Prof Anubhav Mittal

2012-2014  Fellowships in HPB Surgery 

2004-2011   Royal Australasian College of Surgeons  FRACS

2005-2011  University of Auckland, School of Medicine  PhD

2002-2004  Basic Surgical Training

1999-2001 University of Auckland, School of Medicine MBChB

1996-1998 University of Auckland, School of Medicine  BHB

Distinctions and Awards

2013 Best Paper Prize at the ANZHPBA  weekend

2013 ANZHPBA/Covidien Travelling Scholarship

2012 Most Supportive Fellow/Registrar Award for Auckland City Hospital

2008  Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery, Cabrini Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

2008  Sir Louis Barnett Prize, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

2008 Young Investigator Award, Surgical Research Society, Adelaide, Australia.

2008 Best Presentation, PhD Showcase, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

2007 Young Investigator Award, Surgical Research Society of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2007 Doctoral scholarship, University of Auckland.

2007 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Foundation for Surgery Research Scholarship.

2006 Maurice & Phyllis Paykel Trust PhD Scholarship.

2006 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Foundation New Zealand Research Fellowship.

1998 Senior Prize in Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Publications

Haydock MD, Mittal A, Wilkes CF, Lim D, Broadbent E, Windsor JA.  The interaction between objective performance measures and subjective user perceptions in the evaluation of medical devices.  The international Journal of Technology Assessment in Healthcare. Accepted for publication 2015.

de Reuver PR, Mittal A, Neale MM, Gill AJ, Samra JS. Extended pancreaticoduodenectomy as defined by ISGPS is associated with worse survival but not with increased morbidity. Accepted Surgery March 2015.
 

Mittal A, de Reuver P, Shanbhag S, Starkle RF, Neale M, Thoo C, Hugh TJ, Gill AJ, Samra JS.  Selective Common Hepatic Arterial Reconstruction following Distal Pancreatectomy, Splenectomy and Celiac Axis Resection (DP-CAR) based on Common Hepatic Arterial Pressure.  Accepted  Surgery June 2014.

Mittal DL, Mittal A, Brosnan EA, Landman WJ.  Non-opioid Pharmacological Management of Malignant Bowel Obstruction: A New Zealand-Wide Survey.  Accepted for publication. Palliative Medicine April 2014.

van den Heever M, Mittal A, Haydock M, Windsor J. The use of intelligent database systems in acute pancreatitis - A systematic review. Pancreatology, 14(1): 9-16, 2014.

Wilms HR, Mittal A, Haydock MD, van den Heever ME, Devaud M, Windsor J. A systematic review of goal directed fluid therapy: rating of evidence for goals and monitoring methods. Journal of Critical Care, 29(2): 204-9, 2014.

Mittal A. Lead reviewer for Fluid Therapy Working group for IAP/APA Evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis. Pancreatology 13: e1-e15, 2013.

Haydock M, Mittal A, van den Heever M, Rossaak JI, Connor S, Rodgers M, Petrov MS, Windsor J. A national survey of fluid therapy in acute pancreatitis: current practice lacks a sound evidence base. World Journal of Surgery, 37 (10): 2428-35, 2013.

Haydock M, Mittal A, Heath W, Petrov M, Windsor J. Fluid therapy in acute pancreatitis – anybody’s guess.  Annals of Surgery, 257 (2): 182-8, 2013.  (Featured article and subject of Editorial).

Burton T, Mittal A, Soop M.  Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anastomotic dehiscence in bowel surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.  Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 56 (1): 126-134, 2013.

Ly J, Mittal A, Windsor J.  Systematic review and meta-analysis of cutting diathermy versus scalpel for skin incision.  The British Journal of Surgery 99 (5): 613-620, 2012. (Subject of Editorial)

Loveday B, Petrov MS, Connor S, Rossaak JI, Mittal A, Phillips A, Windsor JA.  A Comprehensive classification of invasive procedures for treating local complications of acute pancreatitis based on visualization, route, and purpose.  Pancreatology 11 (4): 406-413, 2011.

Mittal A, Hickey A, Chai C, Loveday B, Thompson N, Dare A, Cooper G, Windsor J, Phillips A.  Early organ-specific mitochondrial dysfunction of jejunum and lung found in rats with experimental acute pancreatitis. HPB 13 (5): 332-341, 2011.

Loveday B, Rossaak J, Mittal A, Phillips A, Windsor JA.  Survey of trends in minimally invasive intervention for necrotizing pancreatitis.  Australia New Zealand Journal of Surgery 81 (1/2): 56-64, 2011.

Sammour T, Mittal A, Delahunt B, Phillips AR, Hill AG.  Warming and humidification have no effect on the oxidative stress markers during pneumoperitoneum in rats. Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies 20 (6): 329-37, 2011.

Loveday BP, Srinivasa S, Vather R, Mittal A, Petrov MS, Phillips AR, Windsor JA.  High quality and variable quality of guidelines for acute pancreatitis: a systematic review. American Journal of Gastroenterology 105 (7): 1466-76, 2010.

Mittal A, Middleditch M, Ruggiero K, Loveday B, Delahunt B, Jullig M, Cooper GJ, Windsor JA, Phillips RJ.  Changes in the mesenteric lymph proteome induced by haemorrhagic shock. Shock 34 (2): 140-149, 2010.

Mittal A, Goke F, Flint R, Loveday BP, Thompson N, Delahunt B, Kilmartin PA, Cooper GJ, Macdonald J, Hickey A, Windsor JA, Phillips AR. The redox status of experimental haemorrhagic shock as measured by cyclic voltammetry. Shock 33 (5): 460-466, 2010.

Ly N, O’Grady G, Mittal A, Plank L, Windsor J. A meta-analysis of approaches to palliate malignant gastric outlet obstruction.  Surgical Endoscopy 24 (2): 290 - 297, 2010.

Lo SS, Mittal A, Stewart I. Group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome from a traumatic myositis – case report.  New Zealand Medical Journal 123 (1317): 65-67, 2010.
 

Dare AJ, Phillips AR, Hickey AJ, Mittal A, Loveday B, Thompson N, Windsor JA. A systematic review of experimental treatments for mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Free Radic Biol Med 47(11): 1517-1525, 2009.

Sammour T, Mittal A, Loveday BPT, Kahokehr A, Phillips ARJ, Windsor J, Hill AG. Systematic review of oxidative stress associated with pneumoperitoneum. British Journal of Surgery 96 (8): 836-850, 2009.

Evennett N, Petrov M, Mittal A, Windsor J.  Systematic review and pooled estimates for the diagnostic accuracy of serological markers for intestinal ischaemia.  World Journal of Surgery 33 (7): 1374-83, 2009.

Mittal A, Phillips ARJ, Middleditch M, Ruggiero K, Buchanan C, Jullig M, Loveday B, Cooper GJS, Windsor JA. The proteome of mesenteric lymph during acute pancreatitis and implications for treatment. Journal of the Pancreas 10 (2): 130-142, 2009.

Mittal A, Middleditch M, Ruggiero K, Buchanan C, Jullig M, Loveday B, Cooper GJS, Windsor JA, Phillips ARJ.  The proteome of rodent mesenteric lymph. American Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiolog 295: 895-903, 2008.

Loveday BP, Mittal A, Phillips A, Windsor JA.  Minimally invasive management of pancreatic abscess, pseudocyst, and necrosis: a systematic review of current guidelines.  World Journal of Surgery 32 (11): 2383 – 2394, 2008.

Mittal A, Flint RJ, Fanous M, Delahunt B, Kilmartin PA, Cooper GJ, Windsor JA, Phillips AR. Redox status of acute pancreatitis as measured by cyclic voltammetry: initial rodent studies to assess disease severity.  Critical Care Medicine 36 (3):866-872, 2008.

Mittal A, Phillips AR, Loveday B, Windsor J.  The potential role for xanthine oxidase inhibition in major intra-abdominal surgery.  World Journal of Surgery 32 (2): 288-95, 2008.

Mittal A, Windsor J, Woodfield J, Casey P, Lane M. Matched study of three methods for palliation of malignant pyloroduodenal obstruction.  The British Journal of Surgery 91 (2): 205-9, 2004.

Mittal A, Blyth P, Civil I. Trauma and co-morbidity – a pilot study.  New Zealand Medical Journal 114 (1132): 232-3, 2001.