Dr. Hitesh Garg

Dr. Hitesh Garg is Head - Ortho Spine Surgery at Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram. He completed MBBS at AIIMS, New Delhi, MS in Orthopaedics at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, and advanced fellowships in spine surgery at Yale University and paediatric spine surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He also completed joint-replacement fellowship training at AIIMS.

His clinical work focuses on complex spine surgery, scoliosis and minimally invasive spinal procedures. Artemis lists degenerative spine disease, spinal deformity, trauma, infections, osteoporosis and spinal tumours among his clinical areas, with procedures including spinal fusion, deformity correction, artificial-disc replacement, cervical surgery, kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty.

Artemis states that Dr. Garg has performed more than 5,000 spine operations, including large numbers of spinal fusions and deformity-correction procedures. His practice uses technologies such as neuromonitoring, O-arm imaging, navigation and operating microscopes. He also treats craniovertebral-junction disorders, spinal tumours and complex paediatric spinal deformity.

Dr. Garg has published in national and international journals and contributed chapters to spine-surgery texts. His memberships include AO Spine, the Delhi Spine Society, Association of Spine Surgeons of India, Indian Orthopaedic Association and Gurgaon Orthopaedic Society.

Artemis also lists several professional awards for spine surgery. He speaks English, Hindi and Punjabi. His current practice therefore covers both adult and paediatric spine disease, from common degenerative problems to major deformity correction and complex revision or tumour surgery.

Treatment choice depends on neurological findings, imaging, spinal stability and prior procedures.