User:Sumant.arora

Education Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India - MBBS Harvard University School of Public Health, USA- Health in Numbers: “Quantitative Methods in Clinical & Public Health Research” Current Appointments  Apna Hospital (Tertiary Care Hospital), Punjab India - Junior Resident, Department Of Medicine  Wikidoc.org' Associate Editor-in-chief - Wikidoc.org for Alcoholic Liver disease

Past Appointments  Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA & All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), India - Volunteer Research Assistant, Department of Surgery,Division of Trauma and Critical Care (April 2011 - December 2011) Research  Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago,USA & All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), India - He has keen interest in Epidemiological and Clinical research and was actively involved in research project: “Motorized Two Wheeled Vehicle Riders in New Delhi: Patterns of Injury and Attitudes on Helmet Use”. He was second author of the abstract that was based on these results. The abstract was presented at 7th Academic Surgical Congress of Association for Academic Surgery, Las Vegas, USA.

 Government Medical College & Hospital, India, Division of Pediatric Emergency – Conducted a ‘Prospective cohort study’ in PED of tertiary care hospital to identify presenting diagnosis responsible for unexpected hospitalizations from a 23-hour Observational Unit.

Accomplishments  He was among toppers of the Pre-Medical entrance examinations in India  Gold Medal for first position in Boys 4x400m relay race & Volleyball(Boys), at Annual Sports Meet, Government Medical College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India  Ranked 48th in India, in “Chemistry Olympiad 2002” & 108th in India, in “Math Olympiad 2002”, Conducted by National Talent Search Institutes, India Publications  Second author of Abstract, ' Mahajan V, Arora S, Brar VS, Guglani V. “Unexpected Hospitalization from 23-Hour Observation Unit in a Pediatric Emergency Department of North India” Tropical Doctor (The Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited, U.K), Submitted : 2011July

Oral Presentation

 Mahajan V, Arora S, Brar VS, Guglani V.(2011,January) “Unexpected Hospitalization from 23-Hour Observation Unit in a Pediatric Emergency Department of North India” Oral presentation at: Pedicon 2011(48th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics),India Poster Presentation  S Siddiqui1,S Arora3, S Sagar2, M Crandall1, M Swaroop1 (2012, February) “Surveying Attitudes And Influences Of Female Pillion Riders In New Delhi, India”

          (1Northwestern University, 3Government Medical College, Chandigarh, 2All India Institute  
          Medical Sciences, New Delhi) Poster presented at : 7th Academic Surgical Congress of 
           Association for Academic Surgery, Las Vegas, USA

 Mamta Swaroop MD1, Selma Siddiqui MD2(presenter), Sumant Arora MBBS3, Marie Crandall MD MPH1 (2012,October) “The Problem of the Pillion Rider: the Efficacy of India’s Helmet Law and New Delhi’s Helmet Law Exemption”

           (1Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2Department 
            of Surgery,St. Joseph Hospital and 3Government Medical College Chandigarh, India  
            Poster presented at : American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago,
            USA 

Volunteer work  National Pulse Polio Program, organized by WHO- UNICEF Lead vaccinator and Team Leader - Administration of Polio vaccine to children under 5 years of age at Community health centres in peripheral areas, on days designated by the National Immunisation Program.  Northwestern University Chapter of ProjectRISHI(Rural India Social & Health Improvement)- Non–profit Organization whose focus is to improve the quality of life in rural Indian villages. ‘Medical Volunteer’ for student-run Health camp serving rural people at village Charnia, Haryana, India. Also teamed up with Northwestern University undergraduate pre- medical students to help coordinate medical volunteers, survey local health and sanitation conditions.