Dr. Hitesh Garg

📋 Dr. Hitesh Garg

Dr. Hitesh Garg is the Head of the Ortho-Spine Surgery Unit at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, India. He has over 15 years of experience in spine surgery and has worked at renowned institutes like Yale University (USA) and Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia (USA).
He graduated from AIIMS, New Delhi and completed his post-graduation at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Despite being offered a faculty position in the USA, he chose to return to India to establish an advanced spine center.

👨‍⚕️ Designation

🩺 Head - Ortho Spine Surgery

🏥 Specialty

🔹 Orthopaedic Surgery
🔹 Orthopaedics
🔹 Scoliosis Surgery
🔹 Spine Surgery

🌍 Location

📍 Gurugram

🌐 Nationality

🇮🇳 Indian

🗣️ Languages Spoken

🗨️ English, Hindi, Punjabi

👨‍⚕️ Gender

♂️ Male

🏥 Hospital

🏥 Artemis Hospitals

With more than 5000 spine surgeries to his name, Dr. Garg has performed over:
🔹 2500 spinal fusions (TLIF, ACDF, etc.)
🔹 1000 deformity correction procedures (Scoliosis and Kyphosis)
🔹 300 artificial disc replacements (Lumbar and Cervical)
🔹 500 fracture treatments and 500 complex surgeries like spinal tumours and congenital defects.

He uses cutting-edge technologies like Neuromonitoring, O-arm, Navigation, modular operation theaters, and microscopes, ensuring a 98% success rate.

Dr. Garg has treated patients from 50+ countries, including high-profile personalities like army officers, ministers, celebrities, sportspersons, and doctors. His special interest includes:
🔹 Minimally invasive spine surgeries
🔹 Motion-preserving spine surgeries
🔹 Cranio-vertebral and cervical spine surgeries
🔹 Deformity correction for scoliosis and kyphosis

🏅 Memberships

🔹 AO Spine
🔹 Delhi Spine Society
🔹 Association of Spine Surgeons of India
🔹 Indian Medical Association
🔹 Gurgaon Orthopaedic Society
🔹 Indian Orthopaedic Association

🏆 Honors & Awards

🏅 "Atal Swasthya Bhushan Samman 2019" – Awarded by Shri Om Birla, Honourable Speaker of India.
🏅 "Best Spine Surgeon of the Year, 2018" – Healthcare Today Excellence Award
🏅 "Best Spine Surgeon in Delhi NCR, 2017" – Merit Award and Market Research Healthcare Award
🏅 "Best Spine Surgeon in Gurgaon, 2015" – Primetime Global Healthcare Excellence Award
🏅 Dr. Pandurangi Award for “Best Orthopaedic Resident” at KEM Hospital, Mumbai (2006-07)
🏅 Top 12 Nominee for All Asia Young Inventor Award (2000)
🏅 Dr. Hira Lal Sharma Memorial Gold Medal (1996-97)
🏅 5th Rank in All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination

📝 Publications

📄 Wenhai Wang, George Baran, Hitesh Garg, Randal R. Betz, Patrick J. Cahill: "Cement augmentation of pedicle screw fixation: a finite element analysis" (Submitted to Spine).
📄 Samdani A, Cahill P, Garg H, Bonet H, Betz R: "Acute intraoperative shunt failure in a case with myelomeningocele" (JBJS(Am), Feb 2012).
📄 Miller CP, Jegede K, Essig D, Garg H, Bible JE: "The Efficacies of Two Ceramic Bone Graft Extenders for Spinal Fusion" (Spine, 2011).

... and more.

🔬 Clinical Focus

🔹 Degenerative spine disorders
🔹 Spinal deformity
🔹 Spinal trauma
🔹 Spinal infections
🔹 Osteoporosis
🔹 Spinal tumours

⚕️ Procedures

🔹 Spinal Fusions (TLIF, ALIF, DLIF, Axial-LIF, PLIF, PLF)
🔹 Spinal deformity correction (Scoliosis and Kyphosis)
🔹 Artificial Disc Replacements (Cervical and Lumbar)
🔹 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries
🔹 Cervical Spine Surgery
🔹 Occipito-cervical and C1-C2 surgeries
🔹 Spinal tumours
🔹 Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
🔹 Motion preserving surgeries for degenerative spine and scoliosis
🔹 Growing rod for scoliosis
🔹 Spinal Trauma surgeries

💉 Pain Procedures

🔹 Epidural Blocks
🔹 Radiofrequency Ablation
🔹 Spinal Cord Stimulator
🔹 Baclofen and Morphine Pumps
🔹 Percutaneous Discectomy