Nikhil Tandon

Nikhil Tandon
Born 28 November 1963
Delhi, India
Occupation Endocrinologist
Known for Thyroid epidemiology, diabetes
Awards Padma Shri
Dr. B. C. Roy Award

Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.[1][2] He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award in 2005[3][4] and was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[5]

Biography

Nikhil Tandon was born on 28 November 1963 in Delhi.[6] He secured his master's degree (MD) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Cambridge and returned to India[4][6][7] in 1993 to join AIIMS as a member of its faculty.[3] He has stayed with AIIMS ever since and is a professor and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the institution.[3][4][6] He has been the national coordinator for Action in Diabetes and Vascular Diseases (ADVANCE),[7] a study conducted by The George Institute for Global Health, Australia for combating the risks of diabetes and prevent it becoming a global epidemic[8] and has been a member of the steering committee of Center for Cardio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) Trial funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.[7] He also serves as a member of the faculty of Emory University.[7]

Tandon is a former vice president of the National Academy of Sciences, India[9] and a president and the incumbent general secretary of the Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research.[3][10] He has served as an executive committee member of the Endocrine Society of India[3][4] and is its president.[4][7] He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India[11] and a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[12] and the Royal College of Physicians of London.[4][6][7] He has been associated with several national and international bodies such as Indian Council of Medical Research, Defence Research and Development Organization, Department of Biotechnology, National Institutes of Health, Institute for International Health and British Heart Foundation for research on thyroid epidemiology, diabetes and metabolic bone diseases[3][7] and has participated in many clinical trials.[7][13] His research findings have been published in several national and international journals,[6][7][14][15][16] PubMed listing 454 of them in their online repository.[17] He has also featured in the news for the pituitary tumor surgery of the then tallest woman in the world, Siddiqa Parveen.[18]

The Medical Council of India awarded him Dr. B. C. Roy Award in the medical teaching category in 2005.[3][4] The Government of India followed it up with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 2015.[5] He lives at the Asian Games Village in New Delhi.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bloomberg". Bloomberg. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "India Medical Times". India Medical Times. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Zoom Info". Zoom Info. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Endocrine Society of India". Endocrine Society of India. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vidwan". Vidwan. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Emory University". Emory University. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ "George Institute". George Institute. 7 June 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  9. ↑ "NASI". NASI. 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research". Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ "NASI Fellow". NASI. 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ "NAMS" (PDF). NAMS. 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Clinical Trial". CTRI. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ "AIIMS Publications of Nikhil Tandon". AIIMS Publications. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ Sachdev HP1, Osmond C, Fall CH, Lakshmy R, Ramji S, Dey Biswas SK, Prabhakaran D, Tandon N, Reddy KS, Barker DJ, Bhargava SK. (October 2009). "Predicting adult metabolic syndrome from childhood body mass index: follow-up of the New Delhi birth cohort.". Arch Dis Child. 94 (10): 768–774. doi:10.1136/adc.2008.140905. PMID 19015213.
  16. ↑ Desai A1, Jha O, Iyer V, Dada R, Kumar R, Tandon N. (July 2009). "Reversible hypogonadism in Bardet-Biedl syndrome". Fertil Steril. 92 (1): 391. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.023. PMID 19327768.
  17. ↑ "PubMed Profile". PubMed. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ "ND TV". ND TV. 28 January 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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