:Ashok Kumar Hemal

{{Short description|Indian urologist and academic}}

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| birth_date = 5 September 1960

| birth_place = India

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| occupation = Professor, Department of Urology, Chief of Uro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Chair, Robotics Committee, Baptist Medical Center, Fellowship Director, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fellowship Co-Director, Endourology, Wake Forest Medical School & Baptist Medical Center, NC, USA

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| known for = Laparoscopy, Minimally invasive and Robotic surgery, Uro-oncology

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| awards = Padma Shri
UGC Outstanding Social Scientist Award

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Ashok Kumar Hemal is a urologist and medical academic, known as the first surgeon to perform robotic surgery in India.{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/uro-surgeon-gets-padmashri/story-uWFCahoEp6Yo0KzCpYIlpO.html | title=Uro-surgeon gets Padmashri | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=1 February 2007 | access-date=24 August 2016}} He is a former professor of the All 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 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, as a professor{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZA.pdf | title=NAMS fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}} and was a member of the team which developed teaching modules for the Centre for Medical Education Technology of AIIMS and Indira Gandhi National Open University.{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/192/Dr_AK_Hemal.html | title=Expert Profile | publisher=ND TV | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}} He has been involved in with many medical conferences{{cite web | url=http://www.rgcirc.org/images/Workshop_Urinary_Diversion_12-8-14.pdf | title=Workshop - Urinary Diversion | publisher=Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016 | archive-date=18 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918084616/http://www.rgcirc.org/images/Workshop_Urinary_Diversion_12-8-14.pdf | url-status=dead }} and has published several medical articles; PubMed, an online repository of medical articles has listed 320 of them.{{cite web | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hemal%20AK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19468360 | title=PubMed listing | publisher=PubMed | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}} Besides, he has authored a medical text book, Robotics in Urological Surgery, published by Springer Verlag.{{cite book | url=http://m.sanmin.com.tw/Product/Index/001739484 | title=Robotics in Urological Surgery | publisher=Springer Verlag | author=Ashok Kumar Hemal | year=2011 | isbn=9781848821132 | access-date=24 August 2016 | archive-date=16 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116125340/https://m.sanmin.com.tw/Product/Index/001739484 | url-status=dead }} He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and a recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Social Scientist Award of the University Grants Commission.{{cite web | url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/honours-and-awards.aspx | title=Honours & Awards | publisher=University Grants Commission | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to medical science.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2013 |access-date=20 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}