J. S. Guleria
Born
India
Occupation(s)General physician
Cardiologist
ChildrenRandeep Guleria
Sandeep Guleria
Neeru Guleria
AwardsPadma Shri

Jagdev Singh Guleria is an Indian general physician, cardiologist and a former Dean and Professor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.[1] He is the senior consultant of General Medicine at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research[2] and an Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[3] He received the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003.[4]

Biography

After graduating in medicine (MBBS) in 1953 and completing his master's degree (MD) in 1957 from Punjab University, Guleria secured a DM in cardiology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS) in 1962 to join AIIMS as its faculty to start his career.[5] He was on duty at AIIMS when former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was brought to AIIMS after being shot at by militants in October 1984,[6] and attended to the former Prime Minister before she was declared dead.[7] He headed the AIIMS Ethics Committee which investigated the irregularities at AIIMS, including the charges leveled against the then Director of the institution, Panangipalli Venugopal.[8] He was one of the two doctors, the other being K. K. Malhotra, delegated to examine Jayaprakash Narayan during his incarceration in the Emergency period.[9]

Guleria, an elected fellow[10] and Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[3] has delivered many orations including the S. K. Malik Memorial Oration of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in 1998.[1] He was associated with the Health For All (HFA) initiative of the World Health Organization and presented the lead paper at the fourteenth session of the South East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research at Colombo in 1998.[11] He is a Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) (1962), Indian Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) (1971), and the Indian College of Chest Physicians (FICCP) (1981)[5] and one of the founder fellows of Indian College of Physicians.[12] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003.[4] The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi honoured him with Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.[13] Guleria's sons, Randeep Guleria,[8] a pulmonologist with AIIMS, is also a winner of Padma Shri, and Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon, is also a winner of Padma Shri.[14]

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References

  1. ^ a b "SK Malik Memorial Oration". Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Expert Profile". ND TV. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Directory of Emeritus Professors" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Dr. J.S. Guleria". Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ^ Pranay Gupte (2012). Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi. Penguin Books India. p. 660. ISBN 9780143068266.
  7. ^ "The hospital scene". India Today. 30 November 1984. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b "AIIMS: Prisoner Of Agendas". Tehelka. 1 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. ^ M. G. Devasahayam (2006). JP in Jail: An Uncensored Account. Roli Books. p. 315. ISBN 9789351940500.
  10. ^ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Clinical Research – To Strengthen and Realign Towards HFA-2000". World Health Organization. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Founder Fellows of Indian College of Physicians". Indian College of Physicians. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Keep the student in you alive, says PM Modi at AIIMS convocation". First Post. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Sehat". Sehat. 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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