- Specialty: Urology, Robotic Surgery, and Organ Transplantation
- Designation: Head – Associate and Kidney Transplant
- Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon.
About the doctor
- Dr. Varun Mittal is an expert in advanced robotic urologic cancer surgery and kidney transplantation. Swap/paired kidney exchange, ABO/HLA incompatible kidney transplants, and kidney transplants from deceased organs are his areas of study. He has been a vital player in prestigious institutes’ successful kidney transplant programs for more than ten years. His academic career has been filled with successes, and he was given a Gold Award by AMASI for the finest robotic surgical film. The American Urologic Association awarded him a scholarship for international travel in 2015. He has written numerous book chapters and journal papers. He has presented numerous research articles, posters, and surgical videos at national and international urologic and organ transplant conferences.
Qualification
- General surgery, MBBS, MS
- SGPGIMS Lucknow, M.Ch. (Urology and Kidney Transplant)
- Genitourinary surgery is DNB
- Fellowship in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urology
- Robotic urologic surgery fellowship at the University of Miami, USA
Membership
- Indian Urological Society
- Indian Urological Society, North Zone
- Association of American Urologists
- Association of Indian American Urologists
- Organ transplant society in India
- Forum for robotic urology
Awards & Honors
- Dr. C. Palanivelu won the second-best poster prize at the Robotic Urology Forum in Mumbai, India, receiving the Best Video Gold Medal from AMASICON in December 2017 in Kochi.
- International Fellowship/Award: AUA – USI Olympus International Resident Travel fellowship Award, 2015 Second Best Poster prize at UAUCON 2015, Lucknow, India International Scholarship Award
- Vattikuti International Scholar, 2016
- Biochemistry with honors, October 2001
- October 2002, Pharmacology Honors
- Microbiology honors, October 2002
- ENT honors, October 2003
- 2003 runners-up in the state-level ENT exam for Maharashtra
- 2004 runners-up in the state-level SURGERY quiz for Maharashtra
- 2004 Maharashtra state level CARDIOLOGY quiz, third place
