Trilok Chandra Goel (T C Goel) (born October 3, 1938) worked as a

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of Surgery in

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between 1986 and 1999. He was re-appointed

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Professor in 2015., King George's Medical University official website (www.kgmu.org) accessed 1 May 2020, Times of India News article dated 12 Jan 2017, accessed 1 Apr 2020.

Early life

Son of Ganga Prasad Goel and his wife Sharbati Goel, Trilok Chandra Goel was born in

Dankaur Dankaur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on Yamuna Expressway, south of Greater Noida. History Before 1997, Dankaur and Jewar were parts of the Bulandshahr dis ...

, a village in greater Noida in

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. He was educated in

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and then graduated with

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degree from

topping the final examination to win Hewett Medal in 1962., King George's Medical University official website (www.kgmu.org) accessed 28 March 2020 In 1965, he completed his

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from the same university.

Career and research

Immediately after completing his Master in General Surgery, he was appointed

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in the Department of Surgery in

in 1966. He then became

of Surgery in 1986. Goel has special interest in managing the various manifestations of neglected tropical disease: lymphatic filariasis. He wrote a monograph (Lymphatic Filariasis, published by Springer Science, Singapore ) and was consulted by the World Health Organization for guidelines on "Surgical management of lymphatic hydrocele." (WHO/CDS/NTD/PCT/2019.04)., Official World Health Organization website, accessed 28 March 2020

Publications

Goel has written many scientific articles in journals like the and Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (ORCID, ORICD website listing full list of publications in indexed scientific journals, accessed 28 March 2020).

Books

Goel has written many medical and non-medical books. * ''KGMU Textbook of General Surgery for Dental Students (Theory and Practical)''. 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health (India), Gurgaon, Haryana. * ''Lymphatic Filariasis'', 2016, Springer Science, Singapore. * ''KGMU A Method of Clinical Surgery'', 2016, Ahuja Publishing House, New Delhi. * ''Adhunik Shalya Chikitsa Vigyan'', 2015, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. * ''Practical Surgery, Short clinical cases: diagnosis, viva voce and discussion'', 2015, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. * ''Practical Surgery, Long clinical cases: diagnosis and viva voce'', 2010, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. * ''Clinical Signs of Disease (Surgical Sciences)'', 1998, Aditya Distributors, Lucknow. * ''Etiology''. New Age International, New Delhi, 1996. * ''Causes in Clinical Practice, Vol-III'', CBS Publishers & Distributors, Delhi, 1993. * ''Causes in Clinical Practice, Vol-II'', CBS Publishers & Distributors, Delhi, 1992. * ''Causes in Clinical Practice, Vol-I'', Argo Publishing House, Lucknow, 1990.

Hindi textbook of surgery

In India, medical education is imparted in English hence ''Adhunik Shalya Chikitsa Vigyan'' is unique that it has been written in

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(native language of North India and 4th most common language in the world). While writing this book, Goel created many Hindi medical terms that were published in an article published in the ''Indian Journal of Surgery''.

Honours

* Hewett Medal, 1962. * Lifetime achievement award, 2014., In the "Awards of Excellence" section of the newsletter, accessed 28 March 2020 * Doctorate Honoris Causa degree, 2017., King George's Medical University official website (www.kgmu.org) Feb 2017 Newsletter, accessed 28 March 2020

References

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