Kamal Kumar Sethi is an Indian neurologist
medical academic and administrator, known for the performance of the first
catheter ablation in India.
He is the chairman and managing director of ''Delhi Heart and Lung Institute'' and a former president of the Cardiological Society of India and the Indian Society of Electrocardiology.
He is a recipient of several honors including the ''Legend in Cardiology Award'' of the Delhi Medical Association and ''Andrew Gruentzig Distinguished Interventional Cardiologist Award'' of the Cardiovascular Society of India.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
, in 2006, for his contributions to medical science.
Biography
K. K. Sethi, a graduate of the
Maulana Azad Medical College
Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) is a medical college in New Delhi, India affiliated to University of Delhi and run by the Delhi government. It is named after Indian freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana ...
(MAMC) of the
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
(1971), secured his MD (1976) and DM (cardiology) (1979) from the same institution.
His career started at G. B. Pant Hospital, the parent hospital of MAMC, where he served for 20 years, retiring as a professor of cardiology. Subsequently, he joined Delhi Heart and Lung Institute and serves as the chairman and managing director of the institution. He is a fellow of several medical societies such as
American College of Cardiology, Cardiological Society of India, Heart Rhythm Society and Indian Society of Electrocardiology and is a former president of Indian Society of Electrocardiology (2007)
and Cardiological Society of India (1997–98).
He has served as the editor of Indian Heart Journal and is a member of its advisory board.
Delhi Medical Association honored him with two awards, ''Legend in Cardiology Award'' in 2005 and ''Chikitsa Ratan Award'' in 2010. He is a recipients of several honors such as D. P. Basu Award (1981), Searle Award (1983), B. C. Roy Memorial Doctors State Award of the Government of Delhi (1998), Maulana Azad Medical College Alumnus Award (2005), Carrier Achievement Award of Indian Heart Rhythm Society (2007), Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology (2006) and Andreas Gruentzig Distinguished Interventional Cardiologist Award of Cardio Vascular Society of India (2008).
The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
in 2006.
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Maulana Azad College alumni
Delhi University alumni
Academic staff of Delhi University
Indian cardiologists
Interventional cardiology
Indian medical academics
Indian medical administrators
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Fellows of the American College of Cardiology