Professional Qualification

Super specialization

FNB (Pediatric Cardiology), completed in feb 2013 and passed in june 2013 from Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee, Hills, Hyderabad, India

Post Graduation

MD (PAEDIATRICS) in first attempt from Sarojini Naidu, Medical College, Agra (U.P.) in May 2010.

Graduation

MBBS from Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak affiliated to MDU Rohtak (Haryana) in Dec 2005.

Present appointment:

Associate Director - Paediatric Cardiology - Heart & Vascular Institute
Centre For Child Health, Heart & Vascular Institute, Paediatric Cardiology
BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi

Previous appointment

Senior consultant & Head in Pediatric Cardiology
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh
Delhi, India

Senior consultant in Pediatric Cardiology (Jan 2014- Feb 2019)
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh
Delhi, India

Junior consultant in Pediatric Cardiology (june 2013- jan 2014)
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad, India

Senior registrar (feb 2011- june 2013)
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad, India

Registrar (August 2010- Feb. 2011)
Deparment of Pediatric Cardiology
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
New Delhi, India

Clinical Experience and skills

• Conducting Routine OPD.
• Medically managing In-patients.
• Transthoracic and Transesophageal 2D Echocardiography, Fetal echocardiography.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic Cardiac catheterization.
• Trained in Central venous and Arterial line access and monitoring.
• Preoperative and postoperative management of congenital cardiac surgery cases.

Academic Activities

• Thesis work during M.D Pediatrics - A study of nutritional and morbidity profile of children of HIV positive parents.
• Two times winner of Prof. K.L. Shrivastava award for National IAP Quiz for Post Graduates held in 2008 and 2009.

Paper presentations

• Transcatheter closure of sinus venosus atrial septal defect with anomalous drainage of right upper pulmonary. An innovative technique. Winner of best paper award under category (innovations in cath lab). APPCS 2014, New Delhi
• Stenting of coarctation of aorta: Series of nightmares: oral presentation in APPCS 2014, New Delhi.
• Novel use of rapid ventricular pacing in pediatric cardiac catheterization: award session for innovative idea in catheterization laboratory- PCSI, Chennai 2012
• Carotid approach for stenting the arterial duct: award session in hybrid surgical interventions- PCSI, Chennai 2012
• Rapunzel syndrome: a case report with review of literature- UP Pedicon 2009
• A study of nutritional and morbidity profile of children of HIV positive parents- UP Pedicon 2009

Poster presentations

• Percutaneous closure of a large PDA in 1400 gm preterm newborn without using arterial sheath: an innovative technique. PCSI 2017, Mumbai.
• Stenting of patent ductus arteriosus in low birth weight newborns less than 2 kg. procedural safety, feasibility and results in a series of 5 cases. PCSI 2017, Mumbai.
• Successful patent ductus arteriosus stenting in a 1.8 kg preterm newborn with excellent outcome- a case report. PICS Asia Dubai 2016.
• High PVRI in hypertensive ASDwith several other factors in favour of operability: Operate or not. PICS Asia Dubai 2016.
• Stenting of vertical duct using carotid artery access without surgical cut down: a single institute experience. APPCS 2014, New Delhi.
• Intermittent atrial flutter: A cause of recurrent syncope in a 3 year old child- a challenging case. APPCS 2014, New Delhi.
• Transcatheter device closure of patent ductus arteriosus without arterial accesssingle institution experience- PCSI, Chennai 2012.
• Ductal stenting- single institution experience- PCSI, Chennai 2012.
• 5 posters presented in World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, South Africa, 2013.

Publications

• Gaurav Garg, Vishal Garg, Amit Prakash. Percutaneous closure of a large patent ductus arteriosus in a preterm newborn weighing 1400 g without using arterial sheath: an innovative technique. Cardiology in the young 2017.
• Gaurav Garg, Naresh Goyal, Gaurav Mandhan, Poonam Sidana. Transfemoral balloon angioplasty of severe coarctation of aorta in 1200 gm newborn. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology 2017 ; volume 10 issue 1:
• Gaurav Garg, Gaurav Mandhan, Poonam Sidana. Bilateral pleural effusion, cardiogenic shock, renal failure, and generalized anasarca. A dreaded iatrogenic complication of umbilical venous catheterization. Annals of pediatric Cardiology 2016; volume 9 issue 1: 108-109.
• Gaurav Garg, Himanshu Tyagi, Gaurav Agrawal, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Hepatic vein to atrial fistula: Rare cause of cyanosis in a post operative case of Fontan surgery. Pediatr Cardiol (2014) 35 : 1480- 1482
• Gaurav Garg, Himanshu Tyagi, Gaurav Agrawal, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Intermittent atrial flutter: a cause of recurrent syncope in a 3 year old child – a challenging case. Indian Heart Journal 2014; Volume 66: 714- 715
• Gaurav Garg, Himanshu Tyagi, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Transcatheter closure of sinus venosus atrial septal defect with anomalous drainage of right upper pulmonary. An innovative technique. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2014; 84 issue 3: 473-477.
• Gaurav Garg, Anurakti Srivastava, and Anil Sivadasan Radha. Simultaneous Stenting of Tightly Stenosed Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Pulmonary Artery Bifurcation Using Two Stents (Y Stenting): An Innovative Technique. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83:1131–1134 (2014).
• Gaurav Garg, Himanshu Tyagi, Gaurav Agrawal, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm in a 6 year old child. Indian Heart Journal 2014; Volume 66: 141-142.
• Gaurav Garg, Anurakti Srivastava, Himanshu Tyagi, Sridhar P. Reddy, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Transcatheter device closure of patent ductus arteriosus without arterial access- single institution experience. Indian Heart Journal 2013; Volume 65 (5): 546-551
• Gaurav Garg, Anurakti Srivastava, Anil Sivadasan Radha. Pneumatic Blalock– Taussig Shunt: Case Report. Pediatr Cardiol. March 2013; Volume 34 (3): pp 752-753.
• P.C. Mishra, Anubha Nigam, Alok Rai, Gaurav Garg. Role of Zinc, Probiotics and vitamin A in acute diarrhea. UP Pedinfo. 2010; Vol 1 (2): 16-17.
• Rajni Bharti, Deepasha Bansal, Gaurav Garg. Fatal case of reactive hemophagocytic syndrome associated with hepatitis B virus infection. UP Pedinfo. 2010; Vol 1 (3).
• Ajay Kalra, Neeraj Yadav, Gaurav Garg. Diphtheria with new complication: a case report. The Intensivist. August 2010: 26-28.
• Part of various ongoing research projects in the department.

Scientific CME and Workshop Attended

• Attended & Participated in Neovent held in Nov. 2007 in Pushpanjali Hospital, Agra
• Attended & Participated in IAP Pedicon Jan. 2009, held in Bangalore.
• Attended & Participated in Basic Paediatric Care workshop organized by ISCCM (Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine), Feb. 2009 held in Agra.
• Attended & Participated in Basic Paediatric Intensive Care Course developed by Advance Paediatrics Center, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (P.G.I.M.R.), Chandigarh Jan. 2008, held in Chandigarh.
• Participated in hands on workshop held in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala on interventional cardiology in July 2012
• Presented two award papers and two posters in PCSI Chennai, 2012
• Attended and participated in CSI 2013, Frankfurt, Germany.
• Attended and participated in APPCS 2014, New Delhi
• Invited as a chairperson in pre pedicon workshop –cardiology (national conference of IAP) held in January 2015, New Delhi
• Invited as a chairperson in CME on advanced imaging modalities in pediatric and fetal cardiology held in JAYPEE hospital Noida, UP on 1 March 2015.
• Invited for a guest lecture on management of duct dependant pulmonary circulation in newborn in 12th annual state conference of Indian academy of pediatrics, Uttarakhand – Pedicon april 2015
• Attended and participated in PICS Asia, Dubai 2016.
• Invited as a provider for live demonstration and hands on echocardiogram in preconference workshop PCNI 2016.
• Attended and participated in PCSI 2017, Mumbai.
• Attended and participated in hands on workshop of pediatric cardiology in Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, Delhi, 14-15 Nov 2017.