Dr SP Kaushik, a resident of the Tricity, has recently been conferred a national award of “living legend” by the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology at the annual conference of IASG held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Earlier He has been twice honored and awarded “life Time Achievement Award” of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology in 2007 and of International Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery Association (Indian Section) in 2013. He has also been honored by Indian Medical Association as a Pioneer for starting a new Super Specialty of Surgical Gastroenterology in India, and by the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) as its prestigious orator.
Dr Kaushik graduated MBBS from lucknow University in 1961, proceeded to UK for his higher studies and training in the field of surgery. After obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS), he joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), Chandigarh.
He moved to lucknow as first Professor and Head of the department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi PGI, in 1990. Post retirement, he worked as Professor and head of the Department of Surgery at GMCH, Chandigarh.
He has published more than 200 scientific papers in National and International Journals, has contributed 14 book Chapters and published 4 books. He also founded the Chandigarh Surgical Society and became the Founder President.
Prof Kaushik is presently available only for consultation practice in the Tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.