Problem Based Learning Discussions in Onco-Anesthesia and Onco-Critical Care

Prof. Nishkarsh Gupta is working as additional professor in the department of onco-anaesthesia & palliative medicine at Dr BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has done graduation and post-graduation in anaesthesiology from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi. Thereafter, he completed DNB (anaesthesiology), postgraduate diploma in hospital administration and fellowship in palliative medicine. Dr Gupta has a teaching experience of 15 years and guides MD (palliative medicine) and DM (onco-anesthesiology) residents for research. He has 200 publications to his credit in various international and national journals. He has edited few books and contributed several book chapters. He is in the editorial board and serves as reviewer of many journals. Dr. Rohini Dattatri, MD, DM (Onco-anesthesia and Palliative care) is working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Anesthesiology and Critical care,Sri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun. She completed her M.D(Anesthesia) from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka and D.M(Onco-anesthesia) from IRCH, AIIMS, New Delhi. She has an avid interest in research and has publications in National and International journals. She is an author of the chapter on Onco-anesthesia in the textbook of clinical anesthesia by Paul Barash (South Asian Edition, edited by Drs Nishkarsh Gupta and Anju Gupta).  She is also a good orator and has bagged prizes in ISACON Guwahati and 1st YUVA ISACON. She has also co-authored chapters in various textbooks of Onco-anesthesia and palliative care which are in the process of being published. Prof. Vinod Kumar is additional professor in the department of onco-anaesthesia & palliative medicine at Dr BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He received his training in anesthesia from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Dr Kumar has a teaching experience of 12 years and guides MD (palliative medicine) and DM (onco-anaesthesiology) residents for research. He has many publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals to his credit and has edited a book. Dr Kumar is a reviewer for various national and international journals. He is a member of national anaesthesia, airway, and palliative care societies. He is an invited faculty for various national and international conferences. Dr Sushma Bhatnagar is professor and head department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine. She has established the department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine at AIIMS, Delhi. She has teaching & research Experience of 30 years. She was chief Editor-Indian Journal of Palliative Care. She is also IASP Council member in 2016 for the duration of six years. She the research Committee chairman of Asia Pacific Hospice Network and on board of Directors- International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care. She is the master mentor of the Capacity Building program of Palliative care at India and received leadership and Excellence Award amongst SAARC. She also received IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research or Practice and/or Policy Changes in Pain Management in the Developing World. She has more than 250 publications and many books chapters. 

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