Dr.
Ambrish Mithal has done MBBS and MD from G.S.V.M. Medical
College, Kanpur University and is the first D.M. in Endocrinology
from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (1987).
Presently working as Senior Consultant, Endocrinology and
Diabetes, Outpatient and Inpatient service, Indraprastha Apollo
Hospital, New Delhi he has also worked as Consultant (Endocrinoloogy)
and was Member of the faculty, (Assistant Associate and subsequently
Additional Professor) at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute
of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (1988-98). He was involved in
establishing the department, clinical service and the D.M.
(fellowship) training program during this period. Dr. Mithal
has done pioneering work in the area of bone mineral research
and established and developed India’s first Bone Health
Program, made possible by the installation of India’s
first DXA system in 1997 at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute,
Lucknow.
Dr. Ambrish Mithal has a
brilliant academic record winning several gold medals. He
has also won several awards including : Japanese Society for
Bone and Mineral Research, 2002. Award for outstanding
paper, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Adult
Bone and Mineral Working Group, 2004.Boy Frame Award and more
recently Delhi Medical Association’s “Doctor of
the Year 2005”. He received fellowship in the
Endocrine Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston for studies relating
to calcium receptor expression and its correlation with calcium
responsiveness in cultured parathyroid cells: cloning of the
receptor from the rabbit kidney: identification of receptor
transcrips in the calcitonin producing cells: expression of
Gs alpha subunits mRNA in the bovine parathyroid and other.
He has also been awarded a Japan International Cooperation
Agency fellowship to visit several universities in Japan and
received special training in bone mass estimation techniques
as well as bone histomorphometry at the Kawasaki Medical School,
Yokohama medical School and Nagoya University Medical School.
Dr. Mithal is a visiting faculty with Endocrine Hypertension
Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, and Bone Mineral Division, Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit.
Dr. Mithal is associated
with a number of professional bodies and has been their office
bearer. He is President, Indian Society for Bone and Mineral
Research , Member, W.H.O. Global Task Force on Osteoporosis
, Member, Bone and Joint Decade Executive (WHO-NAN, India):
and Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Osteoporosis
Foundation (ISBMR). He is associated with numerous other professional
bodies.
He initiated and launched
ISBMR Program on Physician Awareness 2005 –
2007. This is a unique initiative and several Asian
countries are adopting the model for which his advice has
been sought (IOF Worldwide Congress – Bank, September
27-30, 2005).
Dr. Mithal’s
major area of research interest is bone and mineral metabolism.
Some of his more significant contributions, of direct relevance
to the Indian Scene, are : Study of bone metabolism in skeletal
fluoride toxicity, Osteoporosis: defining BMD standards in
the Indian population, Primary hyperparathyroidism in Indian,
and Vitamin D deficiency in Indians. He has published more
than 40 papers in reputed journals, reviewed books and written
chapters in several publications.
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