Raj Kumar (professor)

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Raj Kumar (born 15 December 1959) is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Director & CEO of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. He was a founding Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh and Former Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences.[1][2][3]

Raj Kumar
Ph.D., B.Sc., D.Sc., M.B.B.S., M.S., M.R.C.S., F.R.C.S., FASET, F.A.M.S., F.N.S.
Raj Kumar in April 2018
Born (1959-12-15) 15 December 1959 (age 64)
OccupationsSanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Head, Department of Neurosurgery (1993-2015)
  • Chief of Trauma Centre (2015-2018)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh (2012-2015) Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (2018-2021)

Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi]] (2024-Till date)
Board member ofAll India Institute of Medical Sciences
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
Academic work
DisciplineNeuroscience, neurosurgery
Sub-disciplinePediatric neurosurgery

Education and career

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Education

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He did his B.Sc. from Kanpur University in 1980. After that he joined Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur and completed his M.B.B.S. and M.S. (Master of Surgery) in 1985 and 1990 respectively. He attended All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi and completed his M.Ch. in 1993.[4] Later he did his Ph.D. in Neuro Ayurveda from University of Lucknow in 2013 and was awarded D.Sc. (Honorary) from Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in 2018. He became a fellow and member of Royal College of Surgeons USA in 2008, fellow of Academy of Sci. Engine. & Techno. in 2010, fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences in 2013 and fellow of Neurological Society of India in 2015.[5]

Career

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After completing his education he joined Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences of Lucknow as a faculty and later became Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences. In 2012, he joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh as founding Director.[6][7][3] In 2015 he left All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh and again joined Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.[8][9][10]

He also served as Chief of Trauma Centre at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.[11] In June 2018, he joined Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences of Saifai as vice-chancellor.[12][13][14] He was removed from his vice-chancellor post in May 2021 because of his failure in COVID-19 management.

Books authored

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Raj has authored many books widely used as textbooks in many colleges across India.[citation needed]

  1. Text book of Neurosurgery by B Ramamurthy & PN Tandon (5 chapters)
  2. A Text Book of Traumatic Brain Injury by AK Mahapatra, Raj Kumar and R Kamal (co-author)

References

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  1. ^ Thakur, Savita Thakur (5 July 2016). "Sanjeev Misra given additional charge of AIIMS Rishikesh". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ "पीजीआई के सीएमएस बने ट्रॉमा-2 के कार्यवाहक इंचार्ज". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b Sharda, Shailvee (15 July 2013). "Trauma care needs urgent attention". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "CV" (PDF). aiimsrishikesh.edu.in.
  5. ^ "Vice Chancellor". Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences.
  6. ^ Jamal Ayub (30 August 2012). "Government appoints directors of AIIMS-like institutes". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  7. ^ "देश का श्रेष्ठ संस्थान बनेगा एम्स ऋषिकेश -". Jagran (in Hindi). 24 July 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  8. ^ The Pioneer (4 July 2016). "Rishikesh AIIMS director resigns". Dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. ^ Kala, Gaurav (2 July 2018). "एम्‍स के निदेशक डॉक्‍टर राजकुमार ने दिया इस्‍तीफा -". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  10. ^ Negi, Sunil (4 July 2016). "ऋषिकेश एम्स निदेशक के इस्तीफे ने उठाए सिस्टम पर सवाल -". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  11. ^ "CV" (PDF). sgpgi.edu.in.
  12. ^ "What we hoped & got from Prof. Raj Kumar (former director AIIMS Rishikesh) as VC of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS), Saifai". State Highway 83 (Blog). 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  13. ^ "यूपीयूएमएस के नए कुलपति ने कार्यभार संभाला -". Jagran (in Hindi). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  14. ^ "इटावा सैंफई एसपीजीआई के प्रोफेसर डॉक्टर राजकुमार होंगे सैफई विश्वविद्यालय के नये कुलपति - Akhand Bharat News" (in Hindi). 27 May 2018.
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