Randeep Guleria is an Indian

pulmonologist Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.

and the ex-director of the

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, credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines and sleep disorders at AIIMS. He was honoured by the

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in 2015 with

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, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. He is a part of India's COVID-19 response effort. Guleria is co-author of popular book '' Till We Win: India's Fight Against The COVID-19 Pandemic'', with Chandrakant Lahariya, a leading Indian

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, and Wellness &

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specialist and Gagandeep Kang of

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. Randeep Guleria is son of Padma Shri Jagdev Singh Guleria, a cardiologist, and is elder brother to Padma Shri Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon.

Biography

An alumnus of the class of 1975 of St. Columba's School, Delhi, Dr Guleria started his medical studies at IGMC, Shimla, affiliated to

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from where he received undergraduate degree in Medicine, afterwards he attended the

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(PGIMER)

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, from where he secured his MD in general medicine and DM in pulmonary medicine. He joined the

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and rose in ranks to become a professor and the head of the department of Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders. He is associated with the

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(WHO) as a member of its Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization and influenza vaccination. He is a life member of the Association of Physicians of India, Indian Chest Society and the National College of Chest Physicians of India. He also serves as a consultant to

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(IAEA), Vienna on issues related to radiation protection. Guleria was the personal physician to

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, former Prime Minister of India since 1998 and is credited with research on pulmonary diseases. His research findings have been recorded by way of 36 book chapters and 268 articles;

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, an online knowledge repository has published 117 of them. He is credited with efforts in establishing a centre for respiratory diseases and sleep medicine at AIIMS, which is reported to be a first in India. He is a recipient of ''Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Fellowship'' from Raj Nanda Trust and the Royal College of Physicians, UK and is an elected fellow (2011) of the

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(NAMS). He sits on the editorial boards of a number of medical journals such as the ''Indian Journal of Chest Diseases'', '' Lung India'', ''JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association'' and ''Chest India''. Randeep Guleria was included by the

in the 2015 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of

. He lives in Delhi, adjacent to the AIIMS campus. He has been awarded the prestigious Dr. B C Roy National Awards for the year 2014, under eminent medical person category by the Medical Council of India.

Till We Win: The Book

Till We Win: India's fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic is a book authored by Chandrakant Lahariya, Gagandeep Kang and Randeep Guleria.

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Biography

Till We Win: The Book

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