Brig (Prof) Deepak Sreevastava
CURRENTLY WORKING
- Indian Army Medical Corps
EXPERTISE
- Paediatric Anaesthesia, Transplant Anaesthesia, Automation in Record Keeping
QUALIFICATION
MD, DNB, MNAMS, PGD in Healthcare Management
Brig Deepak Sreevastava was commissioned in Army Medical Corps on 25 Dec 1987. He has done his MBBS and MD from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He is also a Diplomate of National Board of Examinations in Anaesthesiology and a member of National Academy of Medical Sciences. He also holds a PG diploma in hospital and healthcare management.
His academic achievements at the University level include several distinctions, silver medal in medicine, silver medal in anaesthesia for standing first in advanced course in anaesthesia. He is amongst the top ranks of Pune University Merit List both at MBBS as well as MD level. He has further obtained sub-speciality training in paediatric anaesthesia and critical care from the Royal Children Hospital Melbourne Australia and All India Institute of Medical Sciences and hence has special interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia. He is also trained in liver transplant anaesthesia and has been involved with the exclusive transplant programme at Army Hospital (R & R). He is a recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship in Liver Transplant Anaesthesia at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. His other interests include teaching of Life Support Techniques to Medical and nursing officers& Paramedics, Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia, Total Intravenous Anaesthesia techniques, Automation in anaesthesia record keeping and of course historical aspects. He has also been the recipient of several military awards and won trophies in various military management courses.He has also commanded a 300 bedded military hospital located in Punjab successfully.
He has about 50 publications to his credit in various journals and conference proceedings which include four international publications. He has also attended and presented papers/guest lectures/participated in panel discussions/workshops in various national as well as international conferences in India and abroad. He has also been involved in preparation of national consensus guidelines for difficult airway management for the ICA, guidelines for deceased donor management for organ retrieval in operation theatre etc. He has contributed chapters in book on Anaesthesia for Undergraduates published by Dept of Anaesthesia AFMC, in Medical Officers Handbook published by Officers Training College Lucknow.
He is a recognised PG teacher of University of Pune, University of Delhi and is also on the panel of referees for Medical Journal of Armed Forces of India and Journal of Anaesthesiology & Clinical Pharmacology. He has been an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at Armed Forces Medical College in the past and at present he is posted as Professor, Consultant & HOD of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at BaseHospital, New Delhi.