Dr Suneet Sood


Name                             Suneet Sood

Address                       Suite 703 Casa Mila Tower, 3/1 Jalan Bukit Idaman, Selayang, Batu Caves, Selangor

Phone No.                   0192985917

Qualifications             MBBS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dec 1978

                                        MS (General Surgery): AIIMS, May 1982

Current position       Professor and Co-ordinator, Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor

Last academic positions held     

                                        1.     Reader, Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi; Jan 1990 to Jun 1995

                                        2.     Professor, Department of Surgery and Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery services, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun: Dec 1997 to Feb 1999

Award                           Membership of the National Academy of Medical Sciences


Professional Experience

Experience in operative surgery

Most elective and emergency operations commonly done in general surgery. These include operations for benign and malignant disease of the cheek, parotid, breast, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, rectum, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and adrenals. Experience in endocrine surgery and surgery for male infertility. Laparoscopic surgery and in gastrointestinal endoscopies.

Area of special interest: gastrointestinal surgery. Portasystemic shunts for portal hypertension, radical and palliative operations for hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers, procedures for biliary strictures, surgery for acute pancreatitis and its complications, procedures for chronic pancreatitis, procedures for ulcerative colitis. All gastrointestinal emergencies as well as cancers.

Teaching experience

Involved in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students since 1982. Recognized undergraduate and postgraduate teacher for Delhi University. Guide for postgraduate thesis, examiner for undergraduate final professional examinations. Guided undergraduate students for summer research projects sponsored by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Educational area of special interest: Medical writing

 

Papers published in medical journals

1         Sood S. Postoperative wound infection: role of intraoperative would lavage. Thesis for M.S., Jan 1982, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

2         Sood S, Kapur BML, Gupta A, Shriniwas. Role of intraoperative wound lavage in postoperative wound infection. Indian J Med Res 1985;81:92-5

3         Nazar YA, Gupta U, Sood S, Kapur MM. Bacteriology of the genital tract in azoospermia. Indian J Med Res 1986;84:213-6

4         Kapur MM, Sarda AK, Bal S, Sood S. Carcinoma of the thyroid: differential behaviour in solitary and multinodular tumours. Brit J Surg 1986;73:894-5

5         Sood S, Mohan CR, Tandon BN, Nundy S. Emergency splenectomy and lienorenal shunt for bleeding varices: an Indian experience. Digestive Dis Sci (suppl) 1986; p51 (Abs)

6         Sood S, Raghavan SV, Jayalaxmi T, Nundy S. Use of sodium nitroprusside induced hypotensive anesthesia for reducing blood loss in patients undergoing lienorenal shunts for portal hypertension. Brit J Surg 1987;74:1036-8

7         Sood S, Sarda AK, Bal S, Shukla NK, Kapur MM. Malignant retroperitoneal teratoma. J Postgrad Med 1988;34:185-7

8         Sarda AK, Kumar R, Sood S, Bal S, Mathur M, Kapur MM. Hernia uteri inguinale: unusual form of male pseudohermaphroditism. J Assoc Phys India 1988;36:341-4

9         Sood S. Survey of factors influencing injury among riders involved in motorized two-wheeler accidents in India: a prospective study of 302 cases. J Trauma 1988;28:530-4

10      Kapur MM, Sood S, Kochar KP, Paul S, Rao SV. Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of azoospermia. Brit J Urol 1989;64:69-71

11      Sood S, Minocha VR. Portal hypertension in children. Indian Pediatr 1989;26:61-71

12      Sood S. Conference report. Natl Med J India 1989;2:251-2

13      Chopra AK, Marya SKS, Sood S. Retrieval of broken needles from hands and feet. Indian Med Gazette 1990;124:326-7

14      Sood S. AIDS patients are safe to treat. Natl Med J India, 1990;3:149 (letter)

15      Goel N, Singh K, Sood S, Agarwal N. Congenital androgen insensitivity syndrome. J Obstet Gynecol India 1991;4:562-3

16      Sood S, Chopra AK, Minocha VR. Management of extrahepatic portal hypertension in children. Indian J Pediatr 1991;58:317-20

17      Marya SKS, Sood S, Chopra AK, Chugh IM, Kumar P, Minocha VR. Pattern of road traffic accidents in a Delhi hospital. J Traffic Med (suppl 1991)

18      Sood S, Maheswari A, Sud A, Minocha VR. Injury severity score: correlation with post-traumatic sepsis. Ann Emerg Med 1992;21:475 (Abs)

19      Sood S. Infections in trauma patients. Hospital Today, 1996 (June), 62-4

20      Sood S. Sterilization and disinfection. Hospital Today, 1996 (Aug), 105-9

21      Sood S. Staphylococcal infections in clinical practice. Hospital Today, 1997 (Jul), 41-4

22      Dvivedi S, Sood S, Mehrotra V, Dvivedi J. Injuries caused by the black Himalayan bear in the foothills of Garhwal, Himalayas. Trop Doct. 2003;33:115-7

23      Jawad KO, Sood S. Robotic surgery: where are we today? Medical & Health Reviews. 2009;1:59-73


Books written, and chapters in books

BOOKS WRITTEN

1. Surgery:          Sood S. Krishna A (eds): Surgical Diseases in Tropical Countries. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 1996

2. Teaching:        Sood S, Tandon V. MCQs in Surgery. Indite Publishers, Noida, 2005

3. Monographs on gastrointestinal disorders      

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Acute Pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2002

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Hepatitis C. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2003

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Ulcerative Colitis. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2003

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Hepatitis B. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2004

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Chronic Pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2004

        Tandon V, Sood S (eds) Hepatitis E. Digestive Diseases Foundation, Noida, 2005

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1.                    Tandon BN, Sood S. Hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction. In Tandon BN and Nundy S (eds), Textbook of Tropical Gastroenterology, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1988

2.                    Minocha VR, Sood S. Liver cell transplantation. In Rana BS, Anand VJ (eds), Scientific Foundations of Surgery, 2nd ed, New Delhi, 1989

3.                    Sood S, Chopra AK, Chugh IM, Kumar P, Marya SKS, Minocha VR. Road traffic accidents and other injuries in Delhi: a comparison of severity patterns. In Bhattacharya A, Chawla R, Gurnani A (eds), Trauma Anaesthesia and Critical Care in Developing Countries. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi 1995, p30-34

4.                    Sood S. Surgical complications of typhoid. Sood S. Krishna A (eds): Surgical Diseases in Tropical Countries. Jaypee Bros. Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 1996

5.                    Sood S. Purulent pericarditis. Sood S. Krishna A (eds): Surgical Diseases in Tropical Countries. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 1996

6.                    Sood S, Mehrotra G. Prehepatic portal hypertension. Sood S. Krishna A (eds): Surgical Diseases in Tropical Countries. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 1996

7.                    Sood S, Dargan P. Hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction. Sood S. Krishna A (eds): Surgical Diseases in Tropical Countries. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 1996

8.                    Sood S, Tandon V. Acute pancreatitis. In: Tandon BN (ed) Tropical Hepatogastroenterology, Elsevier, 2008, p 539-65

9.                    Tandon V, Sood S. Chronic pancreatitis. In: Tandon BN (ed) Tropical Hepatogastroenterology, Elsevier, 2008, p 566-96

Papers read and *abstracted in conference proceedings, and invited lectures

PAPERS READ

1      Kapur MM, Sood S, Paul S, Kochar KP. Surgical management of obstructive azoospermia. 44th Annual Conference, Association of Surgeons of India, Lucknow, Dec 1984

2      Sood S, Raghavan SV, Jayalaxmi TS, Nundy S. Use of sodium nitroprusside induced hypotensive anesthesia in patients undergoing lienorenal shunts for portal hypertension. 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of  Gastroenterology, Patna, 1986*

3      Sood S, Pande GK, Sahni P, Nundy S. Emergency operations for bleeding varices in patients with good liver function. 28th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Bhopal, Nov 1987 (Read at its Plenary Session).*

4      Sood  S, Chopra AK, Chugh IM, Kumar P, Marya SKS, Minocha VR. Pattern of trauma in an East Delhi hospital: a casualty based study of 400 cases. 1st National Conference on the Integrated Care of the Critically Ill,  Bombay  Nov  24-26, 1989.*

5      Sood  S,  Sud  A, Maheswari A, Agarwal S, Kaur I, Minocha VR. Ileal perforations: a prospective clinicopathological study. Presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Delhi Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India, Oct 1990.* Also at  4th Annual Conference of the Digestive Disease Research Forum of India, New  Delhi,  March  30-31,  1991.

6      Sood S, Maheswari A, Sud A, Minocha VR. Post-traumatic sepsis: correlation with injury severity scoring. Read (by S Sood) at the 4th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Washington DC, 7 May 1992; 35th Annual Conference of the Delhi Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India, Oct 1990*

7      Sood  S, Chopra AK, Chugh IM, Kumar P, Marya SKS, Minocha VR. Road traffic accidents: comparison with other causes of trauma. First National Symposium on Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care. UCMS and GTB Hospital, SCOPE  Complex,  New  Delhi, Feb 1994*

 

INVITED LECTURES

1.       Surgical management of obstructive jaundice. CME programme, 27th Annual conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Patna, 1986

2.       Acute abdomen. Symposium on Surgical Emergencies, Delhi Medical Association, Aug 1988

3.       Male contraception. Reorientation course on contraception. University College of Medical Sciences and Delhi Medical Association, Feb 1989

4.       Clinical features of colorectal cancer. Symposium on cancer of the large bowel, 1st Annual Conference of the Delhi Chapter of the Indian Society of Surgical Gastroenterology, April 1989

5.       Ethical issues in AIDS. WHO (PRAD) Workshop on AIDS. University College of Medical Sciences, Feb 1992

6.       Ethical and legal issues in AIDS. Delhi Medical Association, IMA Hall, March 24, 1992

7.       AIDS and modern medical practice. Symposium on fetal medicine, MLB Medical College, Jhansi, 15 Sep 1992

8.       Gut origin sepsis. CME Workshop, Annual Conference of the Delhi State Chapter, Association of Surgeons of India, Oct 30, 1992

9.       Immune consequences of trauma. Symposium on trauma, Delhi State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India, Army Hospital, march 20, 1994

 

Invited lectures (continued)

 

10.    Multiple organ system failure. Surgery Update 94, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Sep 1994

11.    Talking to a patient. AIIMSONIANS symposium, April 12, 1996

12.    Male infertility. Symposium on Infertility, Arpana Hospital, Karnal, 1996

13.    Portal hypertension. Monthly meeting of the Surgical Society of Dehradun, Sep 1997

14.    Surgical complications of typhoid. Monthly meeting of the Indian Medical Association, Saharanpur, Oct 25 1997

15.    Complications from alcohol. Public lecture, 15 Dec 2001, Metro Hospital, Noida

16.    Epidemiology of acute pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases Foundation Conference on acute pancreatitis, June 2002, India International Center, New Delhi

17.    Abdominal tuberculosis. Public lecture, 16 Dec 2002, Metro Hospital, Noida

18.    Algorithm for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. Digestive Diseases Foundation Conference on chronic pancreatitis, Nov 7 2004, India International Center, New Delhi

19.    Acute and chronic pancreatitis. Indian Medical Association, Dehradun 6 Mar 2005

20.    Pancreatitis: clinical update. Indian Medical Association, Kashipur, 20 Mar 2005

21.    HBV, HIV, and the surgeon. Indian Chapter of American College of Surgeons, 21 Mar 2005, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

22.    Ulcerative Colitis. Indian Medical Association, Dehradun Dec 2005

23.    Ulcerative colitis: when to refer the patient for surgery. Indian Medical Association, Rudrapur, 15-16 April 2006

24.    Antibiotic use in the Critical Care Setting. Physicians Forum, Kanpur, June 25, 2006

25.    Abdominal trauma. In: Continuing Medical Education series,  Selayang Hospital, Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia, 8 Nov 2008

 

Miscellaneous

Journals

•       Referee for various journals, including the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, the Indian Journal of Medical Research, the Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Medical and Health Reviews

•       Editorial board of the Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), and of Medical and Health Reviews (Malaysia)

Others

o    Member of academic bodies such as the Association of Surgeons of India, the Indian Medical Association, the Digestive Diseases Research Forum and the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.

o    Organized College and State level conferences

o   Member of the Ethics review boards of Metro Hospital, Noida, as well as Dharamshila Cancer Hospital, Delhi

Computers

•       Extensive experience with computers. I can use most commonly available wordprocessing, spreadsheet, database, publishing, graphics etc software. Written a teaching programme in DBASE III+, another in Excel.

 

Websites

www.ddfindia.org, apexbeat.com


Courses and CME programmes attended (not including the events in the “Invited lectures” list above)

1.        WORKSHOP: Better Medical Writing Workshop, AIIMS, New Delhi, Mar 21 1986

2.        WORKSHOP: Course on Electronic Spreadsheets, 10-11 May, 1986 at Delhi Computer and Consultancy Services, Sainik Farms, New Delhi

3.        CME programme, 27th Annual Conf. of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Patna, 1986

4.        WORKSHOP: National Workshop on Educational Science Technology for the Teachers of Health Professionals, Mar 9-18, 1987, at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

5.        Symposium on writing, editing and publishing of medical papers, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, March 9-11, 1989

6.        WORKSHOP: 23rd Endoscopy Training Course, AIIMS, New Delhi, April 23-29, 1989

7.        Reorientation course: contraception. UCMS & Delhi Medical Association, Feb 1989

8.        WORKSHOP: Therapeutic endoscopy course. Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, CDR Hospital, Hyderabad, Aug 10-17, 1990

9.        WORKSHOP: Therapeutic endoscopy, WHO, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Sep 14-15, 1990

10.     WORKSHOP: Workshop on AIDS, WHO & Delhi Administration,  Ashok Hotel, Delhi, Nov 1991

11.     Indo-US CME on Gastrointestinal Surgery. GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, Feb 1992

12.     CME Workshop, Annual Conference of the Delhi State Chapter, Association of Surgeons of India, Oct 30, 1992

13.     Workshop on AIDS for PRAD. WHO, UCMS, Delhi, July 30-31, 1993

14.     Surgery Update 94, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Sep 1994

15.     WORKSHOP: Ethicon Hands-on Training Course in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Course director TE Udwadia, Bombay, May 9-10, 1996

16.     CME: Current perspectives in liver diseases-2002, October 5-6, 2002, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

17.     CME, Indian Medical Association, Dehradun, March 5-6 2005 (6 Hours CME)

18.     CME, Indian Medical Association, Kashipur, March 20 2005

19.     CME, India Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Mar 21 2005

20.     CME, National Cancer Congress 2005, 20 Nov 2005, New Delhi, organized by Dharamshila Cancer Hospital (6.5 hours CME)

21.     CME: Minimal Access Surgery 2005 and beyond, 4 Dec 2005, New Delhi, organized by Fortis Hospital

22.     Basic statistical analysis. Faculty of Medicine, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Dec 15-16, 2007

23.     Good Clinical Practices. Faculty of Medicine, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, August 14-16, 2008

24. Medical writing. Hospital Sungai Buloh, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, 8 December 2008 (Organizer)

        24.     Workshop: Constructing Problem-Based Learning cases: Hands-on Training Workshop. Faculty of Medicine, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, April 8-9, 2009
        25.     Workshop: Medical Writing. Organized by Cliniminds, New Delhi, April 25-26, 2009 (Invited Faculty)