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Subject
Specialists
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Physicians
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Chugh,
Kirpal Singh, (Physician - Nephrologist)
Dr. Chugh has made a pioneering contribution to the development
of Nephrology in India. He started this speciality in India
in 1956 and after passing MD in Renal Medicine he became the
first qualified nephrologist of the country. He started the
first training programme in Nephrology (D.M. Nephrology) at
the PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1969 and trained a large number
of young Nephrologists. He won many national and international
awards including Motashaw Memorial Award, 1975; Award of Indian
Society of Nephrologists, 1976; M.D. Adatia Award, 1976; Outstanding
Research Award, ICMR, 1978; Award of Association of Physicians
of India, 1978; Gold Medal, Nihon University Medical School,
Tokyo, 1979; K.B. Kanwar Memorial Award, 1979; Dr. B.C. Roy
National Award, 1993; Dhanwantari National Award; Distinguished
International Award, National Kidney Foundation, USA; Nephrology
Forum Award, Kidney International; Padma Shri, 2000 etc.
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Paintal,
Avtar Singh, (Physician - Physiologist)
Professor Paintal is best known for the discovery of atrial
volume receptors and the type J Receptor. He has done studies
on normal individuals with high altitude pulmonary odema which
have shown that the J Receptors not only produce breathlessness
but also cause cough, chest pain and muscle weakness. The
knowledge proved to be of great value in the interpretation
of the effects of MIC gas on the victims of Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
He was Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 1981. He won
many awards including Shakuntala Devi Amir Chand Prize, 1956;
Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize, 1967; Dr. B.C. Roy Naitonal
Award, 1973; Barclay Medal of Asiatic Society, 1982; Rameshwardas
Birla National Award, 1982; Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1983;
J.C. Bose Medal, 1985; Padma Vibhushan, 1986; C.V. Raman Medal,
1995, etc.
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Ramalingaswami,
Vulimiri (Physician - Pathologist)
Professor Ramalingaswami has done pioneering work in the field
of 'protein, calorie malnutrition', which is the cause
of a disease widely prevalent in India and other developing
countries among young growing children, and his findings have
helped in understanding the response of the human body to
deficiency of protein and calories. He worked on pathophysiology
of malnutrition and identified the cause of Himalayan Endemic
goiter and demonstrated its prevention by the use of iodised
salt in the Kangra Valley. He was Fellow of the Royal Society,
London, 1986. He won many prestigious national and international
awards including Edward Chapman Research Prize, Magdalen College,
Oxford, 1953; Watumull Award for Medical Sciences, 1962; Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar Pr
ize, 1965;
Basanti Devi Amir chand Prize, 1966; Padma Shri, 1969; Padma
Bhushan, 1971; Honrary Doctorate in Medicine, Karolinska Institute,
Sweden, 1974; Leon Bernard Foundation Prize, WHO, Geneva,
1976; J.C. Bose Medal, 1977; Rameshwardas Birla National Award,
1980; Aryabhata Medal, 1994, etc.
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Sethi,
Pramod Karan (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Sethi is one of the leading orthopaedic surgeons in the
country. Starting from scratch Dr. Sethi built up the Orthopaedic
Department in the SMS Medical College, Jaipur. He also established
the Rehabilitation Research and Regional Limb Fitting Centre
at Jaipur. He developed aids for rural handicapped. He is the
developer of Jaipur Foot, the most suitable artificial
foot for rural farmers in India. He received many honours and
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Trehan,
Naresh (Cardiovascular Surgeon)
During his service in USA, Dr. Trehan observed that several
Indians suffering from various heart diseases who travel to
USA for undergoing treatment. He therefore, decided to return
to India. He established the Escort Heart Institute and Research
Centre at New Delhi in 1988, which soon became one of the
largest institutes of its kind in the world in the field of
cardiac care. He has performed over 30,000 surgeries. He also
trained over 30 young cardiac surgeons in India. He received
several awards and honours including Padma Shri in 1991 and
Padma Bhushan in 2001.
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Vakil,
Rustom Jal, (Physician - Cardiologist)
Dr. Vakil was an expert clinician and teacher, who introduced
specialization of cardiology in India. He is known as the
'Father of Cardiology in India'. It was an epoch-making
discovery of Dr. Vakil to explore the use of Rauwalfia serpentine
in high BP, hypertension, psychiatric therapy and mental disease.
He is also known as the 'Father of Rauwalfia'. He was
the first Indian to receive International Albert Lasker Award
for his discovery related to the use of Rauwalfia for hypertension
in 1958. He won the First Dhanwantari Award in 1973. He was
one of the four Indian clinicians to figure in the American
Register of International Notables.
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Varier,
P.S. (Ayurved)
Dr. Varier founded a trust called 'Aryavaidya Samajam'
under whose banner he started a charitable hospital, specializing
in Panchakarma treatment. He started his own ayurvedic school
and started publishing an Ayurvedic journal Dhanwantari.
He was the founder of 'Keraleeya Ayurveda Samajam'.
He wrote many valuable book on Ayuveda. Recognising his contribution
to science of Ayurveda, the Government of India conferred
on him the title of Vaidya Rathna in 1933.
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Venugopal
Panangipalli (Cardiovascular Surgeon)
Dr. Venugopal is an eminent cardiovascular surgeon of India.
He performed a variety of open heart surgeries starting from
bypass to valve replacement and complicated surgery for congenital
defects. He has pioneered the first heart transplantation in
India on 3rd August 1994, thereby putting India on the international
map of heart transplantation. It was a momentous scientific
achievement for India. He received Indira Priyadarshihni Award;
Award of Excellence; Great Achiever of India Award, 1994; Manav
Sewa Award, 1994; Vijaya Ratna Award; Shresht Shree Award; Dr.
K. Sarom Cardiology Excellence Award; Padma Bhushan, 1998 etc. |
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Zandu,
Vittalji Bhat (Physician)
Vittalji Zandu was born in Kathiawar in the year 1831. He
was the founder of the famous Zandu Pharmaceuticals.
He served as the physician to the Jamsaheb of Navanagar. His
fame as an efficient Ayurvedic physician spread throughout
India. He started a Rasashala at Jamnagar in 1860 and then
he shifted and settled down in Baroda, where he had attained
a great name and fame for his Zandu Pharmaceuticals,
a pioneering manufacturing institute for both Ayurvedic and
modern medicines
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