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Prof. A. Venugopal, FAMS MS, FACS, FICS, FTNASC, DSC (Hon) Prof. A. Venugopal is a Surgeon par excellence, medical teacher of repute, a fine orator, a compassionate examiner and a medical writer. A gentleman to the core he has brought great credit to the profession both in India and abroad. He graduated in Medicine in 1940 and completed his PG Course in General Surgery in 1945 from Madras Medical College. He joined as Hony. Civil Surgeon in 1952 at Madras Medical College and General Hospital. He became Professor of Clinical Surgery at MMC in 1955 and in 1965 he became Professor and Head of the Dept. of Urology. In 1975, he was appointed as the first Hony. Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of Madras. He had strived hard to establish the first ever Urology Department in this country which has served as a model for teaching and training in Urology. He had set a good standard for Medical Education both as a Chairman of Board of Studies of several Universities in India. His text books on “Pre-operative and post-operative care of surgical patients” and his contributions to Lal and Menon’s Textbook of Surgery, A.L.Mudaliar & M.K.K. Menon’s “Obstetrics and Gynecology”, K.N.Rao’s text book on “Tuberculosis” are marked for their clarity of exposition. He served on the Academic Council and Syndicates of the Universities of Madras, Bharathiar and other such bodies. After his retirement the Government has been utilizing his services on various occasions. As the Chairman of the Committee to draft proposals for University of Health Sciences, Dr. Venugopal did yeoman service and his committee’s proposals were accepted in toto by the Late Chief Minister Dr. M.G.Ramachandran and this resulted in the establishment of the Dr. MGR Medical University. Dr. A Venugopal has also evinced a keen interest in the growth of medical profession and has been closely connected with various professional bodies, having held important positions in the Association of Surgeons in India as a Secretary for a record period of 25 years and subsequently as its President in 1979, the Medical Council of India and Urological Society of India. Recognizing his meritorious services to the cause of Medical education, the Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R.Medical University has conferred on him the Degree of Doctor of Science (h.c.) in 1993. He was also conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 2006. Area of specialization: Surgery Address: Director, Kensington Hospital and Chairman, Dr. Arcot Lakshmanaswamy Health Care Trust, No. 856, Poonamallee High Road, Chennai, Tel: (044) 26413086, 26401614 44
Prof. S.N. Wadhwa, FAMS MS, MCh (Urology) Prof. S.N. Wadhwa is presently Chairman, Department of Urology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. After passing MS (Gen. Surgery) in 1964 from AIIMS he worked as Surgical Registrar in G.B. Pant and Irwin Hospitals, New Delhi. He then served Army Medical Corps as Surgical Specialist in the rank of Captain for over four years after which he returned to AIIMS to pursue MCh (Urology). He joined the AIIMS Faculty as Assistant Professor in March 1972, became Associate Professor in 1980 and took over as Professor and Head in June 1988 and served till his superannuation. He has been an examiner in MCh and DNB urology all over the country. He has been a visiting Professor to Universities in Afghanistan, USA, Budapest, North Korea and Nepal, besides his visits to centers in Germany and as Commonwealth Medical Fellow at The London Hospital, London, U.K.. He has to his credit over 200 publications in International and National journals and twenty chapters in books. He had opportunities of close interactions with ICMR, NAMS, CSIR, National Institute of Immunology, DGHS, Drug Controller of India, UPSC, Deptt. of Electronics, IIT'S, among many others. He has been a WHO Consultant in Pyong-yang, North Korea in 1991 for development of Endo-Urology & ESWL. He is member of many professional societies and held various elected positions. Among these, he has been President of Urological Society of India, Urolithiasis Society of India, Indian Endoscopic Society, North Zone Chapter of USI, Delhi Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India. He has been Senior Vice President of IMA - South Delhi Branch. He is also a life member of Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Society of Oncology, Indian Society of Andrology, Indian Society of Geriatrics, Indian Society of Lasers, IMA and DMA, Age Care - India, World Academy of Spiritual Sciences (WASS) among others. He is an active member of Endo-Urology, ESWL-International, Societe' Internationale d' Urologie (SIU), Asian Association of Urology. He has delivered a number of prestigious orations: Shurvir lecture of RNT Medical College Udaipur, Prof. S.C. Mishra oration of KGMC Lucknow, PN Kataria oration of USI-NZ Chapter, Dr. T.J. Aggarwal oration of ASI, Delhi Chapter, Marudhara oration, Dr. Himadri Sarkar memorial oration of Urological Society of India. He has keenly pursued research in Genito Urinary Tuberculosis, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Stone disease, including an ICMR trial on Indigenous drugs, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Cancers of Prostate, Bladder and Kidneys, Urethral Stricture disease, Erectile Dysfunction, Molecular Biology of BPH and Carcinoma Prostate. He has been keenly involved in educating the public at large in health matters concerning Genito-Urinary diseases. He has delivered AIIMS public lecture on Urinary Stone disease, and over 30 talks on various topics on AIR and Doordarshan. Area of specialization: Urology Address: C-I/1 Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, Tel: (011) 26588687, 26594501, snwadhwa@hotmail.com 45
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