Dr. Vivek Gupta
Dr. Prof. Vivek Gupta is an Interventional Neuroradiologist renownwed both nationally and internationally. With over 17 years of experience in this demanding and specialized field, he is deeply passionate about managing stroke patients. Dr. Gupta has contributed to the development of new imaging techniques and interventional procedures for the benefit of stroke patients, including pioneering the “”Mechanical Thrombectomy”” technique for stroke patients at PGI, and has trained many doctors in this technique.
Dr. Gupta is also recognized as one of the few doctors in the country to successfully treat Retinoblastomas, a type of eye tumor in infants and children, with endovascular techniques to preserve their eyesight. His exceptional work has been widely acknowledged in both national and international forums. Dr. Gupta has extensive experience teaching and mentoring, and many of his former students are now thriving in successful medical careers both in India and abroad.
Acute stroke imaging and endovascular management Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysm: has extensive experience in treating simple as well as complex cerebral aneurysms. Have successfully been doing coiling with balloon assistance and stent assistance regularly One of the first operators to start ‘Flow Diversion’ treatment for an aneurysm, in North India The first person to start Intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastomas therapy for children in North India Endovascular management of Carotid stenosis of complex cases
Over 17 years of experience
MD Radiodiagnosis and Imaging DM Neuroradiology M.B.B.S
Hon. Secretory (National) of Indian Society of Neuroradiology (ISNR)
Awarded ‘Educational Grant’ to participate in WLNC 2013 (1st world live neurovascular conference) held in Istanbul, Turkey from 29-31 May 2013
1. Awarded SIR International Scholarship Grant for attending SIR Annual Scientific Meeting April 13 – 18, 2013 at the New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2. Invited as International Guest Faculty to chair a session on stroke imaging in ‘XIX Symposium Neuroradiologicum’, The World Congress of Neuroradiology, Bologna, Italy- October 2010
3. Selected under the ‘Invest in Youth’ program for a scholarship to attend and present a scientific paper at the European congress of radiology (ECR 2008) in Vienna, Austria
4. Scholarship awarded under ‘Young investigator scholarships’ to attend and present a scientific poster at the Asian congress of Radiology 2008 (AOCR-2008), held in Seoul, North Korea
5. Awarded 2nd prize in the best posters category for the poster ‘Percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of visceral pseudoaneurysms’ in an annual conference of ‘The Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR)’ held in October 2007 in Hyderabad
6. Awarded 2nd prize in the scientific proffered papers category for the paper “Dynamic MRI evaluation of CV-junction abnormalities” at 56th Annual Congress of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, 4-7th Jan 2003, Jaipur, India
