Two doctors from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research namely Dr Surinder Rana from Department of Gastroenterology and Dr Suresh Kumar from Department of Paediatrics have been awarded with the distinct honour of ICMR awards 2019.
Dr Surinder Rana, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, PGIMER has been awarded the ICMR Amrut Mody Unichem Prize 2019 for his significant contributions in the management of pancreatic diseases including acute and chronic pancreatitis.
He has been studying the role of therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic diseases for the last 15 years and has developed various innovative minimally invasive non-surgical methods for treating various pancreatic diseases, said an official spokesman.
Dr Rana has more than 400 publications in peer reviewed National and International Journals. Dr Suresh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER has been awarded the ICMR-Dr HB Dingley Memorial Award 2019 for his exceptional contribution on the role of probiotics in critically ill children with sepsis, the spokesman said. Dr Kumar has 130 publications in peer reviewed national and international journals.