GAPIO Members Honours list – March 2025.
Dr Aditendraditya Singh Bhati, Consultant Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon at, New Delhi attended first neurosurgical and neuro-spine international conference meet on 28th February 2025 at Igbinedion University, Nigeria and presented latest advances in neurosurgery.
Dr Akshat Pandey is appointed as co-editor for the “Trauma Special Interest Group”, the newsletter of International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM).
Dr. Ashok Seth, ‘Padma Bhushan’, ‘Padma Shri’ and ‘B. C. Roy’ Awardee, and chairman – Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, has following achievements:
- He conducted a National OCT-Guided Orbital Atherectomy Practical Workshop at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (New Delhi), where he shared insights and taught advanced techniques to young interventional cardiologists.
- He conducted the National Meeting – 14th Annual Course of INDIA LIVE 2025 at Mumbai as Course Director. The INDIA LIVE meeting is one of the most prestigious and widely recognized interventional cardiology conferences in India and Southeast Asia, bringing together leading experts, pioneering researchers, and practicing cardiologists to share cutting-edge advancements, innovative techniques, and best practices in the field. It was attended by more than 3,000 delegates across the region.
- He moderated the “National TAVI Thought Leaders Forum”, a virtual webinar attended by over 100 interventional cardiologists across India.
Dr Ashok Sharma, Consultant, Internal Medicine at New Delhi has reviewed an article “Optimizing Screening Strategies for Hypertension in India: Consensus Statement” in the “Journal of the Association of Physicians of India”.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (2025):10.59556/japi.73.0926
Dr. Bellamkonda Kishore, Academician, Innovator and Entrepreneur, has co-authored a book with a celebrity, Kevin Harrington, one of the Original Sharks of the hit TV serial, the Shark Tank, an American business realty television show. He contributed a chapter in Kevin’s book From Idea to Empire: Turning Passion into Profit. I contributed a chapter titled The Path to Cures is a Long One. His news item published in the INDIAN-Community about his coauthorship with Kevin Harrington.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/upw45tmi4p7rpc5g37pwu/Bk.mp4?rlkey=2r32sds8wfzbvgle3iemv39f5&dl=0
Dr. Dilip Kumar Acharya, Honorary Fellow GAPIO & National Chairman, IMA Cancer & tobacco Control Committee delivered a talk on “Women & Cancer- Prevention & Early Detection” to the members of Innerwheel Club, Mhow Cantt. The program was held on 28th March,2025 at Ideal Public School, Mhow Gaon in which faculty members & student were also present.
He Stressed on the importance of vaccination in prevention of Cervical cancer & early detection of Breast Cancer by self & clinical examination & screening Mammography.
Dr. Keerti Singh, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill campus, Barbados, University of the West Indies, was abstracts reviewer for the 42nd Annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists AACA meeting 2025; January 1- December 31 at Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Seattle’s Eastside, USA. Accepted abstracts to be published in the supplementary edition of Clinical Anatomy.
Dr. O. P. Sharma, Sr. Consultant, Geriatric Medicine at New Delhi, has given expert opinion in “International Journal of General Medicine” on the article topic “An Indian Consensus on Sarcopenia: Epidemiology, Etiology, Clinical Impact, Screening and Therapeutic Approaches”
International Journal of General Medicine 2025:18 1731–1745
Dr. (Prof.) P. N. Renjen, Senior Consultant Neurologist (Stroke), Delhi’s Stroke Services has delivered a lecture at the 18th Annual Conference of the Indian National Stroke Conference 2025, held at Hotel Holiday Inn, Lucknow, from March 20th to 23rd, 2025.
The topic of his lecture was “Translating Research to Clinical and Academic Practice”.
Dr Pankaj Garg, Consultant, Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeon at Garg Fistula Research Institute, Panchkula, has been invited as a Keynote Speaker at AIIMS, Delhi to deliver a talk on “Anything done with Passion, becomes an Art*”.
Dr. Premkumar Balachandran, Senior Consultant and Clinical Lead at Chennai has got his article “Botulinum toxin and fasciotens in the management of complex ventral hernia” been published in “The International Surgery Journal”.
Dr. Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant, Orthopedic Surgeon at New Delhi has published the following papers:
- Vaishya R, Misra A, Patralekh MK et al. Association of type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 35, 111 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-025-04231-6
- Vaishya R, Gopinathan P, Gupta BM, Mamdapur GMN, Vaish A. Scholarly Trends in Global Orthopedics Research Published through the Journal of Orthopaedics: A Bibliometric Analysis from 2013 to 2024. J Orthop 2025; 60:35-43. doi: 11016/j.jor.2024.08.013
- Ajmera P, Shirodkar K, Vaishya R, Kumar V, Iyengar KP and Botchu R. The impact of figures and schematics on reviewer ratings and manuscript acceptance: A cross-sectional survey. Apollo Med 2025; DOI: 10.1177/09760016251324320
- Vaishya R, Sibal A,Ventataraman S, Kar S, Sriram SR, Reddy PC. Significance of Preventive Health Checkups in Enhancing Well-Being: A Comprehensive Review. National Board Exam J Med Sc 2025; 3(4): . DOI 10.61770/NBEJMS.2025.v04.i04.0xx
- Kappi M, Mamdapur GMN, Majumdar P, Vaishya R, Gupta BM. Identifying and Visualizing Highly Influential and Cited Papers in 3D Bioprinting: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Hospital Librarianship 2025; 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2025.
- Mukhopadhaya J, Bhadani, JS, Kumar R, Singh J, Vaishya R. Functional Outcome of Intraarticular Osteotomy and Osteosynthesis for Calcaneal Malunion with Salvageable Subtalar Joint: A Retrospective Case Series. Indian J Orthop 2025; doi: 10.1007/s43465-025-01367-9
- Bhadani JS, Vaishya R, Mukhopadhaya J. Transforming Orthopaedic Care through Interprofessional Education: Strategies, Challenges, and Outcomes. National Board Exam J Med Sc May 2025; 3 (5): 1. DOI 10.61770/NBEJMS.2025.v05.i04.0xx
- Vaishya R, Gupta BM, Dhawan SM, Singh Y, Bansal J. High Cited Papers in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Immunotherapy: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Publications During 1996-2023. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 2025; 45(2): 123-130, DOI : 10.14429/djlit.20408
- Vaishya R. An Appraisal of Operative and Nonoperative Approaches to Humeral Shaft Fractures. JAMA Surgery. Published on 27th March 2025. Available at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2832025
- Vaishya R, Vaish, Misra A. Critical Review of “Normative values of grip and pinch strength and their predictor factors: PERSIAN cohort study of healthcare staff”. Int Orthop 2025; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-025-06505-4
- Vaishya R, Vaish A. Letter Regarding “Prehabilitation in Patients at Risk of Poorer Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.” J Arthroplasty 2025; 40: e37ee38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2024.12.021
Dr Ravishankar KV, Director, Usha Kiran Eye Hospital, Mysore, has organized an eye surgeries camp in NCEH, Tamale, Ghana and in OTA, Nigeria where a total 96 major and complex eye surgeries were performed on children and adults.
Dr Rajul Rastogi, Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Center, Moradabad, UP delivered a Keynote Talk on “AI & Deep Learning in Diagnostic Imaging” in a recently conducted International Conference in School of Health Sciences, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, besides being a Scientific Judge in the Research Paper Presentation.
Dr Rajul was one of the speakers in an International Virtual Conference on Medical Imaging and Therapeutics-2025 organized by United Scientific Group, USA on the “Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology & Imaging”.
Dr Rajul have been conferred with an award in the category of “Excellence in Healthcare Training and Development” by Elets Tehnomedia and Health Magazine” by Prof. Abhay Chopada, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Consultant Surgeon, Axonic Health at Healthcare Innovation Summit and Awards 2025.
He has published an article “Role of Imaging in Evaluation of Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in the souvenir of IMA Moradabad during its annual CME.
Dr. Surajit Gorai, Professor and Consultant Dermatologist, Kolkata has published a review article “The Interconnected World of Dermatology and Ophthalmology” in “JEADV Clinical Practice, an open access journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
https://doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.70014
Dr. Vemuri S Murthy, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Advisor, Odisha Government (Health and Family Welfare has got his review article “Implementation Strategies to Improve Survival Outcomes after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Global Challenges and Disparities” published in “Journal of The Association of Physicians of India 2025-04-01”.
