ACTIVITIES / CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

1.  Joint Secretary of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) for 7 years.

2.  Organising Secretary of the National Conference of IASG held at AIIMS, New delhi from 6-8 September, 1996.

3.  Examiner for M.Ch. students (Gastrointestinal Surgery), appointed by the faculty of Medical Sciences, Delhi University.

4.  Member editorial board of the following journals :
    (l).  Gastrointestinal Surgery Annual Vol. 1.
    (ll). Tropical Gastroenterology (~4years) (Indexed Journal).

5.  Published several research papers and articles related to Gastrointestinal Surgery.

6.  Participated in various Conferences of IASG and the Association of Surgeons of india (ASI). Chaired many scientific sessions, delivered related lectures/seminars and presented various papers and chaired ~ 12 scientific sessions.

7.  Organizing Committee member in :
     • Transfussion associated hepatitis conference organised by the GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
     • Vascular Surgery conference organized by the GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
     • 10th Annual Conference, Indian Association for the study of the liver (INASL) in association
       with the European Association for the study of the liver (EASL) held in March 2002, New Delhi.

8.  Guide for M.Ch. students (G.I. Surgery) dissertations from 1994/1995 till 2004.

9.  Co-guide for MD/Ms thesis of MAM College students for related/invoving G.I. Surgical guidance.

10. Visiting faculty in AIIMS (Lectures).

11. Expert in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for G.I. Surgery interview board(Ex).

12.Currently principle guide for DNB thesis for many students. 

ACHIEVEMENTS

1986 Founder member of the G.I. Surgery department / M.Ch. course started in 1992 at G.B. Pant
        Hospital, New Delhi .

1993 Appointed as Assistant Professor of G.I. Surgery by the ministry of health, govt. of India. First
        such appointment in whole CHS subcadre of G.I. Surgery as a seperate supper specialty cadre
        at that time.

1995 Redesignated as Associate Professor of G.I. Surgery by Minister of Health.

1997 Selected by the UPSC on the solitary post of G.I. Surgery existing at that time in CHS cadre,
        Ministry of Health Govt. of India.

1998 Ph.D (G.I.Surgery) from the Department of G.I. Surgery, G.B. pant hospital, registered under Delhi
        University.

GUEST LECTURES DELIVERED

1. Role of Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis in North Zone CME Programme and Mid term Symposium, Sept.,
   1995.
2. Upper G.I. bleeding - an approach. Moradabad Section of Surgeon's Conference, June 1996.
3. Surgery for Acute Pancreatitis. Delhi Chapter of ASI, Sept., 1996 (Lady Harding Medical College).
4. Surgery for Pancreatic Pseudocyst in Safdarjung Hospital, 1999.
5. Surgery for Acute Pancreatitis in AIIMS, 1999.
6. Pharyngocolostomy for high corrosive pharyngeal strictures in AIIMS, 2000
7. Pseudoaneurysms of celiac axis - personal experience in AIIMS, 2001.
8. How I do it - Enterocutaneous fistula - ASI conference, Delhi.
9. Surgical Treatment of Esophageal cancer. Delhi State Chapter of ASI, AIIMS, 19.8.2001.
10.Symposium on Esophageal diseases, Delhi Chapter of ASI AIIMS (19.8.2001).
11.Hepatic resection - G.B. Pant Hospital experience - 19.11.2001, AIIMS.
12.Delevered invited Lectures in Moradabad, Dehradoon, Haridwar, Muzaffarnagar, Haldwani, Modinagar, Meerut, Rohtak, Sonipat, Panipat,     Kanpur almost every months on the platform of the IMA of the respective city.

PANELIST

1. Viriceal haemorrhage- Delhi Chapter of ASI (Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi, 1994).
2. Role of Drugs in Upper G.I. bleed. Organized by Sandoz India, Sept., 1996.
3. Vasoactive Drugs in Variceal bleed, 24th Oct, 1997, Delhi.
4. Non-biliary, Laparoscopic Surgery - Endosurgery, 15-16 Nov., 1997, Dehradun.
5.Core Member in advisory team NICE Registry of Recombinant Factor VII alfa.
6.Currently Involved in varous trials(drugs & other products) of National & International organisations of repute.

CHAIRPERSON

Chaired ~ 12, Scientific sessions from 1993 to 2003 in various Conferences of ASI(IASG Section) and in IASG national conferences.

CONFERENCES

National
- Participated almost every year in the Annual Conferences of Associations of Surgeons of India(ASI),
  ISAG Section.
- Participated almost every year in Annual Conferences of Indian Association of Surgical
  Gastroenterology(ISAG).

International
- Attended / presented two original scientific papers in World Congress of Gastroenterology, Bangkok,
  Thailand, February 24 to march 1, 2002.
    a) A.K. Sachdev, N.Kumar, S.S. Negi, R. Bhojwani, A. Chowdhary. Influence of prior chronic
   endoscopic sclerotherapy(EST) on the outcome of shunt or devascularisation surgeries in patients
   of portal hypertension. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002; 17(Suppl.):A919
   b) A.K. Sachdev, S.S. Negi, R. Bhojwani. Pharyngocolostomy for corrosive high pharyngeal
   strictures.

SUPERVISOR/CO-SUPERVISOR

M.Ch dissertation

- Bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Experience of isolated roux limb pancreaticojejunostomy following whipple's
  pancreatoduodenectomy.
- Prospective study of central venous catheter infection and it's risk factors.
- Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction and Non-Cirrhotic portal fibrosis - G.B Pant experience.
- Prospective comparison of magnetic resonance cholangiography and convectional direct
  cholangiography in preoperative evalution of post-cholecystectomy bile duct injuries.
- Pancreatic duct drainage in chronic pancreatitis.

MD Thesis

- The role of sonography, colour Doppler Flow imaging and Power Doppler in the evaluation of Gall    bladder lesions.
- Role of dual phase spiral CT in evaluation of pancreatic tumors.

PAPERS PUBLISHED (INDEXED JOURNAL)

1. Sachdev AK, Mishra PK, Chaudhary A et al. 40, 244 stones in a Gall bladder. Indian journal of
   Gastroenterology 1998;7: 243-244.
2. Singh VR, Aggarwal R, Sachdev AK. Ultrasonic characteristics of Gall bladder stone. Ultrasound med
   1998;7.
3. Aggarwal R, Sachdev AK, Singh PP, et al. computer analysis of variations in ultrasonic properties of
   Gall bladder stones. Compteach 90s; D17.
4. Gulati R, Rawal KK, Kumar N, Jain M, Puri AS, Govil A, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A. course of severe
    ulcerative colitis in northern India. Tropical Gastroenteral 1995; 16: 19-23.
5. Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev AK, et al. Choledochal cyst-differences in children and adults. Br. J.
    Surg 1996; 83: 186-188.
6. Dhar P, Tomey S, Jain P, Azfar M, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A. Internal pancreatic fistulae with serous
   effusion in chronic pancreatitis. Aus NZJ Surg 1996; 66: 608-611.
7. Issar SK, Kumar N, Sachdev AK, et al. Von hippel lindau Syndrome presenting as obstructive jaundice
   with involvement of pancrease in two siblings. Tropical gastroenterol 1996; 17: 30-32.
8. Puri SK, Kumar N, Panicker H, Gupta S, Sachdev AK, et al. Parcutaneous catheter drainage in
   pancreatic pseudocyst. Tropical Gastroenterol 1996; 17: 181-184.
9. Chaudhary A, Puri AS, Dhar P, Reddy P, Sachdev A et al. Elective surgery for corrosive induced
   gastric injury. World J Surg 1996; 20: 703-706.
10.Puri AS, Vij JC, Chaudhary A, Kumar N, Sachdev A et al. Diagnosis and outcome of isolated rectal
    tuberculosis. Dis Colon Rectum 1996; 39: 126.
11.Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev A. Reoperative surgery for choledochal cyst. Br. J. Surg 1997; 84:
    781-784.
12.Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Agarwal AK. Surgical Management of pancreatic necrosis
    presenting with locoregional complications. Br J Surg 1997; 84: 965-968.
13.Sachdev AK, Jain M, Kumar N, Agarwal A. Leomyosarcoma of the duodenum. Tropical
    Gastroenterlogy 1998; 19; 65-66.
14.Sachdev AK, Desai R, Agarwal A. et al. A case of pancreatic Hydatid diseases. Tropical
    Gastroenterology. 1999; 20: 131.
15.Manisagarm M, Agarwal A, Sachdev AK, Chaudhary A, Abhijit C, Monika J, Nirmal Kumar. Pencreatic
    villous aderoma. A case report. Tropical Gastroennterology, 1999; 20: 124.
16.Sandhu BS, Kumar N Sachdev Ak, Negi SS, Sridhar S, Malhotra V, Lamba GS, Puri AS. Para
    ganglionama of extrahepatic biliary tract causing obstructive jaundice. India J Gastroenterol 2000;
    19: 141-142.
17.Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Tomey S, Sachdev AK et al. Segment lll cholangio jejunostomy for carcinoma
    of the Gall bladder. World J Surg 1997; 21: 866-871.
18.Chaudhary A, Dhar P, Sachdev A et al. Gastric outlet obstruction in carcinoma gall bladder. Ind J.
    Gastroenterol 1999; 18: 101-103.
19.Garg RC, sharma J, Kumar N, Puri AS, Sachdev AK. Symptomatic valvulus due to mid gut malrotation
    in an adult. Tropical Gastroenterology 2001; 22: 93-94.
20.Suri VS, Sakhuja P, Malhotra V, Gonadal R, Sachdev AK, Negi SS. Benign Signet Ring Cell change
    with multilayering in the Gall bladder mucosa. Pathology Research and Practice 2001: 197: 785.
21.Sachdev AK, kumar N, Negi SS, Bhojwani R, Chowdhary A. Influence of prior chronic endoscopic
    sclerotherapy (EST) on the outcome of shunt or devascularisation surgeries in patients of portal
    hypertensionGastroenterol Hepatol. 2002; 17(Suppl.): A919.
22.Chowdhary A, Manisegran M, Chandra A, Aggarwal A, Sahdev AK. How do bile duct injuries following
     laparoscopic differ from those following open cholecystectomy ? Journal of Laparoscopic and
     Advanced Surgical Techniques 2001, 11: 187-91.
23.Negiss, Sachdev A. pseudoaneurysms of branches of celica axis. Tropical Gastroenterology, 2003.

PAPER PUBLISHED (OTHERS INCLUDING ABSTRACTS)

1. Salunkhe S, Choudhary A Sachdev A et al. Cholescystectomy and endoscopic papillotomy for chronic
    cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis. Ind J gastroenterol 1988; 7: A8.
2. Dhar P, Tomey S, Sachdev A et al. Surgical management of choledochal cyst. Ind J Gastroenterol
   1993: 12 (suppl 2) A32.
3. Choudhary A, Dhar P,Tomey S, Sachdev A, Aranya RC. Palliative surgery for carcinoma pancreas.Ind J Gastronterol 1993: 12
    (suppl2) (A).
4. Jain P, Agarwal AK, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Choudhary A. Devascularisation for oesophagogastic varices.
   National Conf IASG 1996: 20(A).
5. Baliga S, Dhar P, Agarwal A, Sachdev A, Choudhary A.Surgery for pancreaticocutaneous fistulae.
    National Conf IASG 1996: 27(A).
6. Desai R, Dhar P, Agarwal A, Sachdev AK, Choudhary A. Cystic tumour of the pancreas. National Conf
   IASG 1996: 27(A).
7. Ghose A, Dhar P, Agarwal A,Sachdev A Choudhary A, Elective surgery for corrosive gastric injury.
    National Conf IASG 1996: 36(A).
8. Azfar M, Dhar P, Sachdev A, Choudhary A.Choledochal cyst:G-B Pant Experience. National Conf IASG
   1996: 44(A).
9. Dhar P, Chaudhary A, Desai R, Agarwal A, Sachdev A. Current trends in the diagnosis and
   management of cystic hydatid disease of the liver.J.Commun Dis 1996; 28(4):221-230.
10.Agarwal A, Dhar P, Sachdev AK et al .Surgery for portal hypertension.I.J.progress cardiovasc Sci
    1996; 3-1: 106-115.
11.Sachdev AK, Agarwal A. Mirizzi Syndrome. Hospital today 1997:11, 10:29-32.

CHAPTER CONTRIBUTED IN BOOKS

1. Sachdev AK, Aggarwal A, Chaudhary A. Management of enterocutaneous fistula. G.I Surgery Annual
   1994; 1: 65-83.
2. Sachdev AK, Aggarwal A. Surgery for acute pancreatitis and its complications.G.I Surgery Annual
   1994; 1: 167-188. (Editor Chattopadhyay TK on behalf of IASG).
3. Sachdev AK, Redical oesopgagectomy for cancer of oesophagus.Opeartive procedures in surgical
   gastroenterology.In Kaushik SP(ed):Jaypee brothers ,New Delhi:20-26,2001.