Charismatic Surgeon Dr. Shivanshu Misra’s Trailblazing Career Is An Inspiration For Future Medicos

India’s life expectancy rose by a decade in the past 30 years, though there are still inequalities between different regions within the country. However, a new study published in the Lancet Journal reports that the life expectancy in India increased from 59.6 years to 70.8 years between 1990 and 2019. This is a result of the enormous progress achieved not just in the living standard of Indians but also in the field of medical treatment. The latter is being run by competent doctors who are devoting their lives to keeping others healthy for life. One such noted doctor is Dr. Shivanshu Misra, who is the first and only certified bariatric, diabetic and metabolic surgeon of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. He is also the recipient of the coveted “President’s Gold Medal” award for being the “Best Upcoming Young Surgeon” for the year 2019 at the Annual National Surgical Conference ASICON 2019 at Bhubaneshwar.

Recently, Dr Shivanshu received the Best bariatric and diabetes surgeon of Uttar Pradesh from the Hon. Health minister of Uttar Pradesh

This dynamic young medical professional is currently working as a Consultant of Minimal Access Surgery & Bariatric Surgery at Shivani hospital and IVF, Kanpur. However, behind this charismatic persona lies years of study and hard work coupled with skillful understanding of the doctor-patient relationship. All this has made him one of the most sought-after medicos in his profession. The kind of experience that Dr. Misra has gained in his working years so far is amazing.

A Strong Base

After completing his MBBS from Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai, in 2009, Dr. Shivanshu did specialization in General Surgery from the same institution in 2014. Within next 2 years, he had passed the exam for Senior Resident in GI Surgery and liver transplant from GB Pant Hospital New Delhi. Subsequently, he applied for a super-specialty course in minimal access (key hole surgery) and secured an all India rank 1 and joined the mecca of laparoscopic and robotic surgery of the world, as a senior registrar in Minimal Access Surgery from GEM Hospital & Research Center, Coimbatore. Gaining academic excellence in his chosen field of specialization, Dr. Misra focused on minimal access, bariatric and diabetes surgery to accumulate experience and build his medical career on it. With the world struggling with a growing risk of obesity and diabetes, owing to different factors, new medical treatments like minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery have emerged as the less risky options to increase a patient’s life-span. In fact, according to a recent study, published in the UEG Journal, Bariatric (or weight loss) surgery was responsible for significant reduction in the risk of developing pancreatic and also various other gastrointestinal cancers in obese patients. So, doctors like him are, no doubt, the doctors for the future!

Vast Experience

Before Dr. Misra started working as consultant at the Department of Minimal Access Surgery and Bariatric Surgery of the GEM Hospital and Research Centre in April 2018, for a 2-year consultancy period, he worked as a Post-doctoral fellow (FNB-MAS) in the Department of Minimal Access Surgery of GEM Hospital, Coimbatore. His work experience as a Senior Resident in Department of Gastro-Intestinal Surgery and Liver Transplant at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi and as a Consultant Surgeon at Kanpur’s Shivani Hospital and IVF helped him gain knowledge about the field.

International Exposure

In the year 2019, between September 3 and 7, Dr. Shivanshu created a stir at the IFSO World Congress (International Federation of Society of Obesity), held at Madrid, Spain. He presented 11 papers on different aspects of treatment required for gastro-intestinal disorders. He was the only Indian to have presented the maximum number of research papers in a single forum. The papers, including oral and poster presentations, touched topics like enhanced recovery (day care procedures) care in bariatric surgery, post-operative care as well as long-term outcomes in case of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en -Y gastric bypass. Among the papers presented nationally, Dr. Misra’s paper on long-term outcomes of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, presented at the ASICON-2019, Bhubaneshwar, even bagged the national first prize in the Best Paper category. He is an active participant at a range of conferences & workshops that are held regularly for exchange of medical information as well as to publicize any new developments in the field of minimal access surgery. Some of the prominent events that Dr. Misra has been an invited faculty as a  part of the 7th International Congress of Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASICON) at Coimbatore in November, 2012, Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat in December 2013 and International Summit on laparoscopic Pancreatic Resection (ISLPR) in October 2016.

He has also attended the workshop  and training on clinical research and biostatistics at Department of Community Medicine, Stanley Medical College in June 2013, International Live Workshop in Laparoscopic Surgery – LAPROSURG – in May 2015, the workshop and CME on Abdominal imaging held in September 2019, at GEM Hospital and Research Center, Coimbatore, and the hands-on training in “The Principles of vascular anastomosis, biliary anastomosis and laparoscopic bowel anastomosis” at the 18th National Surgical Gastroenterology update in June 2019. His papers and opinions have been published in such reputed publications like the Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Obesity Surgery Journal, International Journal of Surgery and Orthopedics, Tropical Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Indian Journal of Surgery, International Journal of Medical Research and Review, and Global Journal of Research Analysis. During his illustrious career, ,he has contributed to over 24 international research publications in peer reviewed high indexed journals and also is the author of 3 books in bariatric and diabetes surgery.

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No wonder that this brilliant doctor has received awards and honors from everywhere for his medical acumen and vast experience, that too at such a young age. The President’s medal, as mentioned earlier, is just one in a long list of recognitions that have come his way for saving and improving his patients’ lives.