Rakesh Aggarwal (gastroenterologist)

Rakesh Aggarwal
Born 1961 (age 56–57)
Haryana, India
Residence Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater
Known for Studies on Gastrointestinal and Liver diseases, Viral Hepatitis
Spouse(s) Dr. Amita Aggarwal
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Rakesh Aggarwal (born 1961) is an Indian gastroenterologist and a Professor of Gastroenterology at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. Known for his studies on Gastrointestinal diseases, Liver diseases, and Viral Hepatitis, Aggarwal is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies namely National Academy of Sciences, India, the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy, and of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2002.[1]

Biography

AIIMS Delhi

Rakesh Aggarwal was born in 1961, and spent his childhood in Chandigarh.[2] After obtaining an MBBS degree in 1983 and completing his residency (with MD Medicine degree) in 1986 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, he joined the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh for a fellowship in gastroenterology, obtaining his DM (Gastroenterology) degree in 1989.[3] Thereafter, he joined the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (SGPGI) as a faculty member in the department of gastroenterology, where he currently serves as a professor.[4] In between, he trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at their hepatitis branch during 1996-1998 doing laboratory research on Hepatitis E, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from where he obtained a degree in epidemiology in 2008.[3]

Aggarwal resides in SGPGI Campus in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.[5]

Legacy

Aggarwal's work is focused in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology with special emphasis on viral hepatitis, in particular Hepatitis E and Hepatitis B, on which he has conducted research from epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory perspectives.[3] He has also contributed to the areas of health economics and immunization.[6] His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles[7] [8][note 1] and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 77 of them.[9] Besides, He has mentored several research scholars in their doctoral studies.[10]

Aggarwal was the principal investigator of Elucidation of role of nitric oxide in propagated esophageal peristalsis in monkey(Macaca Mulata): A morphological study, a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology which ran through 1994–96.[11] Biomedical Informatics Centers of ICMR was another project managed by him, on sponsorship from the Indian Council of Medical Research.[12] He sits in the Panel of experts on Gastroenterology of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare[13] as well as the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee on Viral Hepatitis of the World Health Organization and has conducted several workshops which included the V. S.R. Naik Memorial Workshop on Computers and Informatics in Medicine held in 2008[14] and the Workshop on Scientific Writing of the Indian Council of Medical Research held in September 2010.[15] He was a member of the experts panel of SAGE Working Group on Hepatitis E from October 2013 to December 2014[16] and has also been associated with scientific journals as an editor.[3]

Awards and honors

The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2002.[1] The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as a fellow in 2007[17] and he received the elected fellowships of the Indian Academy of Sciences the same year.[2] The Indian National Academy of Sciences, the third of the major Indian science academies, elected him as a fellow in 2017.[18][19]

Selected bibliography

  • Aggarwal, Rakesh (2004-07-01). "Hepatitis E: Is it a blood-borne pathogen?". Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19 (7): 729–731. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03454.x. ISSN 1440-1746.
  • Aggarwal, Rakesh; Ranjan, Piyush (2004-11-04). "Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection". BMJ. 329 (7474): 1080–1086. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1080. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 15528620.
  • Goel, Amit; Bhadauria, Dharmendra Singh; Kaul, Anupma; Prasad, Narayan; Gupta, Amit; Sharma, Raj Kumar; Rai, Praveer; Aggarwal, Rakesh (2017-09-01). "Safety and effectiveness of response-guided therapy using pegylated interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients on maintenance dialysis". Nephrology. pp. 706–711. doi:10.1111/nep.12833. Retrieved 2017-12-09.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Please see Selected bibliography section

References

  1. 1 2 "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. 1 2 "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Rakesh Aggarwal on WHO". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Department of Gastroenterology". Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  5. ↑ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  6. ↑ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  7. ↑ "On Google Scholar". Google Scholar. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  9. ↑ "On ResearchGate". On ResearchGate. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  10. ↑ "LIST OF Ph.D. STUDENTS (Degree Awarded) (1994 to 07.08.2014)" (PDF). Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  11. ↑ "LIST OF EXTRAMURAL PROJECT" (PDF). Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  12. ↑ "ICMR-funded project titled "Biomedical Informatics Centers of ICMR"". Help BioTech. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  13. ↑ "Panel of experts on Gastroenterology" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  14. ↑ "V S.R. Naik Memorial Workshop on Computers and Informatics in Medicine" (PDF). Med India. 2008. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  15. ↑ "Workshop on Scientific Writin" (PDF). Indian Council of Medical Research. 2010. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  16. ↑ "WHO - SAGE Working Group on Hepatitis E (October 2013 to December 2014)". www.who.int. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  17. ↑ "NASI Year Book 2015" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences, India. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  18. ↑ "INSA Year Book 2016" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  19. ↑ "Awards and Recognitions" (PDF). Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-09.

Further reading

  • Inc., MULTILEARNING Group. "Comparison of performance characteristics of three IgG anti-HEV... by Prof. Rakesh Aggarwal". liverlearning.aasld.org. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  • Aggarwal, Rakesh (19 March 2012). "Does hemochromatosis exist in india". Slide Share. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  • "CReDO 2015". tmc.gov.in. November 2015. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
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