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Medicine

The Department of Medicine is one of the largest Departments of Safdarjang Hospital & VMMC. The Department provides comprehensive health care to patients in Indoor and outdoor Departments. Round the clock emergency services are provided in Emergency Ward-A. Besides posting two physicians from the department of Medicine to VVIP duty every month, the department has to provide doctors for various disasters and Health Mela’s & Amarnath Yatra etc. on regular basis. The Department is attached to V.M. Medical College and teaching MBBS and MD students. Department of Medicine is also running the special clinics for Geriatric patients, Rheumatology Clinic, Gastroenterology Clinic(G.E Clinic) & ART Centre. The Medicine Department is running two parallel medical OPDs for General patients and CGHS beneficiaries. The daily attendance in around (1000+600 patients). The medicine department is admitting nearly 90-110 patients each day, who are managed by one unit by rotation. During the time of outbreaks (i.e. Dengue, H1N1, Gastrocolitis etc.) the staff of medicine departments manages patients in specially created wards.

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Outdoor department : For non-CGHS patients OPD services are provided at 1st floor B & C wings of new OPD block. The average daily attendance varies from 800-1200/day.

For CGHS patients : OPD in the CGHS Wing, D Block of new OPD building on 3rd floor. Specialists also visit various CGHS dispensaries

Indoor :

  • Emergency - Emergency Ward A, 2nd floor, Casualty block
  • Wards - Ward 11, 12, 13 on 1st, 2nd & 3rd floor of H-Block

Clinics: Most of the clinics are held in the afternoon except for Haematology clinic

  • Diabetic Clinic : Mon/Thu, 2-4 pm. B Wing, Room No.s 126-129, 135-138
  • Nephrology Clinic : Mon/Thu, 2-4 p.m. C Wing, New OPD Block, Room No. 149, 150, 141,142
  • Gastroenterology clinic : Tue 2-4 p.m. B Wing New OPD Block, Room No. 129, 128, 135, 136
  • Endocrinology & Thyroid Clinic : Wed/Fri, 2-4 p.m., B Wing, Room No.129, 127, 126,128, 135 & 136.
  • Geriatric clinic : Tue, 2-4 p.m. B Wing- Room No. 137, 138
  • Haematology clinic : H Block Ground Floor, Room No. 9 & 10
  • Anaemia Clinic : Mon/Thu, 9-1 p.m.
  • Leukemia Clinic : Tue/Wed, 9-1 p.m.

Other Services

  • Teaching M.D. Students of Delhi University - 
    3 MD students are admitted every year
    DNB 5 students are admitted every year Undergraduate students of VMMC Teaching of Interns/Junior Residents/Senior Residents
  • Examination Conducting MBBS Examination - Centre for DNB examination
  • Research - Guiding & supervising the research thesis of MD & DNB students for their thesis work Publication of original research papers in National & International journals Doing research of patient care

  • Administrative - Chairman/Member of several committees of the hospital Attending various meetings in the DGHS.
    Head of the unit: day to day administration of wards & units. Chairman/member of various committees of the hospital.

    Other faculty :

    • Nodal officer duty at casualty by rotation (Rotational duties)
    • Supervision of work of Junior & senior residents & medical officer.
    • Liaison with other support services deptt. for regular supply/repair/drugs, equipments and maintenance of work in ward through CPWD.
    • Member of various hospital committee

  • Health care to VVIPs -

    Prime Minister - Every moth 5 Physician & 3 anesthetics and 3 surgeons are withdrawn from Safdarjung Hospital by rotation & posted at Prime Minister office & residence. They are posted on rotation morning, evening and night duties with no extra remuneration or honorarium.

    Ex-Prime Minister & Ex Presidents - Two physicians are withdrawn from every month posted at Ex-Prime Minister cell located at Dr. R.M.L Hospital. They are also posted on rotational duties. Except consultants all physician & senior physicians are posted on these two above duties.

    7 specialists are withdrawn and posted to VVIP care every month Daily 4-5 specialists attend various CGHS dispensaries Hence around 12 specialists are not available in the hospital till 1 p.m. for patient care.

  • Disaster Management -

    • Member of various disaster teams.
    • Visit/stay of several day at places of disaster and are requires to leave at few hours notice
    • Fact finding team
    • specialists are sent to various places in the country as part of team to investigate mysterious epidemics
  • Organising Conferences/CME Specialists of every department organize various conference & CME (Continuous Medical Education) programmes at hospital or outside in capacity as member of various professional bodies.
  • Promotion of various National Health Programmes especially of Family Welfare, HIV and control & prevention of non communicable disease studies.- Diabetes, Hypertension, CAD, Cancer, nutritional disorder & water borne diseases.
  • To give time bound reply to Parliament and RTI questions.
  • Medical Examination of all Class I services approved by UPSE.
  • Diabetic Clinic & Lab.

Services :

  • Clinical
  • Diagnostic
  • Counselling
  • Dietary advices
  • Screening for complications
  • Preview of diabetes and its complications
  • Gastroenterology Clinic:
  • Diagnositc upper GIT & Lower GIT
  • A few therapeutic procedures such as sclerotherapy
  • It is equipped with U/S machine, endoscope & colonoscope
  • Diagnostic procedures are done daily from 9 a.m. onwards.
  • Endocrinology/Thyroid/Nuclear Medicine
  • At present only T3, T4 & TSH is being done
  • Radioisotope studies were done in the past but have been suspended at present and are likely to start in the near future.

Sr. No. Name of Faculty Designation Email
1 Dr. Dilip Kumar Principal Consultant
2 Dr. B. K. TRIPATHI Consultant & Professor
3 Dr. M. Narang Consultant & Professor
4 Dr. Geeta Kampani Consultant & Professor
5 Dr. Manish Kumar Professor
6 Dr. Sanjeev Bhalla Higher Administrative Grade Officer
7 Dr. A. K. Gandhi Senior Administrative Grade
8 Dr. P. Rajvanshi Consultant & Professor
9 Dr. R. Manocha Assistant Professor & Consultant
10 Dr. Abha Dua Consultant & Professor
11 Dr. Indra Kishore Singh Specialist Gr-II
12 Dr. R. K. Gulia Chief Medical Officer
13 Dr. Sonal Goel Medical Officer
14 Dr. B. Lal Assistant Professor & Consultant
15 Dr. Y. C. Porwal Consultant & Professor
16 Dr. Rupali Malik Associate Professor
17 Dr. Pushpa Kumari Associate Professor
18 Dr. Bhoomika Gupta Senior Medical Officer
19 Dr. Arun Gogna Consultant & Professor
20 Dr. M. Lal Professor
21 Dr. Sameer Gulati Associate Professor
22 Dr. Shashank Trivedi Specialist Grade - III
23 Dr. V.K. Gupta Senior Medical Officer
24 Dr. N. S. Negi Consultant & Professor
25 Dr. Neelima Jain Consultant & Professor
26 Dr. S. Mohanty Consultant & Professor
27 Dr. Vinod Kumar Assistant Professor
28 Dr. S. P. Singh Higher Administrative Grade Officer
29 Dr. Binod Kumar Chief Medical Officer
30 Dr. V. P. S. Punia Consultant Head of the Department
31 Dr. Charanjit Singh Consultant & Professor
32 Dr. Manisha Thakur Professor
33 Dr. Ram Pratap Saini Consultant & Professor
34 Dr. Vinod Gupta Higher Administrative Grade Officer
35 Dr. Anish Singhal Specialist Gr-II
36 Dr. Shivlok Narayan Ambedkar Assistant Professor

  • Medicine OPD: 1st Floor, New OPD, B & C Wing, (Room No. 126- 152)
    Monday To Saturday, 9.00 AM To 1.00 PM. Phone NO. 26707307 & 26707230
  • Afternoon OPD : 1st Floor, OPD Block
  • Gastroenterology OPD : 1st Floor, New OPD, C wing 143 & 147
    Tuesday & Thursday– 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM
  • Rheumatology OPD : 1st Floor, OPD Block
    Friday : 2.00 PM To 4.00 PM
  • Geriatric Clinic : 1st Floor, New OPD, C Wing
    Sunday & Tuesday – 2.00 PM To 4.00 PM
  • CGHS Wing : 3rd Floor, New OPD
    Monday To Saturday – 9.00 AM To 1.00 PM
Sr. No.OPD & Emergency DayUnit-In-ChargeName of FacultyWard No
1.Monday & ThursdayDr. B. K. TripathiDr.(Mrs.) M. Narang
Dr. Geeta Kampani
Dr. Manish Kumar
Dr.Sanjeev Bhalla
Dr. A.K. Gandhi		Ward - 11 (1st Floor, H-Block)
2.Monday & ThursdayDr. P. RajvanshiDr. R. Manocha
Dr. Abha Dua
Dr. Indra Kishor Singh
Dr. (Mrs.) R. K. Gulia
Dr. Sonal Goel		Ward - 11 (1st Floor, H-Block)
3.Wednesday & SaturdayDr. Dilip KumarDr. B. Lall
Dr. Y.C. Porwal
Dr. Rupali Malik
Dr. Pushpa
Dr. Bhoomika Gupta		Ward - 12 (2nd Floor, H-Block)
4.Wednesday & SaturdayDr. Arun GognaDr. Mahesh Lal
Dr. Sameer Gulati
Dr. Shashank Trivedi
Dr. V.K. Gupta		Ward - 12 (2nd Floor, H-Block)
5.Tuesday & FridayDr. N.S. NegiDr. Neelima Jain
Dr. S. Mohanty
Dr. Vinod Kumar
Dr. S.P. Singh
Dr. Binod Kumar
Dr. V.P.S. Punia		Ward - 13 (3rd Floor, H-Block)
6.Tuesday & FridayDr. Charanjit SinghDr. Manisha Thakur
Dr. R. P. Saini
Dr. Vinod Gupta
Dr. Anish Singhal
Dr. Shiv Lok Narayan Ambedkar		Ward - 13 (3rd Floor, H-Block)

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Sr. No.TopicPGSupervisor
1Study of clinical profile, prognostic factors and outcomes in tetanus patientsDr. Bhandari Gurbir SinghDr. M. Narang
2Role of vitamin d in metabolic syndromeDr. Rahul KumarDr. V.P.S. Punia
3The study clinical and biochemical predictive risk factors of vitamin d deficiency in predialysis ckd patients.Dr. Kuldeep SinghalDr. P. Rajvanshi
4Study of bmd and bone mineral metabolism and corellation with severity of disease in cirrhosis of liverDr. Aanchal AroraDr. S. Prasad
5Study of cardiac dysfnin adult patient on cirrhosis of liver and corellation with severity of diseaseDr. Megha VarshneyDr. Rajesh Manocha
6Study of role of serum and csf crip levels in diagnosis of acute pyogenic meningitisDr. Maria Alex Babu J.Dr. B.D. Sharma
7Study of pulmonary function tests and its correlation with systemic inflammationDr. Ilavarasi VDr. Neelima Jain
8The correlation of various cardiovascular risk factors with vitamind levels in patients undergoing coronary angiographyDr. Nabaduip PathakDr. Charanjit Singh
9Utility of panfungal pcr in diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in febrile neutropeniaDr. Sujay SriniasDr. D.K. Gupta
10To study the left ventricular systolic & diastolic function in cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by echocardiographyDr. Abhishek ShridharDr. Arun Gogna
11Vitamin d levels in patients of strokeDr. Jhasaketan MeherDr. Abha Dua
12Study of vitamin d levels in copdDr. Kumud Kumar SinghDr. N.S. Negi
13The study of s. Uric acid in acute coronary syndrome patientsDr. Jisa GeorgeDr. S.P. Kataria
14The study of platelet indices in patients with type- 2 diabetes mellitus and its correlation with HbA1c & microvascular complicationsDr. Harpreet SinghDr. Geeta Kampani
15Comparisium of high sensitivity c-reactive prat & spirometry in determining the severity of COPDDr. Lokesh Nath JhaDr. B.K. Tripathi
16Comparative study of prognostic scoring systems in predicting severity in community acquired pneumonia and its correlation with bacteriology in hospitalized patientsDr. Varun Babu Hariendra BabuDr. Smita Mohanty
17Effect of metabolic syndrome on bronchial asthamaDr. ShellyDr. B. Gupta
18The association between serum sodium levels and severity of cirrhosis of liver and it complicationsDr. Somya AgarwalDr. Manisha Bais Thakur
19Correlation of plasma vitamin c levels with serum high senstivity creactive protein and serum albumin levels in chronic kidney disease patientsDr. Karthik T.Dr. Vindu Amitabh
20Correlation of clinical bio-chemical, micrological & radiological parameters in patient of tb meningitis in non-hiv groupDr. Sharma Devendra KishanlalDr. U.C. Kansra

Publications (As On 26.7.2013)

Publication 2010-2013 :

Dr. B. Gupta,Prof. & Consultant

  • MadanRitu, GuptaB, Saluja Sumita, KansraU C, TripathiB K, GulianiB P. Coagulation Profile in Diabetes and its Association with Diabetic Microvascular Complications, JAPI 2010, 58, 481-484.
  • S Prasad, R Chandel, R Mancoha, A Jain, A Pandey, R Kumar, V Goel, B Gupta., CMV Encephalitis with Bilateral Thalamic Involvement in an Immunocompetent Young Female, JIACM 2011; 12(3):239-242.
  • B D Sharma, RohitBansal, B Gupta. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetics. Jourindian academy of clinical medicine 2012 volume 13 no.1 55-60
  • Balvindr Singh, Arora, Sonia Chugh, B. Gupta, K.C. Aggarwal, Dengue & Chikungunya virus fever outbreaks in Delhi, IG-M serology status- A recent experience. National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences(2012), Vol. II, Issue-4,
  • Lakshman Ramachandran, NS Negi, B Gupta, Prevalence of hyperhomocysteinaemia in type-2 diabetes mellitus and its correlation with its complications, JIACM 2012(Vol. 13):13:277-281.
  • R Manocha, R Chandel, R Kumar, A Pandey, S Prasad, B Gupta, A Kumar, Multifocal tropical pyomyositis with pyoper. oicardium in an immunocompetent young female. JIACM 2012(Vol. 13):13:319-321.

Dr. Charanjit Singh, Assoc. Prof

  • Robert Ekka, J.C Suri, Charanjit Singh, M.K. Sen, Anant Gupta, Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Indian J. Sleep Med. 2010; 5:a, 18-26

Dr. S. Prasad, Assoc. Prof

  • CMV Encephalitis with Bilateral Thalamic involvement in an Immunocompetent young female, JIACM 2011;12(3) : 239-242.
  • Pictorial CME, Diabetes Type-1 with aloperiaavata, JIACM 2012;13(3) : 261-262.
  • Multifocal Tropical Pyomyositis with Pyopericardium in an immunocompetant young female,JIACM2012;13(4):319-321.

Dr. Arun Gogna, Assoc. Prof

  • Original article. Study of platelet aggregation in subjects with early glucose intolerance (EGI). JIACM 2012: vol 13(3):198-202
  • Case report symmetric peripheral gangrene in plasmodium vivax malaria. Tropical Doctor 2013, Jan(43).

Dr. Vindu Amitabh, Assoc. Prof

  • Efficacy and safety of oral gemifloxacin for the empirical treatment of pneumonia, Lung India, Vol. 29, issue3, July-Sept. 2012
  • Acute renal failure due to plasreunodiumvivax malaria - experience FT Care Centre, JIACM 2010, 11(3), 230-34.
  • It comparative study fixed dose of Tamsalusin with FinasterideVsTamsulosin with dutasteride in the management benign prostatic hyperplasia, Indian Journal of Urology 2010.
  • Thickness of glomerular and tubular basement membranes in pre-clinical and clinical stages of Diab. Nephropathy, Indian Journal of Nephrology - 2010 August 13, 18:64-9.

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MD students of VMMC, Post Graduate Teaching, Under graduate teaching of students of VMMC, Conducting Examinations of MBBS & MD Students of VMMC, Conducting Examination of DNB Students, Training of Junior & Senior residents.

  • MD students of VMMC
  • Post Graduate Teaching
  • DNB Student
  • Teaching & Research
  • Under graduate teaching of students of VardhmanMahavirMedicalCollege.
  • Conducting Examinations of MBBS students
  • Conducting Examination of MD Students

Teaching of Junior & Senior residents

Disaster Management / Training

  • Doctors were deputed for indoor treatment of inmates of RR-Camp-Republic Day Celebrations
  • Doctors were deputed for Review Medical Examination at Base Hospital, ITBP Tigri Camp, Delhi.
  • Doctors were deputed to Assam for Medical Expert Team alongwithHon’ble Prime Minister
  • Doctors were deputed to Kokrajhar, Assam, for Medical Relief Team.
  • Doctors were deputed to Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu to review an outbreak of Dengue on.
  • Doctors were deputed in earthquake Medical relief activities in Sikkim with disaster management.
  • Doctors were deputed for Annual Health Check-up of IAS Officers scheme.
  • Doctors were deputed for Review Medical Examination of Assitt. Comdt. in ITBP at Composite Hospital, Chandigarh.
  • Doctors were deputed in Uttrakhand for relief in flood situation as Medical Relief Team.

  • ART Clinic Project of NACO in Safdarjang Hospital
  • Dengue cases were treated in SafdarjangHospital.

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