Randeep Guleria is an Indian

pulmonologist Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language fam ...

and the current

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AIIMS Bilaspur All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur (AIIMS Bilaspur) is an Indian public medical school, hospital and an Institute of National importance in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the All India Institutes of Medical Scien ...

. He also served as the director of

AIIMS New 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 ...

, credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines and sleep disorders at AIIMS. He was honoured by the

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in 2015 with

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 ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Guleria is co-author of a book '' Till We Win: India's Fight Against The COVID-19 Pandemic.'' Randeep Guleria is son of Padma Shri Jagdev Singh Guleria, a cardiologist, and is elder brother to Padma Shri Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon.

Biography

An alumnus of the class of 1975 of St. Columba's School, Delhi, Dr Guleria started his medical studies at IGMC, Shimla, affiliated to

Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is a Public university, public State university (India), state university at Summer Hill, Shimla, Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. It was established on 22 July 1970 by ''The Himachal Pradesh University A ...

from where he received undergraduate degree in Medicine, afterwards he attended the

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a public medical university in Chandigarh, India. It is an 'Institute of National Importance'. It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its studen ...

(PGIMER)

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

, from where he secured his MD in general medicine and DM in pulmonary medicine. He joined the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. These institutes ha ...

and rose in ranks to become a professor and the head of the department of Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders. He is associated with the

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(WHO) as a member of its Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization and influenza vaccination. He also serves as a consultant to

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(IAEA), Vienna on issues related to radiation protection. Guleria was the personal physician to

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

, former Prime Minister of India since 1998. He is credited with efforts in establishing a centre for respiratory diseases and sleep medicine at AIIMS, which is reported to be a first in India. He is a recipient of ''Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Fellowship'' from Raj Nanda Trust and the Royal College of Physicians, UK and is an elected fellow (2011) of the

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(NAMS). He sits on the editorial boards of a number of medical journals such as the ''Indian Journal of Chest Diseases'', ''

Lung India ''Lung India'' is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published on behalf of the Indian Chest Society. The journal publishes articles on the subject of respiratory medicine including immunology, intensive care, sleep medicine, thoracic su ...

'', ''JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association'' and ''Chest India''. Randeep Guleria was included by the

in the 2015 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of

. He has been awarded the prestigious Dr. B C Roy National Awards for the year 2014, under eminent medical person category by the Medical Council of India. * Medical doctors from Himachal Pradesh

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