CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAME : Dr Asif Mehraj

SEX : Male

PERMANANT ADDRESS : 27 Iqbalabad, Bemina, Srinagar, Pin- 190018 J&K, India

TELEPHONE : 962-***-****

Email: : adcpkw@r.postjobfree.com

Skype ID : asif_mehraj

DATE OF BIRTH: : 1st July 1980

NATIONALITY: : Indian

PASSPORT : Indian passport No: R8997526 Date of expiry 08.02.2028

MARITAL STATUS : Married

Presently working as Consultant

General & Minimal Invasive Surgery & Colorectal Surgery,

GMC, Srinagar, J&K

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

QUALIFICATION : MBBS; MS (General Surgery); FACRSI, FCRS (Colorectal Surgery)

QUALIFICATION

DETAILS

TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP COLORECTAL SURGERY

University Hospital Birmingham, NHS, United Kingdom

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

2 years Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India, Deemed University (2016-2018)

FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship of Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India, FACRSI (2018)

POSTGRADUATION

MS (Gen Surgery) (May 2008 to May 2011) Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

GRADUATION

MBBS, Government Medical College, Srinagar, J&K, India (Aug 2000- Feb 2006)

REGISTRATION : Permanent registration with Medical council of India (J&K State) Reg no 9813

MEMBERSHIP: Life Member Association of Surgeons of India

Life Member Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India

Associate member European Society of Coloproctology

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

Consultant, General Surgery

GMC, Srinagar, J&K

November 2019 till date

Sr Registrar Colorectal Surgery

SKIMS, Srinagar, J&K

November 2018 to November 2019

Post Doctoral Fellow in Colorectal Surgery

SKIMS, Srinagar, J&K

November 2016 to November 2018

Assistant Professor

Adesh Medical College and Hospital, Ambala, Haryana

September 2015 to November 2016

Consultant General Surgery

Awadh Hospital, Uttar pradesh

March 2015 to September 2015

Registrar/ Senior Resident

Department of General Surgery, SKIMS Kashmir, India

July 2011 to March 2015

Postgraduate resident

Department of General Surgery and Allied branches, SKIMS Kashmir India

May 2008 to May 2011

Junior Resident

Department of Surgery, GMC Srinagar and Associated Hospital, Kashmir, India

May 2007 to Nov 2007

Expertise:

1.Management of all basic and advanced colorectal surgeries including colorectal cancer.

2.Basic and advanced laparoscopic surgeries.

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

Publications

1.Imtiaz Wani, Mohammad Ommid, Arfat Waheed, Mehraj Asif

Tuberculous Abdominal cocoon: original article. Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery 2010;16 (6): 508-510

2.Majid Mushtaque, Asif Mehraj, Samina Ali Khnaday, Rayees A Dar. Double Appendicitis. Int Journ of Clinical Med. 2012; 3(1)

3.Ajaz A Malik, Asif Mehraj, Saima Nanda, Rauf A Wani. Comparison of hand sewn & stapled anastomosis in ileocolic surgery; American Journal of Advances in Medical Science 2015; 3 (3): 21-25.

4.Fazl Qadir Parray, Nisar A. Chowdri, Asif Mehraj Dar, Rauf A. Wani, Natasha Thakur and Khursheed Alam Wani. New Technology in Colorectal Cancer-a Boon or a Bane. Global Journal of gastroenterology and Hepatology 2015; 3 (2): 39-49

5.Asif Mehraj. Role of MRI in Staging Urinary Bladder Tumours. Ann Med Health Sci Res 2017; 7: 116-121.

6.Afshan wani, Asif Mehraj, Nisar A Chowdri, Fazl Q Parray, Rauf A Wani, Natasha Thakur, Mudassir A Khan. Meropenem VS Cefoperazone Prophylaxis for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection In Colorectal Surgery. IJSRM 2017, 5 (07): 6318-25.

7.Asif Meraj, Mudassir khan, Rauf Wani. Gene Routes in Colorectal Cancer. Canc Therapy & Oncol Int J. 2018; 9(5): 555772

8.Asif Mehraj, Nisar A Chowdri, Saima Nanda, Fazl Q Parray, Rauf A Wani, Mudassir A Khan, Arshad A Baba. Validity of APR in the Era of Sphincter Saving procedures for Low Rectal Cancers.EC Gastroenterology and digestive System 5.3 (2018): 152-159

9.Akil Latief Lone, Fazl Qadir Parray, Nisar Ahmad Chowdri, Rauf Ahmad Wani, Asif Mehraj, Mudassir Ahmad Khan, Irfan Farooq. To study the relationship of demographic variables on lymph node yield after surgery for mid–low rectal cancer in a study population attending a tertiary care hospital in north india. International journal of Scientific Research 2018; 7 (1): 232-234.

10. Mudassir Ahmad Khan, Liaqat Ahmad Malik, Rauf A Wani, Asif Mehraj, Farhat Ali Lone, Nisar A Chowdri, Fazl Q Parray, Showkat Bhat. Clinico Surgical Factors Affecting Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Surgical Procedures. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine research 2018;2 (4): 50-56

11. Showkat Ahmad Bhat, Nisar Ahmad Chowdri Mudassir Ahmad Khan, Fazl Q Parray, Rouf Ahmad Wani, Asif Mehraj, Baba Arshad, Mushtaq A Laway. Clinicopathological Profile of Colorectal Cancer in Kashmir. Clin Surg 2019;4:2368.

12. Asif Mehraj, Nisar A Chowdri, Najmus Saqib, Rauf A Wani, Fazl Q Parray, Mudassir A Khan.Transanal Minimal Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Minimal Access Maximal Success: our initial Experience. Paper accepted for publication in Annals of Coloproctology.

13. Asif Mehraj, Fazl Q Parray, Arshad A Baba, Mudassir A Khan, Rauf A Wani, Nisar A Chowdri. Nutritional Assessment in Colorectal Cancer patients: A Review Article. Accepted in International Journal of Surgery.

14. Nisar A. Chowdri, Asif Mehraj, Fazl Q. Parray, Mudassir A. Khan, Masood A. Laharwal, and Rauf A. Wani, “Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Recurrence in the Caecum,” Case Reports in Surgery, vol. 2018, Article ID 9139281, 4 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9139281

15.The impact of conversion on the risk of major complication following laparoscopic colonic surgery: an international, multicentre prospective audit. The 2017 and 2015 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating groups. Colorectal Disease 2018; 20 (Suppl. 6):69–89.

16.Association of mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics and anastomotic leak following left sided colorectal resection: an international, multi-centre, prospective audit. The 2017 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group. Colorectal Disease 2018:20 (Suppl. 6), 15–32.

17.An international multicentre prospective audit of elective rectal cancer surgery; operative approach versus outcome, including transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME). The 2017 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group. Colorectal Disease 2018; 20 (Suppl. 6):33–46.

18.Evaluating the incidence of pathological complete response in current international rectal cancer practice: the barriers to widespread safe deferral of surgery. The 2017 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group. Colorectal Disease 2018; 20 (Suppl. 6):58-68.

19.Safety of primary anastomosis following emergency left sided colorectal resection: an international, multi-centre prospective audit. The 2017 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group. Colorectal Disease 2018; 20 (Suppl. 6): 47–57

20.Asif Mehraj, Fazl Q Parray.“Ulcerative Colitis: Surgical Perspective”.Inflammatory Bowel Disease by MedDocs Publishers LLC, Australia (http://meddocsonline.org/)

21.Rauf Ahmad Wani, Asif Mehraj. Endoscopic Surgery in Rectal Cancer- A Review. Journal of Medical Sciences 2018; 21(1):3-10

22. Arshad Ahmed Baba, Zahid Kaleem, Fazl Qadir Parray, Nisar Ahmad Chowdri, Rouf Ahmad Wani, Asif Mehraj Dar, Mudassir Ahmad Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad Laway D3 lymphadenectomy in right colonic resection. Journal of Medical Sciences 2018; 21(2):109-113

23.Arshad Ahmed Baba, Asif Mehraj Dar, Arshed A Parray, Mudassir Ahmed Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed Laway, Nisar Ahmed Chowdri. Perineal scar endometriosis. Indian j of colo rectal surg 2018:1 (1): 30-33.

24. Fazl Q Parray, Asif Mehraj, Rauf A Wani. Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) in rectal cancer in upcoming book titled Advances in Rectal cancer Management by Springer Inc.

25.Asif Mehraj, Fazl Q Parray. Technological advances in the management of rectal cancer in upcoming book titled Advances in Rectal cancer Management by Springer Inc.

26. Nisar A Chowdri, Asif Mehraj, Iqra Nisar. Enhanced recovery after Surgery in Colorectal Surgery in upcoming book titled Advances in Rectal cancer Management by Springer Inc.

Participated in an international multicentric trial / snapshot on left sided colonic resections by European society of Coloproctology 2017.

Attended 10 days fellowship programme in Pelvic Floor disorders at Zen Hospital, Mumbai with Dr Roy patankar from 01.04.18- 10.04.2018.

Presently working on multiple research projects:

a)European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) Multicentric study on management of acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis.

b)European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) Multicentric Randomised control trial on lowering the incidence of anastomotic leak in right sided colonic resections..

c)Randomised Control Trial on Comparison of Transanal abdominal Transanal (TATA) Procedure with laparoscopic TME for Low Rectal Cancers.

d)Ghost Ileostomy in Low Rectal Anastomosis

e)Nutritional Assessment in Colorectal Cancer patients.

f)Sarcopenia in patients with Colorectal Cancer and its correlation with Postoperative complications.

g)Preoperative psychological assessment for predicting postoperative outcomes in colorectal surgery patients.

h)Incidence of DVT in Colorectal cancer patients attending a high volume centre in North India.

i)Predictors of complete pathological response in rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Awards / Presentations

1.Presented Paper titled Early complications following colorectal surgeries at ACRSICON 2019 at Mumbai.

2.Presented Poster titled Comparison of Ghost ileostomy vs conventional ileostomy following restorative rectal resections in 3nd International Appollo Colorectal Symposium at Chennai and won the 1ST prize (poster was judged by Dr Albert Mathews from Florida USA and Dr Jay Warusavitarne from St Marks hospital, London.

3.Presented paper titled Predictors of complete pathological response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancers at Annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India, ASICON 2018 at Chennai & won 1st prize for best research paper.

4.Presented poster entitled “TAMIS. Minimal acess Maximal Success.” at Annual Conference of Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSICON), 2017 at Coimbatore & won 1st Prize.

5.Presented Poster on TAMIS in 2nd International Appollo Colorectal Symposium at Chennai and won the 1ST prize.

6.Passed FACRSI Exam 2018 at Aurangabad and secured 3rd Position

7.Presented poster entitled “TAMIS. Minimal acess Maximal Success.” at UAE Cancer Congress 2017 in Dubai.

8.Presented poster entitled “Low Rectal Cancers: Evolution from APR to Sphincter Saving Procedures.” at UAE Cancer Congress 2017 in Dubai.

9.Presented poster entitled “Low Rectal Cancers: Evolution from APR to Sphincter Saving Procedures.” at Annual Conference of Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India, ACRSICON 2017 at Coimbatore.

10.Participated in annual fellowship course in colorectal surgery 2017 organised by Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India at Ajmer.

11.Presented paper entitled “Low Rectal Cancers: Evolution from APR to Sphincter Saving Procedures.” at Annual Conference of JK Chapter of association of Surgeons of India,2017 at Srinagar & won 1st Prize.

12.Awarded Best Grand Round Presentation 2017 at SKIMS, Srinagar for my presentation titled “Paradigm Shift from Open to Natural Orifice in Rectal Tumours”.

13.Presented a paper on Stapled vs Hand sewn anastomosis in ileocolic surgery at ASICON 2013 at Ahmedabad and won 1st prize

14.Presented paper entitled “Role of MRI in management of Urinary Bladder tumours” at Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON) at Kochi in 2012 in best state chapter award session.

15.Presented paper entitled “Role of MRI in management of Urinary Bladder tumours” at 1st Annual Conference of J&K State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India (JAKASICON) in 2011 & won 2nd Prize.

16.Presented the paper entitled “Role of MRI in management of Urinary Bladder tumours”in 16th Postgraduate Research Programme in SKIMS, Srinagar in 2011 and won 2nd Prize.

17.Presented a paper at 3rd International symposium on management of cancer in countries with low resources at SKICC Srinagar in 2018.

18.Presented a video presentation at a conference organized by ACRSI & SKIMS Srinagar at Pahalgam in 2017.

References

Professor Nisar A Chowdri

MS, FAIS, FICS, FACRSI, FMAS, FACS.

Professor & Head, General Surgery & Head Colorectal Division

Sher i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

Convener Examination, Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India.

Past Governing council member, Association of surgeons of India

Phone 990-***-****

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Prof Fazal Qadir Parray

MS, FICS, FMAS, FACRSI

Professor

Department of General & Minimal Access Surgery (Colorectal Division)

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

Past Governing council member, Association of surgeons of India

Chairman JK state chapter of Association of surgeons of India.

Phone 941-***-****

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Dr Rauf A Wani

MBBS, MS, MRCS (Edin), FACRSI

Additional Professor

Department of General & Minimal Access Surgery (Colorectal Division)

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

Former Consultant, KFMC, Saudi Arabia.

Past Vice President north zone, Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons of India.

Phone 941-***-****

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