New faculty spotlight: Nitin Garg, M.B.B.S.

Nitin Garg, M.B.B.S., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Nitin Garg, M.B.B.S.
• Hometown: Abohar, Punjab, India
• Title and department: Associate professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery

Research interests:

• Diabetic control in PAD patients
• Anesthetic options for endovascular aneurysm surgery

Professional interests:

• Complex open and endovascular aortic surgery
• Open and endovascular treatment of acute and chronic iliocaval thrombosis
• Peripheral artery disease

How I fell in love with vascular surgery:
I get to take care of a wide variety of problems and the specialty requires expertise both in medical care and technical aspects of surgery. No two days are the same for the surgical patients- really is the best form of personalized medicine service.

Degrees:

• M.B.B.S., All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• M.P.H., John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md.

Memberships:

• American College of Surgeons
• Society for Vascular Surgery
• Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery
• Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
• Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society

Three things you may not know about me:

• I’m the first person in my family to come to the U.S.
• I’m afraid of snakes.
• My dream is to go bird suit flying.