Ashok Kumar Hemal | |
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| Born | (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (age 65) India |
| Alma mater | Gajra Raja Medical College |
| Occupation(s) | Urologist, Robotic Surgeon |
| Known for | Laparoscopy, Minimally invasive and Robotic surgery, Uro-oncology |
| Awards | Padma Shri UGC Outstanding Social Scientist Award |
Ashok Kumar Hemal is aurologist and medical academic, known as the first surgeon to performrobotic surgery in India.[1]
He is a former professor of theAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi and is credited with efforts in establishing the department of robotic surgery at AIIMS where he has performed over 100 surgeries for cancer on kidney, prostate glands and urinary bladder. He has also served atWake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, as a professor[2] and was a member of the team which developed teaching modules for the Centre for Medical Education Technology of AIIMS andIndira Gandhi National Open University.[3] He has been involved in with many medical conferences[4] and has published several medical articles;PubMed, an online repository of medical articles has listed 320 of them.[5] Besides, he has authored a medical text book,Robotics in Urological Surgery, published bySpringer Verlag.[6] He is an elected fellow of theNational Academy of Medical Sciences and a recipient of the 2005Outstanding Social Scientist Award of theUniversity Grants Commission.[7] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of thePadma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to medical science.[8]
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