Qualifications
MBBS
K G Medical College, Lucknow
Hewitt Gold Medal for standing first in University and other medals
Distinction in Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology
1973
MD (Medicine)
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Col K K Gupta Gold Medal for standing first in advanced specialist course
1980
DM (Gastroenterology)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Searle Award for best research paper presented by Indian Society of Gastroenterology
1988
FICP
Indian College of Physicians, Mumbai
Awarded fellowship for high quality of published research and organisational work
1991
FACG
American College of Gastroenterology, VA, U.S.A
Awarded international fellowship for high quality of published research papers in Gastroenterology
2000
FACP
American College of Physicians
Awarded international fellowship for high quality of published research papers in Medicine
2010
FAMS
National Academy of Medical Sciences
Awarded national fellowship for high quality of published research papers in Gastroenterology
2011
FSGEI
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India
Awarded fellowship for high quality of published research and organisational work
2014
Appointments
Professor & Head
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Patia Bhubaneswar
2018 – Present
Senior Consultant, Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
2013 – 2018
Director General Medical Services (Navy)
President’s Honorary Surgeon
Chief Consultant (Medicine & Gastroenterology)
Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi
2012 – 2013
Chief Consultant (Medicine & Gastroenterology
Director General (Org & Pers)
Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi
2011 – 2012
Senior Consultant (Medicine)
Armed Forces Medical Services, New Delhi
Hepatogastroenterologist
Army Hospital R & R, New Delhi
Final referral authority for referring all complex cases related to Medicine and allied subjects
2010 – 2012
Commandant
Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune
Largest and busiest hospital of Armed Forces, also the main teaching hospital of Armed Forced Medical College
MG Medical (Consultant)
Southern India Hospitals
2009 – 2010
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Army Hospital R & R, New Delhi
DDG MS(P)
Looking after the HRD needs of 5000 strong cadre of Army Medical Corps
2007 – 2009
Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist
Joint Head of Liver Transplant Unit
Army Hospital R & R, New Delhi
First Armed Forces Officer to be trained for Liver Transplantation at Liver Transplantation Unit , Birmingham (UK)
Conceptualised, developed and operationalised Liver Transplant Unit, Army Hospital R & R, New Delhi
2006 – 2007
Professor & Head, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Advisor, Medicine & Gastroenterology
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Earned experience of training undergraduate and postgraduate students
Officiated as Dean of College on several occasions
Represented college at the University Board of studies
Part of the Committee working towards grant of Deemed to be University status for Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
2004 – 2006
Professor & Head, Department of Gastroenterology
Senior Advisor (Medicine & Gastroenterology)
Army Hospital R & R and Base Hospital, New Delhi
Earned experience in running and modernising what is possibly today the best Gastroenterology centre in the country
Initiated and progressed the case for establishment of a Liver Transplant Centre under a specialised Hepatobiliary Unit
2001 – 2004
Classified Specialist
Head of Gastroenterology Department
Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir
Established a new Gastroenterology Centre and worked in close liason with PGIMER Chandigarh to start endoscopy procedures
Constructed the first streamlined Endoscopic Suite in a Command Hospital
1998 – 2001
Associate Professor of Medicine
Classified Specialist (Medicine & Gastroenterology)
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
1991 – 1998
Commonwealth Medical Fellow, Liver Unit
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (U.K.)
Visiting Medical Fellow at Liver Unit
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, U.S.A
1994 – 1995
Gastroenterologist
Classified Specialist
Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkatta
1988 – 1991
Department of Gastroenterology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
1987 – 1988
Research Pool Officer in Office of Senior Consultant (Medicine)
Ministry of Defense, New Delhi
1985 – 1986
Graded Physician
Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkatta
1983 – 1985
Clinical Tutor
Assistant Professor (Medicine)
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
1981 – 1983
Resident Physician (Medicine)
Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
1978 – 1980
Medical Officer in Field Medical Units
Indian Army, Arunachal Pradesh