Dinesh K. Bhargava is an Indian gastroenterologist, medical academic and writer and a senior consultant at

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, Delhi. He is one of the pioneers of gastrointestinal

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in India for which the

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awarded him

Dr. B. C. Roy Award The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award is an award instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest h ...

, the highest Indian award in the medical category, in 1989. He is also a recipient of the civilian honor of the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

Biography

A former professor at the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS New Delhi), is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of He ...

, Bhargava has published over 150 medical papers in peer-reviewed international journals and has served as an investigator in many clinical studies of the

Indian Council of Medical Research The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...

. He is a member of the scientific advisory committee of the ''Centre for Liver and Biliary Surgery'' (CLBS) and a fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGAF) and

American College of Gastroenterology The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is a Bethesda, Maryland–based medical association of gastroenterologists. The association was founded in 1932 and holds annual meetings and regional postgraduate continuing education courses, est ...

(FACG). He is a member and a former president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. The honors he has received include

, Hari Om Ashram award (1985) and Amrut Mody Unichem Prize (1989) of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. R. M. Kasliwal Award of the

National Academy of Medical Sciences National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), better known by its acronym, NAMS, is a non-constitutional, non-statutory advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a promoting agency for contin ...

(1989), and Olympus Mitra Award (1984) and Searle Award (1989) of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (1989). The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

, in 2008, for his contributions to medical science.

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* Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian gastroenterologists Indian medical academics Indian medical writers Academic staff of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners 20th-century Indian medical doctors Medical doctors from Rajasthan {{India-med-bio-stub

Biography

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