J. S. Guleria
{{Short description|Indian general physician and cardiologist}}
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Cardiologist
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Sandeep Guleria
Neeru Guleria
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Jagdev Singh Guleria is an Indian general physician, cardiologist and a former Dean and Professor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.{{cite web | url=http://www.indiachest.org/dept_activities.html | title=SK Malik Memorial Oration | publisher=Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033500/http://www.indiachest.org/dept_activities.html | archive-date=17 November 2015 | url-status=dead }} He is the senior consultant of General Medicine at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/55/Dr_JS_Guleria.html | title=Expert Profile | publisher=ND TV | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}} and an Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/directory%20of%20emer.pdf | title=Directory of Emeritus Professors | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}} He received the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003.{{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=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |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 }}
Biography
After graduating in medicine (MBBS) in 1953 and completing his master's degree (MD) in 1957 from Punjab University, Guleria secured a DM in cardiology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS) in 1962 to join AIIMS as its faculty to start his career.{{cite web | url=http://www.sitarambhartia.org/dr-profile.php?id=21 | title=Dr. J.S. Guleria | publisher=Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132516/http://www.sitarambhartia.org/dr-profile.php?id=21 | url-status=dead }} He was on duty at AIIMS when former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was brought to AIIMS after being shot at by militants in October 1984,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOmK1lPWq80C&q=Dr+J.S.+Guleria&pg=PA52 | title=Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi | publisher=Penguin Books India | author=Pranay Gupte | year=2012 | pages=660 | isbn=9780143068266}} and attended to the former Prime Minister before she was declared dead.{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indira-gandhi-had-died-by-the-time-she-reached-aiims/1/310821.html | title=The hospital scene | publisher=India Today | date=30 November 1984 | access-date=13 November 2015}} He headed the AIIMS Ethics Committee which investigated the irregularities at AIIMS, including the charges leveled against the then Director of the institution, Panangipalli Venugopal.{{cite web | url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main36.asp?filename=Ne011207Aiim.asp | title=AIIMS: Prisoner Of Agendas | publisher=Tehelka | date=1 December 2007 | access-date=13 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020917/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main36.asp?filename=Ne011207Aiim.asp | archive-date=17 November 2015 | url-status=dead }} He was one of the two doctors, the other being K. K. Malhotra, delegated to examine Jayaprakash Narayan during his incarceration in the Emergency period.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnhsBQAAQBAJ&q=Dr+J.S.+Guleria&pg=PT239 | title=JP in Jail: An Uncensored Account | publisher=Roli Books | author=M. G. Devasahayam | year=2006 | pages=315 | isbn=9789351940500}}
Guleria, an elected fellow{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}} and Emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, has delivered many orations including the S. K. Malik Memorial Oration of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in 1998. He was associated with the Health For All (HFA) initiative of the World Health Organization and presented the lead paper at the fourteenth session of the South East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research at Colombo in 1998.{{cite web | url=https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/bitstream/10665/126833/1/sea_achr_14_agend_item14.Pdf | title=Clinical Research – To Strengthen and Realign Towards HFA-2000 | publisher=World Health Organization | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015 | archive-date=17 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063227/https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/bitstream/10665/126833/1/sea_achr_14_agend_item14.Pdf | url-status=dead }} He is a Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) (1962), Indian Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) (1971), and the Indian College of Chest Physicians (FICCP) (1981) and one of the founder fellows of Indian College of Physicians.{{cite web | url=http://www.icp-api.org/founder_fellows.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831081138/http://www.icp-api.org/founder_fellows.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=31 August 2014 | title=Founder Fellows of Indian College of Physicians | publisher=Indian College of Physicians | date=2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}} The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi honoured him with Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/keep-the-student-in-you-alive-says-pm-modi-at-aiims-convocation-1765779.html | title=Keep the student in you alive, says PM Modi at AIIMS convocation | publisher=First Post | date=20 October 2014 | access-date=13 November 2015}} Guleria's sons, Randeep Guleria, a pulmonologist with AIIMS, is also a winner of Padma Shri, and Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon, is also a winner of Padma Shri.{{cite web | url=https://www.sehat.com/dr-randeep-guleria-pulmonologist-delhi | title=Sehat | publisher=Sehat | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}}
See also
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References
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Category:University of the Punjab alumni
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Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors
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Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
Category:Fellows of the American College of Cardiology