DR. VEENU  GUPTA

DR. VEENU GUPTA

Professor & Head


Microbiology
MBBS, DGO, MD (Microbiology)
PMC-26422

About Doctor

Dr Veenu Gupta is Professor & Head of Department of Microbiology at DMC&H. She did her M.BBS (1989), DGO 1993 from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar and MD Microbiology (1998) from Pt. BDSPGIMS Rohtak. Having 28 years of teaching experience and supervised >50 postgraduate students and external examiner and paper setter for UG/PG in various universities. She attended more than 150 National /International conferences,/CME / workshops and chaired sessions, delivered 48 guest lectures and presented papers in 42 and > 100 publications. She is active member of various institutional committees- Infection Control ,Antiboitic working group, Lab Safety,  Internal Complaint Committee, Sports etc.

She had received special training in the field of Covid diagnostics, medical education and internal auditor of National Accreditation Board for Testing and calibration Laboratories (NABL). She is Principal investigator in various ICMR and multicentric projects.and  Nodal officer DMCH AMR-NAP. Apart from academics Dr Veenu has organized various conference/CME/workshops.


Specialization and Expertise

Microbiology

Certifications

Memberships and Positions Held:

  • Ex President of North-West chapter Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists  (LM-912/99)
  • Executive member Hospital Infection Society India (LM-345/01)
  • Vice president Hospital  infection society- Ludhiana chapter  
  • Executive member/ Joint secretary/ Gen Secretary/ Vice president Gastrointestinal Society of India (LM165)
  • Life member of Society of Indian human and animal mycologists (SIHAM) (LM552)
  • Member infection control academy of India (IFCAI)
  • Nodal officer DMCH AMR-NAP

Certifications:

  • NABL Internal auditor/ QMS as per ISO 156189:2022

Publications

  • Abhinav Gupta, Vikas Garg, Veenu Gupta, Prabhdeep Singh Nain. Assessment of clinical profile in acute pancreatitis patients .Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2025;11(1):16-19
  • Veenu Gupta, Rama Gupta, Manisha Aggarwal, Jyoti Chaudhary, Menal Gupta. Isolation Rate and Antifungal Susceptibility Patternsof Bloodstream Candida Species in a North Indian Hospital Setting between 2017-2021 JK Science: Journal of Medical Education & Research 2025; 27(2): 77-82 
  •  Phalguni Malhotra,  Deepinder Chhina, Veenu Gupta,  Akashdeep Singh,  Diljot Sandhu,  Shagun Sikka. Effectiveness of LPA test with microscopy and culture method among pulmonary and extra pulmonary cases: A Comparative Study .International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research 2025; 14(4): 859-64
  • Dr Amarpreet Kaur, Dr Veenu Gupta, Dr P.L Gautam, Dr Menal Gupta. To Study Microbiological Profile of Wound Infections in Patients Admitted toSurgical ICU The Gulf Journal of Dermatology and Venereology 2024; 31(2): 22-27
  • Sejshi Latvoshi , Veenu Gupta , Vikas Makkar , Manisha Aggarwal  To study the profile of bacterial infections in end-stage renal disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis Asian J Pharm Clin Res. 2024; 17(10) : 171-75
  • Chawla DS, Chaudhary J, Gupta V, Singh A, Aggarwal M. Experience with improved version of cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test (GeneXpert Ultra) in abdominal tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024;14(4): 186-90. 
  • Jyoti Jindal, Vikas Garg, Veenu Gupta Urinary tract infections and purple urine bag syndrome – a neglected entity Journal of laboratory physicians 2024;16(4):556-60  
  • Amarpreet Kaur, Veenu Gupta, P L Gautam To study the clinico microbiological profile of intra abdominal infections in the surgical intensive care units Asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research 2024;17(11):85-87
  • Harmandeep Kaur, Veenu Gupta, Rama Gupta, Jyoti Chaudhary, Menal Gupta Comparison of Direct and Standard Susceptibility testing methods for Gram negative blood isolates. International Journal of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma Research 2024;13(5):321-26.
  • Gupta V, Gupta M, Gupta R, Chaudhary J. "Current trends in antimicrobial resistance of ESKAPEEc pathogens from bloodstream infections-Experience of a tertiary care centre in North India. Indian journal of medical microbiology. 2024  ; 53 (1):100662.
  • Veenu Gupta, Harmandeep Kaur, Rama Gupta, Jyoti Chaudhary, Menal Gupta Antibiotic Resistance among Salmonella Isolates- A Five-year Trend. J Commun Dis. 2023;55(3):7-13.

 

Awards

  • Awarded "COVID DE JANBAAZ" certification of the appreciation for the contribution given in the fight against the COVID-19 p-andemic by CME Foundation of India and DMCH, Ludhiana .
  • Awarded certificate of appreciation by the Punjab Youth Development Board, Government of Punjab for contribution  to health and medical services (COVID-19) 


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