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R.V. Jayakumar, MD, DM(P.G.I.), FRCP(U.K), M.N.A.M.S. is the former Head of the Department of Medicine, Trivandrum Medical College (1997-2000) and Kottayam Medical College (1996-1997, 2000-2001). He received his MBBS from Trivandrum Medical College (1963 batch), his MD from Trivandrum Medical College, his DM in
Endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...
from P.G.I. Chandigarh and his MRCP from UK. He became a Fellow of the
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in 1994. He was the first person in
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to pass the MNAMS exam in Endocrinology in 1978. He is considered a brilliant teacher, having instructed or been examiner to a whole generation of medical students, M.D. students and D.M. students in India, a national figure in the field of Endocrinology. He was the first
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to become president of the Endocrine Society of India. Presently he is a Director & CEO of Indian Institute of Diabetes(Govt. of Kerala Undertaking) and consultant Endocrinologist at Aster Medicity, Cochin. He is the chairman of the Indian Thyroid Society.


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Living people Indian endocrinologists Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Scientists from Thiruvananthapuram Medical doctors from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-med-bio-stub