Randeep Guleria
{{short description|Indian pulmonologist (born 1959)}}
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| name = Randeep Guleria
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|04|05}}
| birth_place = Himachal Pradesh, India
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| alma_mater = PGIMER {{small|(D.M. Pulmonary Medicine, M.D. General Medicine)}}
Indira Gandhi Medical College {{small|(M.B.B.S.)}}
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| profession = Doctor
| office1 = Director at AIIMS, Delhi
| term_start1 = 28 March 2017
| term_end1 = 24 March 2022
| successor1 = Dr. M Srinivas{{cite news |title=AIIMS gets a new director as Randeep Guleria's tenure ends |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/aiims-gets-a-new-director-as-randeep-gulerias-tenure-ends-348051-2022-09-23 |work=Business Today |date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}
| awards = Padma Shri
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
}}
Randeep Guleria is an Indian pulmonologist and the current President of AIIMS Bilaspur. He also served as the director of AIIMS New Delhi,{{cite web | url=http://aiimspulmocrit2015.com/contact-us/ | title=AIIMS Pulmocrit | publisher=AIIMS Pulmocrit | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/randeep-guleria-appointed-as-new-aiims-director/story-VQOjz2SLOIeOSoG7vielUM.html|title=Randeep Guleria appointed as new AIIMS director| date=24 March 2017 |access-date=1 April 2017}} credited with the establishment of India's first centre for pulmonary medicines and sleep disorders at AIIMS.{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-s-first-centre-for-pulmonary-medicine-sleep-disorders-soon/806436/ | title=India's first centre for pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders soon | date=21 June 2011 | first=Pritha | last=Chatterjee | newspaper=The Indian Express | access-date=9 July 2018 }} He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}
Guleria is co-author of a book Till We Win: India's Fight Against The COVID-19 Pandemic. Randeep Guleria is son of Padma Shri Jagdev Singh Guleria, a cardiologist, and is elder brother to Padma Shri Sandeep Guleria, a surgeon.
Biography
An alumnus of the class of 1975 of St. Columba's School, Delhi,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTPk3sASBdA|title=BEQUEST- St. Columba's School|last=Aradhya Sharma|date=10 May 2017|via=YouTube}} Dr Guleria started his medical studies at IGMC, Shimla, affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University from where he received undergraduate degree in Medicine,{{Cite web|title=IGMC-Shimla|url=http://www.igmcshimla.edu.in/alumni.jsp|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.igmcshimla.edu.in}} afterwards he attended the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, from where he secured his MD in general medicine and DM in pulmonary medicine.{{cite web | url=https://www.sehat.com/dr-randeep-guleria-pulmonologist-delhi | title=Sehat | publisher=Sehat | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.dsin.co.in/symposium_speakers_randeep_guleria.php | title=Daiichi Sankyo India | publisher=Daiichi Sankyo India | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}} He joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and rose in ranks to become a professor and the head of the department of Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders. He is associated with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a member of its Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE){{cite web | url=https://www.who.int/immunization/policy/committees/en/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514065016/http://www.who.int/immunization/policy/committees/en/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 May 2014 | title=SAGE | publisher=SAGE | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}} on immunization and influenza vaccination. He also serves as a consultant to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna on issues related to radiation protection.
Guleria was the personal physician to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India since 1998. He is credited with efforts in establishing a centre for respiratory diseases and sleep medicine at AIIMS, which is reported to be a first in India. He is a recipient of Raj Nanda Pulmonary Disease Fellowship from Raj Nanda Trust and the Royal College of Physicians, UK and is an elected fellow (2011) of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS).{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/fellow2011.pdf | title=NAMS | publisher=NAMS | date=2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}} He sits on the editorial boards of a number of medical journals such as the Indian Journal of Chest Diseases, Lung India, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association and Chest India.
Randeep Guleria was included by the Government of India in the 2015 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of Padma Shri.
He has been awarded the prestigious Dr. B C Roy National Awards for the year 2014, under eminent medical person category by the Medical Council of India.{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/prez-honours-aiims-chief-randeep-guleria-with-dr-b-c-roy-award/1/915036.html|title=Prez honours AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria with Dr. B C Roy award|date=28 March 2017 |access-date=1 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/covid-cases-havent-yet-peaked-or-even-plateaued-aiims-director-125556 |title=Covid cases haven't yet peaked or even plateaued: AIIMS director : The Tribune India |website=www.tribuneindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812150032/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/covid-cases-havent-yet-peaked-or-even-plateaued-aiims-director-125556 |archive-date=2020-08-12}} {{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/safety-of-russia-s-covid-vaccine-needs-to-be-assured-says-aims-director-randeep-guleria-1710155-2020-08-11 | title=Safety of Russia's Covid vaccine needs to be assured, says AIIMS director Randeep Guleria | date=11 August 2020 }}{{Cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/dr-randeep-gulleria-coronavirus-covid-19-india-cases-6502680/ | title=An Expert Explains: New insights on Covid-19, key learnings from managing it | date=15 July 2020 }}
See also
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- S. Amin Tabish
- M. Srinivas (medical professional)
- Pulmonology
- Sleep disorder
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- International Atomic Energy Agency
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/I-AM-Dr-Randeep-Guleria/articleshow/4898800.cms | title=I Am | author=Randeep Guleria (as told to Soumi Dey) | journal=Times of India |date=July 2010 }}
- {{cite journal | url=http://www.fanc.fgov.be/GED/00000000/2100/2120.pdf | title=Radiation Exposure in Medicine - Do Doctors Know Enough? | author=Randeep Guleria | journal=AIIMS Circular}}
External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=1607 | title=A clinical trial of herbal compound MA-305 in patients with mild to moderate hypertension: A Pilot Study | publisher=Clinical Trials Registry of India | date=15 September 2010 | access-date=21 February 2015}}
- {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_STBZ8BPzJA | title=Dr Randeep Guleria Arrives Bangalore for Ambareesh's Health Check | publisher=TV9 Kannada | work=YouTube video | date=20 March 2014 | access-date=21 February 2015}}
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