Assistant Professor, General SurgeryCurrent
May 2026 — Present
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
01 / Assistant Professor · General Surgery
Dr. Prateek Gupta
I work at the intersection of surgery, clinical teaching, research, and disciplined operative practice — with a focus on clear thinking, clean execution, and durable academic work.
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About & timeline.
A short account of the work, the path that led here, and the institutions that shaped it.
Dr. Prateek Gupta works in academic general surgery with an interest in careful operative practice, clear clinical teaching, and surgical systems that make clinical practice more structured and durable.
His work spans elective and emergency general surgery, undergraduate and resident teaching, clinical research, and practical surgical systems. He is interested in building a career that combines operative competence, clear teaching, useful research, and disciplined long-term clinical craft.
Outside the operating theatre, he reads widely, cycles, and is invested in the slow, accumulative work of surgical craft.
- Based
- Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- Reg.
- PMC Reg. No. 56042
- Languages
- English · Hindi · Punjabi
- Member
- AMASI Associate Life Member · ALM 16792
Senior Resident, General Surgery
May 2025 — May 2026
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
Resident Doctor / Registrar, General Surgery
May 2022 — May 2025
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
MS General Surgery
May 2022 — May 2025
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
Intern Doctor
April 2019 — March 2020
Government Medical College / Rajindra Hospital, Patiala
MBBS
September 2014 — March 2019
Government Medical College, Patiala
Selected earlier achievements
2010NTSE Scholar, NCERT2012NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest Winner2018AIPPM Chair, GMC Patiala
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Clinical & academic interests.
Areas of operative exposure and continued development. Framed as a working academic profile, not advertising.
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General Surgery
Elective and emergency general surgical care across abdominal, soft-tissue, and acute presentations.
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Laparoscopic Surgery
Minimally invasive abdominal procedures with emphasis on cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and hernia repair.
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Emergency General Surgery
Acute abdomen, perforation, obstruction, and trauma — early decision-making and operative timing.
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GI / HPB Surgery
Continued development in gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary procedures.
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Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery
Open and laparoscopic repair of inguinal, ventral, incisional, and complex abdominal wall hernias.
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Trauma and Acute Care
Emergency triage, damage-control principles, and post-operative critical decision-making.
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Proctology / Anorectal Surgery
Benign anorectal conditions including haemorrhoids, fissure, fistula-in-ano, and perianal abscess.
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Operative Documentation and Surgical Systems
Building durable note-taking, operative records, and clinical systems for academic surgical practice.
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Teaching surgery clearly.
Teaching is a central thread of this practice — undergraduates, interns, and residents.
My goal is to help students understand surgery as a way of thinking — anatomy, pathology, decision-making, operative principles, complications, and postoperative care — not just as a list of exam topics.
Teaching happens in the OT, on rounds, in tutorials, and through written notes. Each format is a different angle on the same craft.
- 01MBBS Surgery TeachingUG
- 02Bedside Clinical TeachingWards
- 03Operative Principles and TechniqueOT
- 04Case-Based LearningTutorial
- 05Resident and Intern MentoringPGY 1–3
- 06Exam-Oriented Surgical ReasoningViva
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Research & academic work.
Publication, thesis, posters, and a working list of research interests.
Publication · 2025
J. Mol. Sci. · Vol 35(4)
Prospective Evaluation of Early Post-operative Complications Following Ileostomy: A Single-Centre Observational Study.
View publication PDFThesis / Manuscript
Evaluation of a Preoperative Scoring System (Nassar Scale) in Predicting Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
A prospective study of 244 patients · Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.
Poster · 2024
Preoperative prediction of difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Presented at PUNSURGICON 2024.
Research interests
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy difficulty predictionNassar scale / operative gradingEmergency general surgeryIleostomy complicationsSurgical outcomesPerioperative decision-makingAbdominal wall surgeryUndergraduate surgical education
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Operative exposure.
A professional academic overview of operative experience — primary operator, assisted/supervised, and advanced tertiary exposure.
Operative experience listed here is presented as a professional academic overview, not as patient-specific information or a claim of outcome superiority.
Tier 01 · Primary operator
Primary operator exposure.
- Emergency laparotomy
- Open appendectomy
- Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Hydrocelectomy
- Open inguinal, ventral, and incisional hernia repair
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Ileostomy and colostomy creation
- Ileostomy and colostomy reversal
- Bowel resection and anastomosis
- Abscess drainage, debridement, and wound procedures
Tier 02 · Assisted / supervised
Assisted and supervised major exposure.
- eTEP, TAPP, and IPOM hernia repair
- Breast surgery including lumpectomy and modified radical mastectomy
- Thoracotomy
- Thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy
- Colorectal surgery including hemicolectomy, APR, and low anterior resection
- Pancreatic procedures including Whipple, Frey’s procedure, and necrosectomy
Tier 03 · Advanced tertiary
Advanced tertiary exposure.
- Complex hepatopancreatobiliary surgery including CBD exploration
- Liver transplantation — assisted / supervised exposure
Listed under assisted / supervised exposure — not as a claim of independent expertise.
Certifications, membership & languages
Certifications
FMAS — Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery
AMASIOct 2025
CCLS Provider
Comprehensive Cardiopulmonary Life Support, Indian Resuscitation CouncilMay 2024
Clinical Clerkship
Dr. J.W. Crosby’s Clinic · Cambridge, Ontario, CanadaJun 2017
Membership
AMASI
Associate Life Member · ALM No. 16792Languages
English
Professional
Hindi
Native
Punjabi
Fluent
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Written Works.
Short essays and notes, published only when there is something finished enough to read.
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Get in touch.
For academic correspondence, teaching collaboration, and research enquiries. This site is not for appointment booking or clinical advice.
- linkedin.com/in/pgprateekgupta
- Google Scholar
- Google Scholar author profile
- Institutional profile
- Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
- Location
- Ludhiana, Punjab · India
- Curriculum Vitae
- CV available on request
- Reg.
- PMC Reg. No. 56042
DisclaimerThis website is for professional, academic, and educational purposes only. It does not provide emergency medical advice and does not replace consultation with a qualified doctor.
Operative experience listed here is presented as a professional academic overview, not as patient-specific information or a claim of outcome superiority.
Operative experience listed here is presented as a professional academic overview, not as patient-specific information or a claim of outcome superiority.