Professor Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Achievements

Lucknow: For his exceptional contribution in popularizing and developing pulmonary medicine in India, Professor Dr. Rajendra Prasad has recently received the Professor MM Singh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the National College of Chest Physicians of India.

Prof. Rajendra Prasad is currently Director of Medical Education and Professor & Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine at Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. Prof. Prasad is also currently the Vice President of South Asia Association of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology and Vice-Chairman of the national task force for the involvement of medical colleges in the revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). Prior to this, he was working as Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI), Delhi. He has also served as Professor & Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow and former Director, U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Saifai.

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As per a recent media report by Times of India, the award will be presented to him during an inaugural function of the 22nd National Conference on preliminary diseases which will take place from January 27th to 31st.

Within 14 years of heading the department at KG Medical University, he has successfully transformed the Department of Tuberculosis into a well-recognized department of Pulmonary Medicine by introducing and developing more than a dozen specialist services including:

• Video Bronchoscopy - first of its kind in the state of Uttar Pradesh
• Medical Thoracoscopy
• Thoracic Oncology Unit
• Air Pollution related diseases
• Diagnostic Centre
• Sleep Lab

Prof. Prasad has been a mentor to many students who are now assuming different positions in Pulmonary Medicine throughout the country.

Prof. Prasad completed his MBBS (1974) and MD (1979) from King George's Medical College, Lucknow. He received advanced training in Pulmonary Medicine including Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy and Lung Cancer from Japan. He is also an honorary consultant to Armed Medical Services, India in Respiratory Diseases. Besides several prestigious fellowships of national and international organizations, he was awarded Fellowship of The National Academy of Medical Sciences India, American College of Chest Physicians (USA) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow). He has supervised about 165 researches and published 295 original articles, reviews, and book chapters. He also authored 7 books including 3 books on Tuberculosis and an Atlas on Fiber Optic Bronchoscopy based exclusively on Indian patients.

Prof. Prasad has been a recipient of more than 45 awards for his significant contribution in Tuberculosis, Chest Diseases, and Allied Discipline including:

• Dr. B.C. Roy National Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Association for Bronchology
• And many more