Shiv Kumar Sarin
| Shiv Kumar Sarin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 20, 1952 India |
| Occupation |
Gastroenterologist Hepatologist |
| Known for | Hepatology |
| Spouse(s) | Since 1978 |
| Awards |
Padma Bhushan Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize TWAS International Prize Om Prakash Bhasin Award Ranbaxy Medical Sciences Award Dhanvantri Medical Award Amrut Mody Research Foundation Award Hoechst Om Prakash Foundation Award Japanese Research Science Award IEDRA Rashtriya Samman Puraskar GoD Lifetime Achievement Award MCI Silver Jubilee Research Award FICCI Award Bhagwan Mahaveer Award Malaysia Liver Foundation Award DMA Vashisht Chikitsa Ratan Award API Gifted Teacher Award |
Shiv Kumar Sarin (born 1952) is an Indian gastroenterologist, hepatologist, medical researcher and writer and a former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India. He is the director of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), the first dedicated institution for advanced research on liver diseases and a deemed university under G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi. His contributions are reported behind the founding of the School of Hepatology of the Asian Pacific Association for study of Liver (APASL), which is housed at ILBS campus. He is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award in the science category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.
Born on 20 August 1952, Sarin graduated in medicine (MBBS) from S.M.S.Medical college, University of Rajasthan in 1974 and obtained his post graduate degree (MD) in general medicine from Rajasthan University in 1978 after which he started his career at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi from where he secured the degree of DM in Gastroenterology in 1981. Two years later, he joined Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education (GBPIPME) of Delhi University where he became the Head of Gastroenterology in 1997 and the director of Gastroenterology later. When the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) was established in 2003 under GBPIPME, as a dedicated institution for hepatology focusing on therapeutic, academic and research and development aspects of the discipline, he became its director and holds the post till date. He also serves as an adjunct professor of molecular medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru University, as a visiting professor at Chettinad University and is a member of the National Faculty of Asia Pacific Association for the Study of Liver (APASL).
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