"Improving quality of Trauma Care in Low resources, challenges and way forward" Delivered by Dr Amit Gupta

Biography

Dr. Amit Gupta is currently working as Professor at the Division of Trauma Surgery & Critical Care, JPN Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. After completing his Masters in Surgery from King George's Medical University, India in, after 1997 he joined the AIIMS in 1998, and since then has been there as faculty at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgical Disciplines and at the Division of Trauma Surgery at J P N Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS. He is immediate past Chairman and currently the Secretary General of the Asian Collaboration of Trauma (ACT). He is also currently the Executive Member of the Indian Society for Trauma & Acute Care (ISTAC).

He is Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCS – Glasg.), Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the International College of Laparoscopic Surgeons (FCLS) and Fellow of the Academy of the Asian Collaboration for Trauma (FAACT). He has to his credit many visiting faculty positions and fellowships at leading trauma centres of the world, notably those at the USA, Australia and Israel. With research experience of over 2 decades, he has over 150 publications including those in Peer reviewed journals, Edited Textbooks/ reports, chapters in Textbooks and abstracts in world journals. His research Interests are Trauma and injury Epidemiology, Trauma Systems, Quality Improvement in trauma care and Trauma Critical Care.