Executive Highlights

• Established credibility in spearheading the entire project management initiatives end to end right from conceptualization, strategic & project planning within the set parameters and operational analysis.
• Track record of successfully developing & streamlining systems with ability to enhance operational effectiveness and meet the operational goals.
• Pivotal for high level of empirical establishment within the field of Surgical Gastroenterology.
• Successfully established 1000 bedded corporate Hospital and formulated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as per the established international guidelines.
• Mapped training needs and imparted training to team members for Liver Transplant in well recognized centres through professional contacts. Promoted Cadaveric related transplant - Re-cycling your body.
• Instrumental in including an “OPT- OUT” option in the Driving License in the New Motor Vehicle Act.
• Working towards including a Chapter on Organ Transplantation from 6 th standards on ward with increasing scientific content. Involved in spreading awareness about Tsunami Childhood Obesity by various means.
• Accurately clarified all related Myths & Facts; FAQs related to Organ donation across all caste, creed and religion—A vibrant Web-site is ready reckoner for all these and any queries related to the Organ & Tissue Transplantion.
• Contributed effectively in policy making by the Ministry of Health, Govt. of India as the senior most G I Surgeon.
• Instrumental in starting the M.Ch program in GI Surgery in 1992 with Prof. RC Aranya. Imparted training as a teacher, guide and examiner for 10 M Ch students. Guided several MD & MS Thesis.
• Established the - Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) along with Prof. Aranya and Prof. T K Chatterjee.
• Established and developed:
  • Liver Transplant Programme at Artemis Heath Institute, Gurgaon.
  • Gastro-sciences Centre (BGSC) at Batra Hospital & Medical Research Institute in both Medical Gastroenterology & Surgical Gastroenterology.
  • DNB (Medical Gastroenterology) within a short span of joining as the Head of the BGSC; mentored three DNB students in Medical Gastroenterology.
• Appointed as Assistant Professor of G.I. Surgery by the Ministry of Health, Government of India. (First such appointment in the CHS Sub-cadre of G.I. Surgery in 1994).
• Gained expertise in the Union Public Service Commission for conducting interviews in the respective field.
• Recognized as an expert in various core committees of CHS, Ministry of Health, Government of India.

Awards & Accolades

• Worldwide Achievers Award-Healthcare Social Care of the Year to Organathon Foundation on 30th Nov 2016.
• Track record of performing Gastroenterological surgeries. Received many Laurels, Awards and Appreciations at international/national level for making significant contributions at the professional front.
• Received appreciation by the Government of Higher Education, Medical Institute, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Received the India, Best Doctor Award in Gastro-Intestinal Surgery Category (Medgate Award in 2013) and also was called to present a paper in Seoul and other countries.

Career History

Career Chronicle

Ongoing Projects

• “Changing Clinico-pathological behaviour of Cancer of Gallbladder during the past one and a half decade.”
• “Colon Cancer – Location, Impact and Outcome.”
• “Changing scenario of Medical Tourism in India during the past decade.”
• “Working for organ donation related projects - Organathon Foundation (www.organathonfoundation.org). ”
• Organathon Foundation-please see www.organatonfoundation.org in the field of Health, Educatin & Social Welfare

Educational Credentials

Personal Details

Professional Registrations

• Medical Council: UP 25358
• Delhi Medical Council No: 11671
• Haryana Medical Council: 006014

Professional Memberships & Appointments

• Founder member of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) as well as Joint Secretary and Treasurer of IASG for 5 years.
• Organising Secretary of the National Conference of IASG held at AIIMS, New Delhi from 6-8 September, 1996.
• Examiner for M.Ch. students (Gastrointestinal Surgery), appointed by faculty of Medical Sciences, Delhi University
• Member Editorial Board of following journals in the past:
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery Annual Vol. 1
  • Tropical Gastroenterology (~ 4 years) (Indexed Journal)
• OrganizingCommittee Member in:
  • Transfusion associated Hepatitis conference organised by G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
  • Vascular Surgery conference organized by the G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi
  • 10th Annual Conference, Indian Association for the study of the liver (INASL) in association with the European Association for theStudy of the Liver (EASL) held in March 2002, New Delhi.
• Founder member of the G.I. Surgery department/M.Ch. course started in 1992 at G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
• Panelist for:
  • ViricealHaemorrhage - Delhi Chapter of ASI (Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 1994).
  • Role of Drugs in Upper G.I. Bleed, organised by Sandoz India, Sept., 1996.
  • Vasoactive Drugs in VaricealBleed, 24th Oct., 1997, Delhi.
  • Non-biliary, Laparoscopic Surgery - Endosurgery, 15-16 Nov., 1997, Dehradun.
• Chairperson:
  • Chaired ~ 12, scientific sessions from 1993 to 2000 in various Conferences of ASI (IASG Section) and in IASG national conferences.
  • Hepato-pancreatic conference organized at Hotel The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.

Guest Lectures / Orations Delivered

• Delivered Dr. S.N. Mathur Oration in Silver Jubilee Function of GSVM Medical College, Kanpur – G.I. Cancer – Future Prospects (25th Dec 2006).
• Delivered Late Pt. RadhaKrishan Oration in the Golden Jubilee Annual Academic Symposium of Dehradun (11th Feb, 2007).
• Invited as Guest Speaker in:
  • Surgeon Club of Kanpur - “Recent Concept in Treating Abdominal Tuberculosis” (17th Feb, 2007)
  • Rohtak branch of IMA – “Management of Upper GI Bleed” (23rd Oct, 2006))
  • Faridabad branch of IMA – “Management of Pancreatitis” (15th July, 2006)
  • Gurgaon branch of IMA – “Management of lower GI Bleed” (3rd June, 2006
  • Moradabad branch of IMA – “Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery” (10th May, 2006)
  • Hapur branch of IMA – “Management of Abdominal Trauma” (20th April, 2006)
  • Hisar branch of IMA – “Management of Acute Abdomen” (14th March, 2006)
• Participated as Visiting Faculty and delivered various lectures during several Conferences, including AIIMS:
  • Surgery for Acute Pancreatitis in AIIMS, 1999.
  • Pharyngocolostomy for high corrosive pharyngeal strictures in AIIMS, 2000.
  • Pseudoaneurys of branches of celiac axis - personal experience in AIIMS, 2001.
  • How I do it - EnterocutaneousFistula - ASI conference, Delhi.
  • Surgical Treatment of Esophageal cancer. Delhi State Chapter of ASI, AIIMS, 19.8.2001.
  • Aneurysm of the branches of caeliac axis - AIIMS 2001 (Lecture).
  • Symposium on esophageal diseases, Delhi chapter of ASI, AIIMS (19.8.2001).
  • Hepatic resection - G.B. Pant Hospital experience - 19.11.2001, AIIMS.
• Delivered lecture on:
  • Surgery for Pancreatic Pseudocyst in Safdarjung Hospital, 1999.
  • Surgery for Acute Pancreatitis. Delhi Chapter of ASI, Sept., 1996 (Lady Hardinge Medical College).
  • Upper G.I. bleeding - an approach. Moradabad Section of Surgeon's Conference, June 1996.
  • Role of Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis in North Zone CME Programme and Mid-term Symposium, Sept., 1995.
• Chairperson:
  • Chaired ~ 12, scientific sessions from 1993 to 2000 in various Conferences of ASI (IASG Section) and in IASG national conferences.
  • Hepato-pancreatic conference organized at Hotel The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.

Conferences Attended

• Participated in various Annual Conferences of:
  • Associations of Surgeons of India (ASI), IASG Section.
  • Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG).

International Paper Presentations

• Presented two original scientific papers at World Congress of Gastroenterology, Bangkok, Thailand during 24th Feb to 1st Mar, 2002
  • A.K. Sachdev, N. Kumar, S.S. Negi, R. Bhojwani, A. Chowdhary. Influence of prior chronic endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) on the outcome of shunt or devascularisation surgeries in patients of portal hypertension. J GastroenterolHepatol. 2002; 17(Suppl.): A919
  • A.K. Sachdev, S.S. Negi, R. Bhojwani. Pharyngo-colostomy for corrosive high pharyngeal strictures.

Dissertations & Thesis

• M.Ch Dissertations(10 Students):
  • Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
  • Experience of Isolated Roux Limb Pancreaticojejunostomyfollowing Whipple's Pancreatoduodenectomy.
  • Prospective Study of Central Venous Catheter Infection and it's risk factors.
  • ExtrahepaticPortal Vein Obstruction and Non-Cirrhotic Portal Fibrosis at G.B. Pant Hospital.
  • Prospective comparison of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography and Conventional Direct Cholangiography in preoperative evaluation of Post-cholecystectomy Bile Duct Injuries.
  • Pancreatic Duct Drainage in chronic Pancreatitis.
• MD Thesis:
  • The role of Sonography, Colour Doppler Flow Imaging and Power Doppler in the evaluation of Gall Bladder Lesions.
  • Role of Dual Phase Spiral CT in evaluation of Pancreatic Tumours.
• DNB Thesis:
  • Guide for 4 studentsat Batra Gastro-Sciences Centre (BGSC) & Artemis Hospital:

Research Papers & Publications (Indexed Journal)

• Sachdev AK, Mishra PK, Chaudhary A et al. 40, 244 stones in a gall bladder. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 1998; 7: 243-244.
• Singh VR, Agarwal R, Sachdev AK. Ultrasonic characteristics of gall bladder stone. Ultrasound med 1998; 7.
• Aggarwal R, Sachdev AK, Singh PP, et al. Computer analysis of variations in ultrasonic properties of gall bladder stones. Compteach 90s; D17.
• Gulati R, Rawal KK, Kumar N, Jain M, Puri AS, Govil A, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A. course of severe ulcerative colitis in northern India. Tropical Gastroenterol 1995; 16: 19-23.
• Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev AK, et al. Choledochal cyst-differences in children and adults. Br. J. Surg 1996; 83: 186-188.
• Dhar P, Tomey S, Jain P,, Azfar M, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A. Internal pancreatic fistulae with serous effusion in chronic pancreatitis. Aus NZJ Surg 1996; 66: 608-611.
• Issar SK, Kumar N, Sachdev AK, et al. Von hippel Lindau Syndrome presenting as obstructive jaundice with involvement of pancreas in two siblings. Tropical gastroenterol 1996; 17: 30-32.
• Puri SK, Kumar N, Panicker H, Gupta S, Sachdev AK et al. Parcutaneous catheter drainage in pancreatic pseudocyst. Tropical Gastroenterol 1996; 17: 181-184.
• Chaudhary A, Puri AS, Dhar P, Reddy P, SachdevA et al. Elective surgery for corrosive induced gastric injury. World J Surg 1996; 20: 703-706.
• Puri AS, Vij JC, Chaudhary A, Kumar N, Sachdev A et al. Diagnosis and outcome of isolated rectal tuberculosis. Dis Coton Rectum 1996; 39: 126.
• Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev A. Reoperative surgery for choledochalcyst. Br. J. Surg 1997; 84: 781-784.
• Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Agarwal AK. Surgical Management of pancreatic necrosis presenting with locoregional complications. Br J Surg 1997; 84: 965-968.
• Sachdev AK, Jain M, Kumar N, Agarwal A. Leomyosarcoma of the duodenum. Tropical Gastroenterology 1998; 19: 65-66.
• Sachdev AK, Desai R, Agarwal A. et al. A case of pancreatic Hydatid diseases. Tropical Gastroenterology. 1999; 20: 131.
• Manisagran M, Agarwal A, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A, Abhijit C, Monika J, Nirmal Kumar. Pencreatic villous aderoma. A case report. Tropical Gastroenterology, 1999; 20: 124.
• Sandhu BS, Kumar N, Sachdev AK, Negi SS, Sridhar S, Malhotra V, Lamba GS, Puri AS. Para ganglionama of extrahepatic biliary tract causing obstructive jaundice. India J Gastroenterol 2000; 19: 141-142.
• Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Tomey S, Sachdev AK et al. Segment III cholangiojejunostomy for carcinoma of the gall bladder. World J Surg 1997; 21: 866-871.
• Chaudhary A, Dhar P, SachdevA et al. Gastric outlet obstruction in carcinoma gall bladder. Ind J. Gastroenterol 1999; 18: 101-103.
• Garg RC, Sharma J, Kumar N, Puri AS, Sachdev AK. Symptomatic valvulus due to mid gut malrotation in an adult. Tropical Gastroenterology 2001; 22: 93-94.
• Suri VS, Sakhuja P, Malhotra V, Gondal R, Sachdev AK, Negi SS. Benign Signet Ring Cell change with multilayering in the Gall bladder mucosa. Pathology Research and Practice 2001; 197: 785.
• Sachdev AK, Kumar N, Negi SS, Bhojwani R, Chowdhary A. Influence of prior chronic endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) on the outcome of shunt or devascularisation surgeries in patients of portal hypertension. J. GastroenterolHepatol. 2002; 17(Suppl.): A919.
• Chowdhary A, Manisegran M, Chandra A, Aggarwal A, Sachdev AK. How do bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy differ from those following open cholecystectomy? Journal of Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques 2001, 11: 187-91.

List of Papers Published(Including Abstracts)

• Salunkhe S, Choudhary A, Sachdev A et al. Cholescystectomy and endoscopic papillotomy for chronic cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis. Ind J Gastroenterol 1988; 7: A8.
• Dhar P, Tomey S, SachdevA et al. Surgical management of choledochal cyst. Ind J Gastroenterol 1993: 12 (suppl 2) A32.
• Choudhary A, Dhar P, Tomey S, Sachdev A, Aranya RC. Palliative surgery for carcinoma pancreas. Ind J Gastronterol 1993: 12 (suppl 2) (A).
• Jain P, Agarwal AK, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Choudhary A. Devascularisation for oesophagogastic varices. National Conf IASG 1996: 20(A).
• Baliga S, Dhar P, Agarwal A, Sachdev A, Choudhary A. Surgery for pancreaticocutaneous fistulae. National Conf IASG 1996: 27(A).
• Desai R, Dhar P, Agarwar A, Sachdev AK, Choudhary A. cystic tumour of the pancreas. National Conf IASG 1996: 27(A).
• Ghose A, Dhar P, Agarwal A, Sachdev A, Choudhary A, Elective surgery for corrosive gastric injury. National Conf IAGS 1996: 36(A).
• Azfal M, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Choudhary A. Choledochal cyst: G-B Pant Experience. National Conf IASG 1996 : 44(A)
• Dhar P, Chaudhary A, Desai R, Agarwal A, Sachdev A. Current trends in the diagnosis and management of cystic hydatid disease of the liver. J. Commun Dis 1996; 28(4): 221-230.
• Agarwal A, Dhar P, Sachdev AK et al. Surgery for portal hypertension. I.J. progress cardiovascSci 1996; 3-1: 106-115.
• Sachdev AK, Agarwal A. Mirizzi Syndrome. Hospital today 1997: 11, 10: 29-32.