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What was your fondest memory of medical college?
Late night dinner on the road side Dhaba after a long surgery during PG days with seniors.
Looking back through the years, what’s one moment in your life as a surgeon that still makes you laugh?
Maybe the day I cleared my MS final exam, that moment felt like finally reaching the top of Mt. Everest.
Can you share a personal experience that challenged your ethical principles as a surgeon and how you resolved it?
Ethical principles will be challenged very often, more than you think in your practice.
One time, we resected the entire bowel from Duodeno-jejunal flexure till the transverse colon for Superior Mesenteric Artery thrombosis with bowel gangrene in a 70 yr old male with a lot of co-morbidities. We knew the patient couldn’t make it through surgery and post-surgery life would be hell. The ethical question arises just because he is old; is it ok not to operate? Or if we operate, will he survive and if he survives can he lead a good quality life. The best thing to do is to explain the surgery and all complications in simple understandable words to relatives without losing your patience and answer the questions they ask and respect the decision they make.
Can you share a piece of advice or wisdom that has guided you in your personal life?
Life is like a ship sailing in the ocean; there will be ups and downs; we fail , we win. Only way not to sink is to balance good and bad.
How different was your MBBS experience, considering that your twin sister was in the same course as you?
Well, we were in the same course but not the same college, so it was not too different
There was always discussion of topics, study materials, new websites/content to read, regarding conferences and so on. Over all we had healthy competition. Maybe this lead both of us to choose surgery as our postgraduation course.