M. Khalilullah is an Indian

cardiologist Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

and a former honorary physician to the

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. He is a recipient of

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in 1990 (the third highest civilian award in India) and

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in 1984 (the fourth highest civilian award in India He also received the highest award a doctor can achieve in India - Dr. B.C. Roy award in 1984. He developed the first indigenous

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(Khalilullah-Mendez) in India while undertaking his D.M. (Cardiology) at AIIMS, Delhi in 1969. He also edited the first Indian text book on cardiology. He is an alumnus of Nagpur University (Govt. Medical College, Nagpur) where he completed his M.B.B.S (1960) and M.D. (Medicine) (1965).

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