K. K. Talwar

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K. K. Talwar
B. C. Roy Award
ICMR Basanti Devi Amir Chand Award
NAMS Ayrabhat award
Norman Alpert Award
Ranbaxy Research Award
Goyal Prize
ICMR Amrut Mody Unichem Award
Sujoy B. Roy Memorial Investigator Award
NAMS
Shyam Lal Saksena Award
Searle Award

Kewal Kishan Talwar (born 30 April 1946) is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the

B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category.[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2006, for his contributions to medicine.[4]
Presently Dr. Talwar is working in PSRI Hospital Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi as the chairman of Cardiac Sciences

Biography

Talwar, born on 30 April 1946

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, as an assistant professor of cardiology in 1980. During the next twenty four years he worked at AIIMS, he became the professor in 1992 and the head of the department of cardiology in 2002. After leaving AIIMS in 2004, he returned to PGIMER as the director, professor and head of the department of cardiology and stayed there till his superannuation in 2011.[1] His next move was to Max Healthcare, Delhi in 2013 where he serves as the chairman of the Cardiology department of the institution.[7]

Talwar is associated with several government initiatives and is a member of Punjab Governance Reforms Commission (PGRC) and its Task Group on Health and Medical Education. He is a former chairman of the Medical Council of India

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER) and is an adviser to the Government of Punjab on Health and Medical Education as well as a Visitor Nominee to Banaras Hindu University.[1] He is a former president of the Heart Failure Society of India (2009–2012) and the National Academy of Medical Sciences (2009–2012). He has served as the president of the Indian Heart Rhythm Society and is the patron of the society.[10]

Legacy

After introducing the

Heart transplant program at AIIMS. His work has been documented by way of several publications[12] which include 240 articles and 270 abstracts, published in various peer-reviewed medical journals.[1] He has also contributed 15 chapters to various medical texts.[2]

Awards and honours

The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Bhushan Award – 2006 to Cardiology Specialist Dr. Kewal Krishan Talwar, in New Delhi on March 20, 2006

The researches during his early years at AIIMS earned Talwar the Prof. Sujoy B. Roy Memorial Investigator Award of the Cardiological Society of India in 1986.

Republic Day Honours list of 2006 for the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[4] The National Academy of Medical Sciences honoured him again in 2012 with Aryabhat Award.[1]

Talwar, an Emeritus Professor of the

honoris causa degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) on him.[7] Besides, he has delivered several award orations; Dr. K. L. Wig Oration of NAMS (2000-2001), Dr. Menda Oration of Indian Medical Association (2005), Sphere Oration of Cardiological Society of India (1989), Glaxo Oration of NAMS (1996), Dr. Austin Doyle Memorial Lecture (1996), Dr. Devi Chand Memorial Oration (1992), R. S. Tiwari Oration (1999), Dr. R. N. Chatterjee Memorial Oration (2003), Prof. Raman Vishwanath – VPCI Oration (2007), Prof. P. S. Bidwai Memorial Oration (2007), Kuwait Medical Association Oration (2007), Dr. Ivan Pinto Oration (2008), Dr. J. P. Das Heart Failure Annual Oration (2009), P. L. Wahi Oration (2010), First Innova Foundation Oration (2012), 5th annual Cardiology Chair Oration of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (2013),[18] and Dr. G.N.Sen Oration (2013) are some of the notable ones.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "K.K. Talwar on WHFS". World Heart Failure Society. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Max Healthcare appoints Dr. KK Talwar as Chairman". India Infoline. 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "DR. K K Talwar". PSRI Hospital. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Profile of KK Talwar" (PDF). Punjab Governance Reforms Commission. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Expert Profile". ND TV. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare". Max Healthcare. 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Dr K K Talwar appointed new chairman of MCI Board of Governors". India Medical Times. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. ^ "List of Members of the Board of Governors". National Institute Of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research. 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Patrons". Indian Heart Rhythm Society. 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Dr K K Talwar joins Max Healthcare as Head of Cardiology". India Medical Times. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Publications authored by KK Talwar". PubFacts. 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Recipients of the Norman Alpert Award". International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Directory Of Emeritus Professors". NAMS. 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  15. ^ "NAMS fellow" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  17. ^ "IACS Fellows". International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Alarming rise in heart failure cases". The Hindu. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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