Emeritus Professor in Medicine and Head of Nephrology Department, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Dr Suresh Chandra Dash was felicitated by former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recently at an international conference on kidney transplantation in Kathmandu organised by the Institute of Medical Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Prof Dash is recognised in Nepal as an icon physician because of his long association with nephrology services of that country. He set up a nephrology unit and did the first Hemodialysis at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, in 1987 under the Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty. Besides, he was a visiting professor to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan.
Nepal Television had earlier honoured him with Nepal Gourav award in 2007.
He has treated many patients, including Kidney transplant, from Nepal while working at the AIIMS, New Delhi. He served at the AIIMS, New Delhi for 31 years as Professor and HOD of Nephrology when he trained innumerable MD, DM, DNB and PhD students.
Recently, he has been made an Educational Ambassador in Nephrology by the International Society of Nephrology to teach in foreign countries.