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Medicine Update Contributors 2010
- Georgi Abraham
Professor and Head of Department, Nephrology, Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry - Vijay Achari
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna. - Parag Admane
Spandan Heart Institute and Research Center, Nagpur - Gautam Ahluwalia
Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Officer Incharge, Emergency Services, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana-141001, Punjab - Abhijit Aklujkar
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. - Deepak Amrapurkar
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Jagjivanram Hospital, Mumbai - RM Anjana
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India. - S Arulrhaj
Chairman & Chief Physician, Sundaram Arulrhaj Hospitals, Tuticorin, Tamilnadu - SN Arya
Ex-National Professor and Dean, IMA College of G.P,
Ex-National President, Indian Association,
(Academy) of Clinical Medicine, Consultant Physician - K Govind Babu
Associate Professor Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. - Upendra Baitha
Deptt. of Medicine. Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna. - JS Bajaj
Emeritus Professor & Chairman, Academic Council, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Honorary President, International Diabetes Federation, Professor and Head (Retd.), Department of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi - Smrati Bajpai
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400 012 - V Balaji
Director, Dr V Seshiah Diabetes Research Institute – Dr Balaji Diabetes Care Centre, Chennai, Prof of Diabetology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai - Sanjay Bandyopadhyaya
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, N R S Medical College, Kolkata 700014. - Amal Kumar Banerjee
Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist,
Formerly Professor Cardiology Division,
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IPGME & R, Kolkata. - Rupa Banerjee
Department of Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad. - BR Bansode
Physician & Cardiologist, Dr B A M Hospital, Byculla Mumbai-27. - MS Barthwal
Senior Advisor (Med and Respiratory Med), Department of Respiratory Medicine, Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi. - Ravi Bathina
Director of Cardiac CT Education & Research, Honorary Cardiology Consultant (Care Hospital, Hyderabad); Director of South Asian Institute of Preventive Cardiology (Hyderabad); Associate Cardiologist South Asian Heart Centre (Mountain View, California), USA - Punit Bedi
Senior Registrar, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. - Ashit Bhagawati
Honorary Consulting Physician and Intensivist, Bhatia Hospital, Sir H.N. Hospital and Hon. Asst. Prof. of Medicine, Grant Medical College, Mumbai - S Bhandari
Director Cardiology & Cath Labs,
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre New Delhi - Deepak Kumar Bhasin
Professor & HOD, Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh - Y Bhaskar
Former Professor & Head of the Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kurnool & Retired Additional Director of Medical Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. - Paramartha Bhattacharya
Senior Medical Officer, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata - PC Bhattachrya
Formerly Prof. and HOD Dept. of Medicine,
Gauhati Medical College, Senior Consultant,
Dept. of Medicine, Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, Assam - Debajyoti Bhattacharyya
enior Advisor Medicine & Respiratory Medicine, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt. 110010. - LS Bichile
Consultant Rheumatologist, Saifee Hospital;
Ex-Professor and Head, Dept. of Medicine, Ex-Chief, Rheumatology Division, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. - Arindam Biswas
Junior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata – 700 014. - Monodeep Biswas
Dept of Medicine, IPGME & R, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata - Tamal Kumar Biswas
Retired Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata – 700 014. - Anil Chaturvedi
Director Academic & Principal Consultant, Life Style Diseases, Sanjeevan, Medical Research Centre, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. - Ved Chaturvedi
Consultant Rheumatologist, Armed Forces India, Army Base Hospital, Guwahati. - Vaibhav Chewoolkar
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Medicine,
Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. - Nishit Choksi
Director, Peripheral Vascular Interventions, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Clinical, Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology, Harper Hospital, Associate Director of Interventional Fellowship Program, Harper Hospital, Director of Interventional Cardiology Research, Harper Hospital, Director Physician Relations, Harper Hospital, USA - S Chugh
Sr. Consultant, Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre, New Delhi, - AM Chughtai
Department of Medicine, J. N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002, UP - Sidhartha Das
Senior Consultant in Medicine & Diabetology, Professor and Head of the P.G. Department of Medicine, S. C. B. Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack-753007, India. - SK Datta
Dept. of Biochemistry,
University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi - M Deepa
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India. - Manjula Datta
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India. - Nagaraj Desai
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist,
Wockhardt and Fortis, Senior Quality Control Cardiologist, Quintiles Cardiac Safety Services, Secretary,
Karnataka Cardiology Academy, Bangalore. - Alaka Deshpande
Professor & Former Head, Department of Medicine,
Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai - NV Deshpande
Spandan Heart Institute and Research Center, Nagpur - M Dinkar
Head, Department of Medicine and MICU, Mediciti Hospitals, Hyderabad. - Shridhar Dwivedi
Professor and Head Department of Medicine/Preventive, Cardiology University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, and GTB Hospital, Delhi-110095, India. - Pramod Garg
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. - Jacob George
Resident Doctor Department of Medicine
J.L.N. Medical College Ajmer. - Prithvi Giri
Department of Medicine, Ajmer, Rajasthan - Anuj Goel
Dept. of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. - VP Gopinathan
Prof. & HOD, Pulmonary Medicine, Jubilee Medical College, Thrissur – 680005 - Ankur Gupta
Nephrology Dept., AIIMS, New Delhi. - Arvind Gupta
Jaipur Diabetes Research Centre, Jaipur - AK Gupta
Professor, Department of Medicine, J.L.N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan - N Gupta
Assistant Professor of Physiology,
Sarasawati Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur - Pritam Gupta
Head of the Department, Medicine, Sunder Lal Jain Hospital, New Delhi - R Gupta
Department of Medicine, Ajmer, Rajasthan - Rajeev Gupta
Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital,
Jaipur 302017. - Rajeev Gupta
Associate Professor, Cardiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Rakesh Gupta
Chief Cardiologist, Jrop Healthcare,C1/16, Ashok Vihar –II, Delhi, India. - Riddhi Das Gupta
Senior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, IPGME&R, Kolkata - Sanjeev Gupta
The Eleazar and Feige Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology) and Department of Pathology Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Diabetes Research Center and Cancer Center, USA - Sonia Gupta
Kishori Ram Hospital & Diabetes Care Centre,
Kishori Ram Road, Basant Vihar, Bhatinda, Punjab, India. - SB Gupta
Head, Department of Medicine & Cardiology,
Central Railway Headquarters Hospital, Mumbai 400027 - Sunil Gupta
Managing Director, Diabetes Care n’ Research Centre, 42, Lendra Park, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur. India. - V Gupta
Department of Medicine, J N Medical College AMU, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh - Vitul K Gupta
Kishori Ram Hospital & Diabetes Care Centre,
Kishori Ram Road, Basant Vihar, Bhatinda, Punjab, India. - Rohini Handa
Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi. - Shahazad F Haque
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, J. N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh - Ranjit Unnikrishnan I
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India. - SS Iyangar
Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore. - Revati R Iyer
Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Dombivali, Mumbai. - S Ramanathan Iyer
Consultant Physician and Consultant Sleep Medicine, Dombivali, Mumbai. - Vageesh Iyer
Assoc. Prof of Endocrinology, St.John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India. - Major Ratheesh Kumar J
Medical Specialist. PMO, HQ SAC, IAF, Akkulam, Trivandrum-695031, Kerala, India. - Uday M Jadhav
Cardiology Department, MGM New Bombay Hospital, Vashi. New Mumbai. - RK Jain
Asso. Prof. Gastroenterology,
Head of Gastroenterology Unit, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. - MV Jali
Chief Diabetologist, Professor, Director, Diabetes Centre; Medical Director & CEO, K.L.E.S. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, K.L.E.University, Belgaum 590010, India. - CK Jani
Sr Intensivist & Critical Care Physician, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai. - Aparna Jaswal
Consultant & Head,
Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology,
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre,
New Delhi - Vivek Jawali
Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd., Bangalore, India. - Klauss Henning Jensen
Global Medical Director, Novo Nordisk Research Foundation, Denmark - DN Jha
Jr. Consultant, Batra Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Delhi. - Jignesh
Arrhythmia Associates, Mumbai - Shashank R Joshi
Consultant Endocrinologist,Lilavati Hospital and Joshi Clinic, Mumbai - Shilpa S Joshi
Mumbai Diet and Health Center, 12 Golden Palace, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400050 - OP Kalra
Professor of Medicine and Head, Division of Nephrology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi - Mukta Kapdi
Research Asociate, Joshi Clinic, Mumbai - Saubhik Kanjilal
Dept of Medicine, IPGME & R, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata - Aarathy Kannan
Post Graduate, Dept. of Medicine, Sundaram Arulrhaj Hospitals, Tuticorion, Tamil Nadu - B Kannan
Sundaram Arulrhaj Hospitals, Tuticorion, Tamil Nadu - Amit Kansal
Dept. of Medicine. Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Jaipur, Rajasthan - P Kar
Director Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterologist, Maulana Azad Medical College& LNJ PM Hospital. - N Karthik
Senior Resident, Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Deemed University, Bangalore-560 029 - Sameena Khalil
Senior Consultant Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi - AS Khan
Prof & Head, Department of Medicine, J N Medical College AMU, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh - AS Khan
Department of Medicine, J. N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh - SN Khosla
Director Medical Research Centre, Rohtak; Ex-Prof. & Head of Medicine II, PGIMS, Rohtak - Prabhakar C Koregol
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Wockhardt Hospitals and Fortis Hospital, Secretary Carnataka Cardiology Academy, Bangalore - VA Kothiwale
Professor of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Belgaum, Karnataka, India - Ajay Kumar
Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Patna, India. - Anita A Kumar
Research Fellow, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Dilip Kumar
Consultant Cardiologist RNTIIC, Kolkata, - Rajat Kumar
Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Cancer Care Manitoba675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada. - Rohit Kumar
Department of Neurology, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi-110002. - R Sajit Kumar
Professor & Chief, Infectious Diseases,
Govt. Medical College Hospital, Kottayam 686008, Kerala - R Vijai Kumar
Director, Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care,
Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad, AP; Past President, National Chest Society. - S Kumar
Dept. of Medicine,
University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - Arup Kumar Kundu
Professor, Department of Medicine, In-charge, Rheumatology Clinic, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata – 700 004, West Bengal, - Sumod Kurien
Dept. of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. - RD Lele
Hon. Chief Physician & Director, Nuclear Medicine Dept. Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Hon. Director of Nuclear Medicine & RIA Dept., Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Emeritus Professor of Medicine (for life) & Ex-Dean, GMC & Sir J. J. Hospitals, Mumbai, Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) - KK Lohani
Consultant Physician and Unit Incharge, Department of Medicine, A.N.Magadh Medical College, Gaya (Bihar). - Yash Lokhandwala
Arrhythma Associates, Hon. Cardiologist,
Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai; Former Associate,
Prof. of Cardiology, KEM Hospital & Medical College. Mumbai - SV Madhu
Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine,
University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi - Sudeshna Maitra
Department of Nuclear Medicine, KEM Hospital, Mumbai - M Maiya
Consultant, Maiya Multi-Speciality Hospital, B’lore – 560 011; Formerly Prof. of Medicine, Karnataka Medical Service. - D Maji
Professor, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata - Saroj Mandal
SSKM Hospital, IPGMER, Kolkata, - CN Manjunath
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore - PC Manoria
Director, Manoria Heart Care & Intervention Centre, Bhopal. - Pankaj Manoria
Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Manoria Heart Care & Intervention Centre, Bhopal. - Piyush Manoria
Manoria Heart Care & Intervention Centre, Bhopal. - HM Mardikar
Director & Interventional Cardiologist,
Spandan Heart Institute and Research Center, Nagpur, India - Jhumki Mardikar
Spandan Heart Institute and Research Center, Nagpur, India - Manjusha Mardikar
Spandan Heart Institute and Research Center, Nagpur, India - VG Maru
Clinical Biochemist, Biochemistry Department, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai - Thomas Mathew
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) & St. Johns Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore - MM Mehandiratta
Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi-110002. - Ashwin B Mehta
Chief Cardiologist, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai; Former Prof. of Cardiology, LTM Medical College, Mumbai - Ketan K Mehta
Consulting Physician, Asian Heart Institute and S.L. Raheja Hospital, Mumbai - Chantal Methieu
Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital, Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. - Kundan Mishra
Junior Resident (Medicine), Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt.110010. - Sunil K Mishra
Dept of Medicine, Cardiology University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, and GTB Hospital, Delhi-110095, India. - S Mittal
Attending Cardiologist,
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi - SR Mittal
Ex Senior Professor and Head Department of Cardiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan. - V Mohan
Chairman, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation &
Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India.
(Brig) Ambika Mohanty,VSM Consultant in Medicine, Military Hospital, Shillong -793001 - CBK Mohanty
Professor of Medicine, Post Graduate Department of Medicine, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack - 753007, Orissa, India. - BN Mohapatra
Associate Professor of Medicine, Post Graduate Department of Medicine, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack - 753007, Orissa, India - Nandini Mukherjee
Prof. of Medicine (Haematology), Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata - Sukumar Mukherjee
Ex-Professor of Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, Consultant Physician, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kothari Medical Centre, Kolkata. - Jotideb Mukhopadhyaya
Professor, Department of Medicine, IPGME & R, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata - VG Nadagouda
Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, Hubli, Karnataka - Milind Y Nadkar
Professor, Dept. of Medicine,
Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel,
Mumbai 400 012 - Srinivas R Nagalla
Department of Pediatrics, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India - D Nagaraja
Director-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Deemed University, Bangalore-560 029 - V Nagarajan
Senior Consultant Neurologist, Medical Director, V N Neuro Care Center, & Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu - V Sri Nagesh
Senior Resident in Endocrinology, Osmania Medical College & Hospital, Hyderabad - Ramachandra G Naik
Principal Investigator, Charles River Clinical Services, Tacoma WA & Clinical Asst Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle USA - Narsimulu G
Prof. & Head, Dept. of Rheumatology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - SN Narasinghan
Senior Physician, (Internal Medicine & Cardiology), Director, SNN Specialities Clinic,
Diagnostic Centre & Medicare Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - Manabendra Nayak
Dept. of Medicine, Gauhati Medical College,
Senior Consultant Dept. of Medicine, Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, Assam - Anant Nigam
Director, Nigam Diabetes Centre, A-46, Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur 302015. - Dev Pahlajani
Head, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Breach Candy Hospital Mumbai; Former Prof. of Cardiology, LTM Medical College, Mumbai - Jyotirmoy Pal
Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri. - Pramod Kumar Pal
Additional Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Deemed University, Bangalore-560 029 - Sanjay Pandya
Nephrologist, Rajkot, Gujarat.
Gopi Krishna Panicker
Quintiles ECG services, Mumbai
Manotosh Panja
Director, Interventional Cardiology AMRI Hospital,
South Kolkata; Former Prof. & HOD of Cardiology, IPGME&R, Kolkata - V Parameshwara
Past National President, the Association of Physicians of India, Former Dean ICP (API), Past National President, Indian Medical Association, Consulting physician & Cardiologist, 54 (10/3) Kumarakrupa Road, Bangalore –560 001. - SK Parashar
P.G. Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi - SK Parashar
Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Chief, Non Invasive Lab, Metro Heart Institute, Delhi. - Anand Parikh
Senior Registar, Cardiology, Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai. - Murgesh G Pastapur
Associate Prof., Dept of Medicine, MR Medical College, Gulbarga-585103 Karnataka. - Kirit Patel
Medical Director and Chief of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology/Cardiac Catherization Lab at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Director of interventional cardiology at Detroit Medical Center/ Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. - Lekha Adik Pathak
Former Director Professor and Head, Dept of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and J.J. Group of Hospitals Hod, Cardiology, Mumbai - Shekhar Patil
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Bangalore Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. - Sushant Patil
Registrar Cardiology, Dept of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and J.J Group of Hospitals.Hod Cardiology - K Pavithran
Professor of Medical Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin-41, Kerala - Shwetal Pawar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, KEM Hospital, Mumbai - Joy Philip
Principal, SUT Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala - Brian Pinto
Chief of Cardiology, Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai - CH Pitchumoni
Adjunct Professor of Medicine/Adjunct Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, New York and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ and Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA - Prabhvathi
Dept. of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore - Madhav Prabhu
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum - Jai Prakash
Prof. &. Head, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - R Pradeepa
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention and Control, IDF Centre of Education, Chennai, India. - Ashok Kumar Rajput
Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantt. 110010. - YSN Raju
Professor of Medicine, Head of Division of Geriatrics,
Head of Unit 1, Nizam’s Institute of Medical sciences, Hyderabad - C Venkat S Ram
Texas Blood Pressure Institute, Dallas Nephrology Associates, University of Texas, Southwestern, Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA - Surinder Singh Rana
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh - Harnish Randhawa
Dept of Medicine, Cardiology University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, and GTB Hospital, Delhi-110095, India. - Anand M Rao
Consultant Cardiologist, Holy Family Hospital& BSES Hospital, Mumbai - D Sudhaker Rao
Section Head, Bone & Mineral Metabolism, Director, Bone & Mineral Research Laboratory, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA - Harbir Kaur Rao
Professor & Head Medicine II, Incharge Cardiology Division, Govt. Medical College, Patiala – 147001 - PN Rao
Chief of Hepatology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, AP, India - PV Rao
Professor & Head,
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences University (PVR), Hyderabad, India - Murlidhar S Rao
Formerly, Professor and HOD of Medicine; MR Medical College, Gulbarga; President, Association of Physicians of India; Past President of RSSDI; Senior Consultant, Dhanavantri Hospital and R.L. Medical Research centre, Gulbarga (Karnataka). - Gandharba Ray
Professor of Medicine, Post Graduate Department of Medicine, S.C.B. Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, Orissa - D Nageshwar Reddy
Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology,
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad. - PS Reddy
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA - BB Rewari
Associate Professor, PGIMER, Dr RML Hospital & National Programme Officer (ART), National AIDS Control Organisation, New Delhi. - Charles T Roberts
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA - Mrinal Kanti Roy
Professor, Dept. of Medicine (Neurology), IPGME&R, Kolkata - Manisha Sahay
Prof. & Head (i/c), Department of Nephrology, Osmania Medical College & Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad. - Suresh V Sagarad
Consultant Cardiologist, RGSS Hospital, Raichur, India. - BK Sahay
Former Prof. & HOD of Medicine, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad - Rakesh Sahay
Prof. of Endocrinology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad - Renu Saigal
Professor and Unit Head, In Charge- Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Jaipur, Rajasthan - GS Sainani
Hon. Physician, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. - RN Sarkar
Professor Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata. - Archana Sathe
Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Sahyadri Hospital, Pune - Sunil Sathe
Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology,
Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune. - P Satishchandra
Professor, Department of Neurology,
National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) & St. Johns Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore - Prabha Sawant
Professor and Head Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Lokmanya Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai . - M Selvaganesh
Dept. of Medicine, Sundaram Arulrhaj Hospitals, Tuticorion, Tamil Nadu - V Seshiah
Former Prof. & HOD of Diabetology,
Madras Medical Collge, Chennai; Chairman,
Dr. V Seshiah Diabetes Research Institute, Chennai - PS Shankar
Emeritus Professor & Director, M. R. Medical College, Gulbarga 585102, Karnataka. - Gyanendra K Sharma
Associate professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. - SK Sharma
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029 - Vikas Sharma
Senior Resident, Dept. of Cardiology, Punjab Institute of Heart Diseases, Patiala. - KJ Shetty
Dean - Post Graduate Studies & Consultant, Endocrinologist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. - Salil Shirodkar
Registrar Cardiology, Dept of Cardiology,
Grant Medical College and J.J Group of Hospitals,
Hod Cardiology, Mumbai - Ankit Shrivastav
Senior Resident, Dept of Endocrinology, Institute of Post Graduate, Medical Education & Research, Kolkata. - RK Shrivastav
Additional Director (Retd.), Manoria Heart Care & Intervention Centre, Bhopal. - Amitoj Singh
Resident, Punjab Institute of Heart Diseases, Patiala. - Anup Singh
Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005. - Arun Singh
Medical Research Center, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005. - Gupta Rajendra Singh
Prof of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Patiala – 147001 - Jeetendra Singh
Professor & Diabetologist, Head, Division of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Postgraduate Department of MedicineGovernment Medical College, Jammu - Man Mohan Singh
Chief of Cardiology, Punjab Institute of Heart Diseases, Patiala. - NK Singh
Director, Diabetes and Heart Research Centre [DHRC], Dhanbad, Jharkhand - Prit Pal Singh
Deptt. of Nephrology, Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna. - Rajiv Singla
Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College & LNH, University of Delhi - HV Srinivas
Consultant Neurologist, Sagar Hospitals, Bangalore; Former Professor, NIMHANS, Bangalore - Shyam Sundar
Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005. - NK Sundaray
Air Commodore, PMO, HQ SAC, IAF, Akkulam, Trivandrum-695031, Kerala, India. - KM Suryanarayana
Air Vice Marshal, Professor of Med & Endocrinlogy, Senior Consultant (Medicine), Armed Forces Med Services, O/o DGAFMS, “M” BLOCK, MOD, New Delhi -110001. - Singh SR
Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Patiala – 147001 - Pradeep G Talwalkar
Prof. of Diabetology, S.L. Raheja Hospital, Mumbai - Vineet Talwar
Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology,
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Reasearch Center,
New Delhi. - Rakesh Tandon
Head, Dept of Gastroenterology, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute, New Delhi. - Hemanth Thackar
Consultant Physician, Jaslok Hospital and Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai - Ashish K Thakur
Consultant Cardiologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer,
The Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and University of Leeds Medical School, UK - BB Thakur
Consultant Physician & Clinical Cardiologist, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India - Mathew Thomas
Professor of Medicine and Hematology, KIMS and CSI Medical College, Trivandrum. - GH Tilve
Consultant and HOD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, KEM Hospital, Mumbai - Kamlakar Tripathi
Professor (Nephrology), Department of Medicine,
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. - Manjari Tripathi
Dept of Neurology All India institute of Medical Science, New Delhi - Sanjay Tyagi
Director Professor & Head, Dept. of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. - Rajesh Upadhyaya
Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi, Max Hospital, Delhi. - Ashok B Vaidya
Research Director, ICMR Advanced Centre of Reverse Pharmacology in Traditional Medicine, Medical Research Centre, Kasturba Health Society, 17, Khandubhai Desai Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400 056 India - Rama A Vaidya
Dean, ICMR Advanced Centre of Reverse Pharmacology in Traditional Medicine, Medical Research Centre, Kasturba Health Society, 17, Khandubhai Desai Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400 056 India - Varaprasad
Dept. of Rheumatology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. - Alok Vashishtha
Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Hardwar, Uttarakhand. - Agam Vora
Asst. Hon. Chest Physician, Dept of Chest and TB,
Dr. RN Cooper Municipal Gen Hospital, Mumbai. - Gurpreet Singh Wandar
Prof. & Chief Cardiologist, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana - Steven Weinberger
Deputy Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President for Medical Education and Publishing, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Senior Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA - ME Yeolekar
Department of Internal Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong-793018, Meghalaya, India.













