• Dr. Pankaj Kumar Garg is a renowned cancer surgeon. He has vast experience in treating cancer patients.
• He is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Cancer Surgery at Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital in Dehradun.
• Prior to moving to Dehradun, he had also served as Head of the Cancer Surgery Department at AIIMS Rishikesh, and Professor of Surgery at University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi. He left his regular faculty position in Delhi and moved to Uttarakhand to serve cancer patients in this hilly area where cancer care services are meagre.
• He completed his training in cancer surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi.
• He also had extensive training abroad – in the USA (MD Anderson Cancer Centre, and Roswell Park Cancer Centre) and Europe (Charite Hospital, Berlin).
• He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow).
• He is a national representative of EYSAC – the European Society of Surgical Oncology.
• He is an executive committee member of Association of Breast Surgeons of India.
• His areas of interest are Breast, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Gynaecological Oncology and HIPEC.

• He also spends considerable time in cancer research and has over 200 papers in various national and international peer-reviewed journals.

• He has been an examiner of various examinations – For MBBS, MS (General Surgery), DNB (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Oncology).

• He has also been an expert on various boards for faculty selection in AIIMS and other Universities.