Dinesh K. Bhargava is an Indian gastroenterologist, medical academic and writer and a senior consultant at
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is an Indian hospital owned by Apollo Hospitals group, India's largest healthcare chain. Established in 1995, it is the third super specialty tertiary care hospital set by the Apollo Hospitals Group, jointly with th ...
, Delhi.
He is one of the pioneers of gastrointestinal
endoscopy in India for which the
Medical Council of India awarded him
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest honour tha ...
, the highest Indian award in the medical category, in 1989.
He is also a recipient of the civilian honor of the
Padma Shri.
Biography
A former professor at the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, Bhargava has published over 150 medical papers in peer-reviewed international journals
and has served as an investigator in many clinical studies of the
Indian Council of Medical Research.
He is a member of the scientific advisory committee of the ''Centre for Liver and Biliary Surgery'' (CLBS)
and a fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGAF) and
American College of Gastroenterology (FACG). He is a member and a former president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. The honors he has received include
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest honour tha ...
, Hari Om Ashram award (1985) and Amrut Mody Unichem Prize (1989) of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. R. M. Kasliwal Award of the
National Academy of Medical Sciences
National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), better known by its acronym, NAMS, is a nodal agency under the Government of India, which acts as an advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a ...
(1989), and Olympus Mitra Award (1984) and Searle Award (1989) of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (1989).
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the
Padma Shri, in 2008, for his contributions to medical science.
Selected bibliography
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See also
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Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is an Indian hospital owned by Apollo Hospitals group, India's largest healthcare chain. Established in 1995, it is the third super specialty tertiary care hospital set by the Apollo Hospitals Group, jointly with t ...
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian gastroenterologists
Indian medical academics
Indian medical writers
Academic staff of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Medical doctors from Rajasthan
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