administrative Grade (Equated Teaching Designation-Professor)

Employment Record:

1. Senior Resident (Surgery): DDU Hospital, New Delhi: 21October 1988 to 8 June 1989
2. Senior Resident (Cardio-thoracic Surgery): GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi: 9 June 1989 to 30 June 1992
3. Thoracic Surgeon- Specialist Grade II in Junior Scale ( Pay Scale Rs. 3,000 Basic plus NPA) at the National(erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi : From 1July 1992 to 9 March 1996
4. Consultant Cardio-thoracic & Vascular Surgeon: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi: From 10 March 1996 to 16 January 1997
5. Thoracic Surgeon- Specialist Grade II in Junior Scale ( Pay Scale Rs. 10,000 Basic plus NPA) at the National(erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi : From 5 March 1997 to 4 March 1999
6. Thoracic Surgeon- Specialist Grade II in Senior Scale ( Pay Scale Rs. 12,000 Basic plus NPA) at the National(erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi : From 5 March 1999 to 4 March 2005
7. Thoracic Surgeon- Specialist Grade I (Pay Band IV with Grade Pay Rs. 8,700) at the National(erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi : From 5 March 2005 to 4 March 2012
8. Thoracic Surgeon- Senior Administrative Grade (Pay Band IV with Grade Pay Rs. 10,000) at the National(erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi: From 5 March 2012 till date

Nature of Work Experience:

1. Clinical:

1. Working as Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of T.B. & Allied Diseases, which is a 500-bedded tertiary referral center for T.B. and respiratory diseases. It is an autonomous institute under Government of India. Developed its thoracic surgery department in my tenure here. The department gets referrals from almost the whole of Northern India and adjoining countries. About 500 major thoracic surgical procedures are carried out every year. The cases usually include surgery for complications of pulmonary tuberculosis and Carcinoma lung in addition to other chest conditions.  The experience includes some of the most challenging lung resections. The spectrum of surgery includes cases of complications and sequel of pulmonary tuberculosis like drug failure, hemoptysis, Empyema or destroyed lungs or Bronchiectasis, carcinoma lung, interstitial lung disease, mediastinal or chest wall tumors, tracheal surgery, constrictive pericarditis or referrals for bronchoscopy, foreign body removal from airway, mediastinoscopy or Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery. The experience and expertise is somewhat unique as there is an extreme shortage of practitioners engaged in general thoracic surgery.

2. Teaching and Training:

International       

1. Engaged by an International NGO- MSF-France to study the TB surgery facilities in Armenia and Cambodia. Subsequent to this study, developed a protocol and a manual of guidelines for TB Surgery for them. This manual has been recently incorporated in an Expert Statement on TB Surgery by the W.H.O. for Europe.
2. Involved in capacity building and training of Thoracic Surgeons of these countries to develop a TB Surgery unit there.
3. Surgeons from Bangladesh, Philippines, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Iraq, Germany, Afghanistan and Armenia have visited the department for short term training in Thoracic Surgery.

         National

1. Undergraduate as well as postgraduate students studying Respiratory Medicine from AIIMS and VP Chest Institute are posted in the department for short term training.
2. The Thoracic Surgery Department entered into an agreement with CTVS Department, AIIMS and G.B. Pant Hospital, as a result of which M.Ch. (Cardio-thoracic Surgery) students enrolled at AIIMS and GB Pant Hospital are regularly posted in the department for thoracic surgery training.
3. Developed a module for Rigid and Flexible Bronchoscope training and have trained several doctors from across the country.

4. Running a Super Specialty course of Thoracic Surgery accredited by the Diplomate National Board. 
5. Organizing Secretary for the 5th National Conference on Bronchology, 1999.
6. Organizing Secretary for the CT-CME cum workshop under the auspices of the Indian Association of Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgeons in 2007.

     c. Administrative:

1. Chief Administrative Officer of the hospital since 2000.
2. Convener of a committee set up to develop and draft a vision document for the Institute.
3. Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and responsible for its efficient functioning.

     d. Editorial:

1. Referee for thoracic surgery papers in the following journals: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Asian Annals for Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Indian Journal of Cardio-Vascular Thoracic Surgeons, Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, Lung India, and Current Medical Trends.
2. Nominated member of the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences.
3. Editor of the newsletter of the Institute published every quarter.

     e. Research and Publications:

International

1. Thoracic Surgical Interventions for DR-TB and Their Results

RK Dewan. Int J Mycobacteriol 5 Suppl 1, S55. 2016 Nov 27

2. Surgical aspects of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: An Update. Ravindra Kumar Dewan, A. Thomas Pezzella. Invited Review. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2016; 24(8): 835-846
3. A rare cause of massive hemoptysis: Transdiaphragmatic migration of gossypiboma postnephrectomy. Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Emeka B Kesieme Radhakrishna Ramchandani. J Appli. Basic Sciences 2014; 8(1): 64-67
4. Resurgence of therapeutically destitute tuberculosis: amalgamation of old and newer techniques. Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Loven Moodley. J Thorac Dis 2014;6(3): 196-201
5. Spontaneous Resolution of an Inflammatory Pseudotumour of the Lung Subsequent to Wedge Biopsy. Vikas Maurya, Uday Aditya Gupta, Ravindra K. Dewan, Sudhir Jain, Ashok Shah. Arch Bronconeumol 2013; 49 (1): 31-34.
6. Pleuropulmonary Blastoma in an Adult A rare case. Nidhi Paliwal, Kumud Gupta, Shalini Mullick, R. K. Dewan. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012-ISSN-[0976-3198]
7. Surgical Treatment for Tracheobronchial Carcinoid Tumours: a 16- Year Experience. Ravindra K. Dewan, Emeka B. Kesieme, and Radhakrishna Ramchandani. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2012; 20: 53-57.
8. Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis- a 15 year experience. Ravindra Kumar Dewan European Journal  for cardio-thoracic Surgery 2010;37:473-77
9. Zygomycosis- a case report and overview of the disease in India. Amit  Diwakar, R. K. Dewan, Anuradha Chowdhary, H. S. Randhawa, Geetika Khanna, S. N. Gaur  Blackwell Synergy-Mycoses July 2007 ; 50-4:247-254

National

10. Incidental intraoperative diagnosis of retained foreign body lung misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. Radhakrishna Ramchandani, Ravindra Dewan, Sarita Ramchandani. Lung India July 2016; 33(4):444
11. A Case of Aspergilloma with Mucin Secreting Adenocarcinoma in the Cavity Wall. S. Aggarwal, K. Gupta, S. Mullick, Ravindra Dewan SAARC J TUBER LUNG DIS HIV/AIDS, 2015; 12(1), Page: 39-41
12. Giant cell tumor of rib presenting as intrathoracic mass: a rare case report. . Ranjeetha Shenoy, Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Rajat Saxena, Adarsh Ganapathy. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 33(1), 45-47
13. Localised malignant pleural mesothelioma mimicking a pseudo-tumour in a HIV-positive patient: a rare case report. Ranjeetha Shenoy, Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Rajat Saxena, Adarsh Ganapathy. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 32(4), 266-268
14. A rare occurrence of well differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma lung in a patient with history of bullet injury to lung and retained pellets in the pleura. Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Rajat Saxena, Shilpa Gandhi. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 32(4);278-282
15. Massive hemothorax resulting from erosion of the left internal thoracic artery by an anterior chest wall tubercular abscess. Dewan RK, Saxena R, Gandhi S. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ( January- March 2016) 32(1): 38-40
16. Acquired Broncho-oesophageal fistula in an Adult. Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Vinitha V. Nair, Rajat Saxena and Shaleen Prasad. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;30(4):289-91
17. Metastatic Thymic Carcinoid: Does Surgeon Have a Primary Role? Ravindra Kumar Dewan, Vinitha V. Nair, Rajat Saxena, Shaleen Prasad and Kumud Gupta. Indian J Chest Dis Allied sci 2014;56:255-57
18. Adenocarcinoma (Somatic Type Malignancy) in Mature Teratoma of Anterior Mediastinum. Nidhi Paliwal, Kumud Gupta, R K Dewan and Shalini Mullick. Indian J Chest Dis Allied sci 2013;55:39-41
19. Therapeutic Management of Empyema. Ravindra K. Dewan. Editorial. Indian J Chest Dis Allied sci 2012; 54:219-21
20. Delayed Presentation of traumatic bronchial tear and successful repair. R.K. Dewan, A. Sisodia, R. Ramchandani and Pushpendra Verma. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 201,28(2): 143-45
21. Congenial Malgomation of Lung Parenchuma: 15 Years Experience in a Thoracic Surgical Unit. R.K. Dewan, E.B. Kesieme, A. Sisodia, R. Ramchandani and C.N. Kesieme Indian j Chest dis Allied Sci 2012; 54:105-09
22. Rare presentation of spontaneous acquired diaphragmatic hernia. Shweta Gupta, Roseleen Kaur Bali, Kamanshish Das, Anula Sisodia, R.K. Dewan, rupak Singla. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2011; 53: 117-19
23. Safe Insertion of a Chest Tube. Arvind Kumar, Roman Dutta, Tarun Jindal, Bhabatosh Biswas and Ravindra Kumar Dewan The National Med J India 2009; 22:192-98
24. Endo-bronchial lipomatous hamartoma: A rare cause of bronchial occlusion with destroyed lung. Siddharth Lakhotia, Dewan R.K. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;24: 1-2
25. Benign cystic teratoma of mediastinum. Siddharth Lakhotia, Dewan R.K. Indian J. Surg. 2008; 70: 1-3
26. Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Aspergilloma: A series of 72 cases.  Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci.2006;49:23-27
27. The challenge of pulmonary tuberculosis and the thoracic surgeon. Indian J Cardivasc Thorac Surgeons 2006; 22:111-15
28. Surgical interventions in multi drug resistant tuberculosis: A retrospective analysis of 74 patients treated at a tertiary care center. Indian J Cardivasc Thorac Surgeons 2006; 22:15-18
29. Delayed presentation and surgical management of a bronchial tear.
    Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2003; 45(3):205-8
30. Intrapericardial Benign Teratoma with Unusual Presentation: R.K. Dewan, Kumud Gupta, B.K. Meena and Meenal Aggarwal; Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1998; 40: 287-290
31. Thoracoplasty: An Obsolete Procedure? : R.K. Dewan, Sanjay  Singh, Ashwini Kumar, and Bhupendra K. Meena; Indian J ChestDis Allied Sci 1999; 41: 83-88
32. Role of thoracic surgery in pulmonary tuberculosis: R.K. Dewan; J Indian Med Assoc 1999; 97:438-41
33. Complications and Limitations of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Current Medical Trends 2000; 5: 946-50

Awards, Distinctions and Significant Contribution:

1. Developed a high quality Thoracic Surgery Unit at the NITRD, which is engaged in maximum number of such surgeries with results comparable to the best international standards
2. Developed a Document for Guidelines for TB Surgery in Armenia for the International NGO, MSF-France, which has been incorporated in the W.H.O. Expert Opinion Statement on TB Surgery for Europe
3. Helped in establishing Thoracic Surgery units in Armenia and Cambodia by performing surgeries there and assisting in capacity building.
4. Published a paper in European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery detailing a huge experience of TB surgery, which has been cited and used by many units in the world
5. Drafted the Vision Document of the National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
6. Served as Member, Governing Council, Department of Surgery, JLN Medical College, Aligarh Medical University for two years from 2011
7. Invited International Guest Faculty for the Conference COPICON held in Sun City, South Africa in 2012
8. Nominated Member Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences in 2011
9. Awarded the ICMR International Fellowship for Senior Biomedical Scientists for the year 2010-11 and visited Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA to observe VATS surgery and Lung Transplantation cases.
10. Elected as a Member-Executive Committee Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons in the CTCOMCON 2010 for two years.
11. Invited International Guest faculty for the 16th annual Congress of Asian Society for Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery held in Singapore in 2008
12. SS Anand fellowship for Thoracic Surgery awarded by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeon 2004
13. Bharat Vikas Award for outstanding service awarded by the Integrated Council for Socio-economic development 2003
14. Godrej S. Karai Oration lecture for thoracic surgery at the annual                       Conference of IACTVS at Bangalore in 2006
15. N.L. Bordia Oration Lecture for Thoracic Surgery at the Annual      Conference of   Association of Surgeons of India- Thoracic & Cardiovascular Section held at Coimbatore from 27th-28th December 2009 

Presentations & Seminars:

International

1. Presented a paper on 'Follow up and outcomes of Open Window Thoracostomy' in the 19th annual conference of CWIG held in Seoul, South Korea from 12- 15 June 2018
2. Invited as a speaker in the Second Asian African Congress of Mycobacteriology held in Esfahan, Iran from 25-28 February 2017 and made a presentation on Surgery for DR-TB there.
3. Visited Yerevan, Armenia to attend the 4th Symposium on Tuberculosis held there for Eastern Europe and Central Asia; delivered an invited talk on ‘Role of Surgery in DR-TB’ on 17-18 February 2015
4. Visited Istanbul, Turkey to attend 22nd Congress of Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and to present a poster titled ‘Report of TB surgery in Armenia by a Flying Surgical Mission under MSF’
5. Invited as an International Guest Faculty to deliver two talks during COPICON-2012, Critical 4 Africa Congress held in Sun City Resort, South Africa from 29 August to 2 September 2012 organized jointly by South Africa Thoracic Society, Critical Care Society of South Africa, Trauma Society of South Africa and Pneumonology Association of South Africa.
6. Invited Guest Faculty at the 16th Asian Congress of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons held in March 2008 at Singapore- Delivered a talk on “Role of surgery in pulmonary tuberculosis at present”.

National

7. Attended the 65th Annual conference of the IACTS held in Chennai from 21-24 February 2019. He chaired several sessions and delivered an invited talk on Management of Empyema. 
8.  Participated in the RGCON held in New Delhi on 8-10 February 2019. He chaired many sessions and delivered an invited talk on institutional data on lung cancer.
9. Participated in a Teaching Program as a faculty member organized in Woodlands Hospital, Kolkata on 21-22 January 2019. This was tailored for the needs of M.Ch, DNB and FRCS aspirants in the field of Thoracic Surgery
10. Attended the First ISTS conference held in Kolkata on 19-20 January, 2019 and delivered  a keynote address and an invited talk there.
11. Participated in NAPCON 2018 held in Ahmadabad from 29 November to 2 December and delivered two guest lectures and chaired a session.
12. . Participated in CT- CME Thoracic held in Guwahati on 3- 4 November as faculty and delivered two lectures.
13. Organized a Thoracic Surgery CME at the NITRD on 23 April 2018 and delivered a talk on Empyema Management there.
14. Chaired a session on “EBUS in the Innovations in Oncology Program – Lung Cancer Edition” from 22nd to 23rd April at New Delhi.
15. Conducted a work based Formative assessment test of DNB Thoracic Surgery students from all over Delhi on 20th  April 2017 and conducted  the Final Practical Examination of DNB Thoracic Surgery students from all over the country on 29th  April 2017 in the Institute.
16. Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Surgical Problems in Tuberculosis and their Management” in the Thoracic Surgery Symposium organized by AIIMS, New Delhi on 20 January 2018.
17. Delivered a talk on Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the IACTSCON held in Vizag on 3 February 2018.
18.  Delivered a talk on “Lung Resections” in the Second AIIMS Cadaveric Thoracic Surgery Course (ACTC) held at AIIMS, New Delhi on 27  March 2018.
19. Conducted a workshop and delivered a lecture on Rigid Bronchoscopy in the third National Conference of Thoracic Endoscopy Society held in New Delhi on 20-21 January 2018.
20. Delivered a Guest Lecture on Surgical Problems in Tuberculosis and their Management in the Thoracic Surgery Symposium organized in Delhi by the AIIMS on 20 January 2018.
21. Delivered a talk on Role of Surgery in Hemoptysis at the PACS Pulmocon organized by the Metro Hospital and IMA in NOIDA on 14 January 2018.
22. Participated in the NATCON 2017 held in Rajahmundry from 15-17 December 2017 and moderated a panel discussion on Lung Cancer there.
23. Attended CT CME Thoracic held in Chennai on 4-5 November and delivered a guest lecture on “Role of Surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis". He also chaired a session in the meet.
24. Delivered a talk on 'Surgery for sequelae of Pulmonary Tuberculosis" on 19 November in the NAPCON held in Kolkata.
25.  Visited RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata on 7 October as External Examiner in the Annual DNB- Thoracic Surgery Practical Examination held there conducted by the National Board of Examinations.
26. Delivered an invited talk in the Annual conference of Cardiothoracic Surgeons North Zone held in Rohtak on 15 October.
27. Delivered a Guest Lecture in a Symposium on Tuberculosis organized by the Meerut Medical Association in Meerut on 24 March 2017.
28. Invited as a Chairperson on a session on EBUS in the Innovations in Oncology Program - Lung Cancer Edition 22-23 April 2017 ,Delhi NCR
29. Invited as a Guest Speaker in the Second Thoracic Endoscopy Conference held in Jaipur 21-21 January 2017 and delivered a Lecture on ‘Rigid Bronchoscopy’.
30. Invited as faculty and chaired two sessions in the National Lung Cancer Conference held in Bhubaneswar on 13-14 January 2017.
31. Attended NAPCON 2016 held in Mumbai on 24-27 November 2016 and delivered a Guest Lecture there.
32. Invited as Guest faculty for CT-CME (Thoracic) held at Bangalore on 4-6 November 2016 and presented a Guest Lecture on Thoracoplasty there.
33. Delivered a Guest Lecture on Surgery for Thoracic Tuberculosis in the 14th Annual Conference of Association of Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons of India held on Sunday, 21 August 2016 at the Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, New Delhi.
34. Attended CT-CME (Thoracic) held at Tirupati on 21-22 November 2015 and presented Guest Lectures there.
35. Delivered a Guest Lecture on ‘Video assisted Thoracic Surgery’ at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi on 13 September 2015 during the 11th National Comprehensive Course in Cardiovascular Surgery organized there.
36. Attended and delivered a Guest Lecture on ‘Surgery for inflammatory lung disease and Empyema’ in the Thoracic Surgery Update held at the AIIMS, New Delhi on 5 April 2015
37. Attended and presented a poster presentation at the NALCCON- National Lung Cancer Conference held in Kolkata on 18-19 April 2015.
38. Chaired a session and presented a poster paper during the 61st Annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Hyderabad from 19 to 22 February 2015.
39. Chaired a session on ‘Pediatric Chest Surgery’ during MAMC Pediatric Surgery Update on 7 February 2015.
40. Delivered two lectures as a Faculty in the CT-CME (Thoracic) organized in the Christian Medical College, Vellore on 5-6 December 2014.
41. Delivered a lecture on ‘Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis’ in the International Master Class for Thoracic Surgeons organized by the Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon on 4 December 2014
42. Delivered two lectures during NATCON 2013 held at the NITRD, New Delhi in February 2014.
43. Delivered a lecture on Thoracoplasty procedure in the First Asia Pacific & African Congress on Thoracic Surgery organized by Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon on 7th December 2013
44. Delivered a Guest Lecture “Thoracoplasty for Empyema” in the CT CME (Thoracic) organized by the Aligarh Muslim University on 14th December 2013.
45. Participated in National Conference on New Areas in Minimal Access Surgery as a participant in a Panel Discussion organized by the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-surgeons at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi on 27 April 2013
46. Attended the 59th Annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Mumbai from 14 to 17 February 2013. Moderated a Symposium on Bronchoscopy.
47. Delivered a Guest Lecture “ Surgery For Lung Cancer- What Should  A Physician Know” on 16 December 2012 at the AIIMS PULMOCRIT-2012 organized in AIIMS, New Delhi
48. Attended the 58th Annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Kolkata from 9 to 12 February 2012. Moderated a symposium on “Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis”.
49. Attended the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Bronchology held at Jaipur from 19 to 21 January 2012. Chaired one session and delivered a Guest Lecture on “Bronchoscopy in TB sequel”.
50. Attended CT-CME (Thoracic) held in Hyderabad on 9-10 December 2011. Delivered three Guest Lectures.
51. Attended NAPCON on 27 November 2011 at New Delhi and delivered a talk on “Management of Empyema”.
52. Chaired a session on Pediatric Chest in the Pediatric Surgery Update 2011 held in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi on 27th March 2011.
53. Delivered an Extension Lecture on “Role of surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis” in the department of Surgery, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh on 30th March 2011
54. Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Role of surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis” in an Update on Tuberculosis organized by UP TB Association and the department of Pulmonary Medicine at CSMUMS, Lucknow on 29th January 2011
55. Attended Broncocon 2011, 16th annual conference of the Indian Association of Bronchology held at PGI Chandigarh from 4th to 6th February 2011 as a Faculty. Named as a member of Governing Council of the IAB.
56. Attended the 57th Annual conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Chennai from 16th to 19th February, 2011. Chaired one session of invited lectures.
57. Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Management of Tracheo-bronchial Carcinoid Tumors” in the ATCVSI program during ASICON 2010 held in New Delhi on 19th December 2010. He also chaired two sessions during this meet
58. Attended the CTCOMCON 2010 held in New Delhi from-26th February 2010 to 1st March 2010. Presented a Guest Lecture on “Pneumonectomy for inflammatory lung disease” in a Postgraduate CME program conducted jointly by the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Asian Society of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons and the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons. Participated in a panel discussion on “Airway Fistula” and chaired a session on Thoracic Surgery during this meet.
59. Attended the Annual Winter workshop and Cardiology Summit of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery held at Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon from 11th-13th December
60. Delivered a Guest Lecture “ Surgery for pulmonary Tuberculosis” at the CT-CME (Thoracic)-2009 held at Mammalipuram, Chennai from 19th-20th December
61. Conducted a workshop on video-assisted thoracic surgery and management of pleural diseases at the NATCON held in Kolkata on 26th December
62. Delivered a Guest Lecture “ Surgery for pulmonary Tuberculosis” at the NATCON held in Kolkata on 27th December
63. Delivered the N.L. Bordia Oration Lecture titled “Congenital Lung Lesions encountered in Thoracic Surgical practice” at the 69th Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India held at Coimbatore on 28th December. He also chaired two sessions in the same meet on 29th December
64.  “Surgical Experience of Lung Cancer at LRS Institute” at 3rd Biennial National Conference of Indian Society for the Study of Lung Cancer (NALCCON-2009) is being held in Shimla on 25th and 26th April, 2009
65. “Surgical Experience of Lung Cancer at LRS Institute” at the 3rd Asia Pacific Lung Cancer Conference held at Hyderabad from 4th to 6th December 2008
66. Organizing Secretary of CT-CME cum workshop held in November 2007 at LRS Institute of TB & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi under the auspices of The Indian association of Cardio-vascular Thoracic Surgeons.
67. 53rd Annual conference of Indian Association of Cardio-vascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb.2007 at Jaipur: Chaired two sessions
68. NAPCON 2006 held at Nagpur: Chaired two sessions and delivered one guest Lecture 
69.  52nd annual conference of Indian Association of Cardio-vascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb.2006 at Bangalore: Delivered Godrej S. Karai Oration for Thoracic Surgery
70. 59th annual conference of TB Association of India held in Feb. 2005 at New Delhi: Guest lecture in CME and conference and chaired a session
71. 50th annual conference of Indian Association of Cardio-vascular Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb. 2004 at New Delhi: Presented one paper and chaired a session  
72. VIII National conference on Bronchology held at Jalandhar, India from 13th Feb.      to 16th Feb. 2003: Presented two papers, chaired two sessions and conducted a live workshop on VATS
73. Participated as National Faculty at the CME on Thoracic & Vascular Surgery held on 20th Dec. at Jaipur.
74. First winter workshop on minimally invasive cardiac surgery organized by Escorts Heart Institute in Dec. 2002
75. National conference on Pulmonary Diseases, Jaipur, and 20-24 Nov. 2002: Chaired one session and participated in the workshop on VATS.
76. Pediatric Tuberculosis and Respiratory Update-2002 on 28/4/2002 at LRS Institute Delhi: Presented one paper
77. Symposium on Sarcoidosis on 5/4/2002 at VP Chest Institute, Delhi
78. 48th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons, 14th Feb.-17th Feb 2002, Chennai.:  Awarded SS Anand Fellowship for Thoracic surgery by the association. Presented three papers and chaired one session
79. Geriatric Respiratory Update, 24th Feb. 2002 at LRS Institute: Presented one guest lecture
80. Delivered Vikas Arya Memorial oration lecture on 26th Dec. 2001 at Meerut having been invited for the same by Indian Medical Association, Meerut Branch
81. Guest Lecture at workshop on Polytrauma organized by Sahara Hospital, Gwalior on 16th Dec. 2001
82. Update on Recent advances in Respiratory Medicine & Workshop on Thoracoscopic Surgery held at AIIMS, New Delhi from 14-04-2001 to 15-04-2001
83. 47th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons held at Kolkata 14th to 17th Feb. 2001: Presented one paper and chaired one session
84. V National conference on Bronchology held in New Delhi 23-24th Oct. 1999: Organized this conference as organizing secretary and presented one paper.
85. 45th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic surgeons: 25th Feb. to 28th Feb. 1999 at Bhopal: presented one paper in the panel discussion.

List of Referees:

1. Prof. H.S. Randhawa, Former Director, VP Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi          
2. Prof.(Dr.) Amit Banerjee,

Former Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences and at present   Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery,   Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi

E-mail: dramitbanerjee@gmail.com

3. Prof. (Dr.) Rajan Santosham,

Former Professor and Head, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Madras General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai

E-mail: drrajansantosham@yahoo.com

4. Prof. (Dr.) Bhabatosh Biswas ,

Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata

E- mail: bhabatos@yahoo.co.in

5. Dr. Stobdan Kalon,

Head USAID Mission in Kyrgyzstan

E-mail: stobdan@gmail.com