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词条 Atul Kumar (ophthalmologist)
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Achievements and positions

  3. Awards and recognitions

  4. Publications

      Selected books/chapters  

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Atul Kumar
| honorific_suffix = MD
| image = Atul Kumar MD cropped.jpg
| nationality = Indian
| education = MBBS, MD, FAMS, FRCS (Ed.)
| occupation = Vitreoretinal surgeon
| organization = All India Institute of Medical Sciences
| notable_works = Research on the diseases of the retina and vitreous, retinal detachment surgery, macular hole surgery
| title = Chief at RPC-AIIMS
| predecessor = Yog Raj Sharma
| honours = Padma Shri, Dr. B. C. Roy Award

}}Atul Kumar is an Indian ophthalmologist who is currently the Chief & Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences (RPC-AIIMS), the national apex ophthalmic centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. He was awarded the Padma Shri award in January 2007 for his services to the medical field. He specializes in vitreoretinal surgery and also heads the Vitreo-Retinal, Uvea and ROP services at RPC-AIIMS.

Early life and education

Born in September 1956, Kumar had a non-medical background.[1] After finishing his schooling from Modern School, Barakhamba[2] in Delhi, he graduated from the Maulana Azad Medical College.[3] Later, he pursued his higher studies in Ophthalmology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi (AIIMS). He achieved the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD). He further completed his senior residency in vitreo-retina and uvea unit from the same institute and afterwards joined as Faculty at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS itself.[4][5] In 1991, he went on to pursue fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery from University of Maryland, Baltimore County.[4]

Achievements and positions

Kumar is a specialist in diseases of the retina, vitreous and uvea and their management. His academic disciplines include Vitreoretinal surgery, Ophthalmic Lasers, Uveal diseases, Macular Hole surgery, anti-VEGF injections, Age Related Macular Degeneration, Retinal Detachment surgery, Myopic Traction Maculopathy, Pathological Myopia and Macular Hole Retinal Detachment.[6][7]

He is presently the Chief and Professor of Ophthalmology at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences,[8] preceded in this post by Prof. Yog Raj Sharma. He is also commissioned as the Honorary Advisor in Ophthalmology to the Government of India (2016)[4][9] and the Honorary Vitreo-Retinal Consultant to Armed Forces Medical Services from 2015-2018.[4][9] Under his leadership, AIIMS doctors announced India as free of the eye infection Trachoma in March 2017.[10][11] This announcement came as a part of golden jubilee celebration of the institute.[11][12][13] Kumar is steering the national efforts towards elimination of blindness by heading the WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness in SEARO.[14] Kumar has been associated with several organizations and holds positions of responsibilities with many of them.

Kumar is also a member of national and state ophthalmological societies in India and has held examiner positions in various medical examinations for graduates and postgraduates. He is presently the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee of All India Ophthalmological Society[15] and the Honorary Editor of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO)[16] on whose editorial board, he has been working previously.[9] He has been a Past Chairperson of the Scientific Committee of Vitreo-Retinal Society of India (VRSI),[17] a scientific organization of posterior-segment eye surgeons of India.

Awards and recognitions

The Padma Shri award was awarded to Kumar in 2007[18] by the 13th President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. It is the fourth highest civilian award in India, given for services in medicine. The President of India has also conferred Dr. B.C. Roy National award to him for excellence in field of medicine in the category of Eminent Medical Teacher.[19] The University Grants Commission recognized his scientific work by giving Hari Om Ashram Trust Award for role as outstanding social scientist for interaction between science and society.[20] Kumar is also a fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences, 2006.[21] The alumni body of his high school too has felicitated him with Modern School Old Student Association (MSOSA) Excellence Award.[22] Very recently, in 2017, he has been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons , Edinburgh FRCS (ad hominem) for his furtherance and excellence in vitreo-retinal surgical techniques.[23]

Publications

Kumar has over 250 publications in medical journals, chapters in over 20 books, authored various books on diseases of the retina and vitreous and their management.

Selected books/chapters

  • Ocular Tuberculosis[24]
  • Ocular Infections: Prophylaxis and Management[25]
  • Lasers in Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology Clinics for Postgraduates[26]
  • Disorders of Retina and Vitreous[27]
  • "Angiogenic Agents and Photodynamic Therapy" in Pharmacology of Ocular Therapeutics[28]
  • 'Retinal Laser Scanning and Digital Imaging' in 'Clinical Ophthalmology: Contemporary Perspectives'[29]
  • Contributions in Rashtriya Sahara (Volume 2, Issue 2), released by Sahara India Mass Communication, 1991[30]

See also

  • Vitreoretinal Surgery
  • Macular Disorders
  • Macular Hole
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Retinal Implant
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Yog Raj Sharma

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.doublehelical.com/2016/09/lighting-up-lives/|title=Lighting-up lives|last=Story|first=Cover|date=September 2016|work=Double Helical|access-date=}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://msosa.com/excellence_awards.html|title=MSOSA {{!}}Excellence Awardees|website=msosa.com|access-date=2017-09-25}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://medicaldialogues.in/new-delhi-dr-atul-kumar-conferred-with-bc-roy-award/|title=New Delhi : Dr Atul Kumar (AIIMS) Conferred with Dr BC Roy Award - Medical Dialogues|date=2016-06-02|work=Medical Dialogues|access-date=2017-09-25|language=en-US}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.aiims.edu/en/news/awards-honours/79-about-aiims/555-dr-atul-kumar.html|title=Dr. Atul Kumar|last=User|first=Super|work=AIIMS NEW|access-date=2017-09-25|language=en-gb}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/events/iapsm/facultylist.htm|title=FACULTY LIST DEPARTMENT WISE|website=www.aiims.edu|access-date=2017-09-25}}
6. ^{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Atul|last2=Kakkar|first2=Prateek|last3=Ravani|first3=Raghav Dinesh|last4=Markan|first4=Ashish|date=2017-07-14|title=Utility of microscope-integrated optical coherence tomography (MIOCT) in the treatment of myopic macular hole retinal detachment|journal=BMJ Case Reports|volume=2017|doi=10.1136/bcr-2016-217671|issn=1757-790X|pmid=28710187}}
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Atul|last2=Ravani|first2=Raghav|last3=Mehta|first3=Aditi|last4=Simakurthy|first4=Sriram|last5=Dhull|first5=Chirakshi|date=2017-07-04|title=Outcomes of microscope-integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography-guided center-sparing internal limiting membrane peeling for myopic traction maculopathy: a novel technique|journal=International Ophthalmology|doi=10.1007/s10792-017-0644-x|issn=1573-2630|pmid=28676991}}
8. ^{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Atul|date=February 2017|title=Fifty glorious years of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre|journal=Indian Journal of Ophthalmology|volume=65|issue=2|pages=83–84|doi=10.4103/ijo.IJO_170_17|issn=1998-3689|pmc=5381304|pmid=28345560}}
9. ^{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Atul|last2=Ravani|first2=Raghav|date=July 2017|title=Using intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) – Indian Scenario|journal=Indian Journal of Ophthalmology|volume=65|issue=7|pages=545–548|doi=10.4103/ijo.IJO_431_17|issn=0301-4738|pmc=5549403|pmid=28724808|via=}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/aiims-doctors-announce-india-free-004435678.html|title=AIIMS doctors announce India free from eye infection causing blindness, trachoma|access-date=2017-09-25|language=en-IN}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-trachoma-free-aiims-doctor-announce-eye-infection-blindness/1/901939.html|title=AIIMS doctors announce India free from eye infection causing blindness, trachoma|access-date=2017-09-25}}
12. ^{{Cite journal|last=Mohan|first=Madan|date=February 2017|title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre celebrates golden jubilee|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?cmd=Search&term=Dr.%20Rajendra%20Prasad%20Centre%20celebrates%20golden%20jubilee|journal=Indian Journal of Ophthalmology|volume=65|issue=2|pages=80–82|doi=10.4103/0301-4738.202856|issn=1998-3689|pmc=5381303|pmid=28345559}}
13. ^{{Cite journal|last=Natarajan|first=Sundaram|date=February 2017|title=Celebrating excellence|journal=Indian Journal of Ophthalmology|volume=65|issue=2|pages=79|doi=10.4103/ijo.IJO_177_17|issn=1998-3689|pmc=5381302|pmid=28345558}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/whocc/Detail.aspx?cc_ref=IND-142&cc_code=ind&cc_city=new%20delhi|title=WHOCC - WHO Collaborating Centres|website=apps.who.int|access-date=2017-09-25}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aios.org/article-125-presidential-committees.php|title=All India Ophthalmological Society|last=AIOS|website=www.aios.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-23}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ijo.in/editorialboard.asp|title=Indian Journal of Ophthalmology : About us|website=www.ijo.in|access-date=2017-09-24}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://vrsi.in/past-chairperson-scientific-committee/|title=Past Chairperson Scientific Committee – Vitreo Retina Society|website=vrsi.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-24}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014) (PDF).|last=MHA|first=Ministry of Home Affairs (India).|date=21 May 2014|website=www.mic.nic.in|at=pp. 117–166.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2016|dead-url=yes|access-date=|df=dmy-all}}
19. ^{{Cite news|url=http://medicaldialogues.in/25-doctors-conferred-dr-bc-roy-award-by-president-on-doctors-day/|title=25 Doctors conferred Dr BC Roy Award by the President on Doctors Day - Medical Dialogues|date=2016-07-01|work=Medical Dialogues|access-date=2017-09-23|language=en-US}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/honours-and-awards.aspx|title=University Grants commission ::Honours & Awards|website=www.ugc.ac.in|accessdate=24 September 2017}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/Fellow2006.pdf|title=List of Fellows: October 2006 (NAMS)|date=2006|publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=http://msosa.com/excellence_awards.html#|title=MSOSA {{!}}Excellence Awardees|website=msosa.com|access-date=2017-09-25}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/membership-information/diploma-ceremonies|title={{!}} The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|work=The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|access-date=2017-09-25|language=en}}
24. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=eSYmDwAAQBAJ&dq=atul+kumar+ocular+tuberculosis&source=gbs_navlinks_s|title=Ocular Tuberculosis|last=Kumar|first=Atul|last2=Chawla|first2=Rohan|last3=Sharma|first3=Namrata|date=2017-06-25|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319575209|language=en}}
25. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Ocular_Infections.html?id=Ec8nDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Ocular Infections: Prophylaxis and Management|last=Sharma|first=Namrata|last2=Aron|first2=Neelima|last3=Kumar|first3=Atul|date=2017-06-30|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=9789386322883|language=en}}
26. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Fc8nDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks|title=Ophthalmology Clinics for Postgraduates|last=Maharana|first=Prafulla Kumar|last2=Sharma|first2=Namrata|last3=Kumar|first3=Atul|date=2017-09-30|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=9789386322890|language=en}}
27. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Modern-System-Ophthalmology-MSO-Disorders/dp/8123924100|title=Modern System of Ophthalmology MSO Series : Disorders of Retina and Vitreous|last=Khurana|first=A. K. Khurana / Sunandan Sood / Atul Kumar / Subina Narang / Aruj K.|date=2014|publisher=CBS|isbn=9788123924106|edition=1st|language=English}}
28. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9BGoCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pharmacology+of+Ocular+Therapeutics&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi64t7di7vWAhXEp48KHZlTB4oQ6wEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Pharmacology%20of%20Ocular%20Therapeutics&f=false|title=Pharmacology of Ocular Therapeutics|last=Velpandian|first=Thirumurthy|date=2016-02-29|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319254982|language=en}}
29. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mHt0n5L7b64C&dq=atul+kumar+retina&source=gbs_navlinks_s|title=Clinical Ophthalmology: Contemporary Perspectives - E-Book|last=Gupta|first=A. K.|date=2012-05-14|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=8131231658|language=en}}
30. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ihtuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Rashtriya Sahara|date=1991|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|language=en}}

External links

  • [https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2526817947?relatedTo=2011146840 "Atul Kumar"] Microsoft Academic Search. 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  • https://www.news18.com/news/india/aiims-strike-enters-day-2-resident-doctors-unhappy-with-kumar-going-on-leave-1732203.html
  • https://m.timesofindia.com/videos/city/delhi/aiims-resident-doctors-go-on-indefinite-strike-after-professor-slaps-colleague/videoshow/63939550.
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/day-3-aiims-resident-doctors-continue-strike-1222186-2018-04-28
  • http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/28/senior-aiims-doctor-accused-of-slapping-colleague-submits-apology-healthcare-services-still-hit-as-1807324.html
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