Draft:Dr. Sanjay Tyagi

Sanjay Tyagi is an Indian Interventional Cardiologist, medical academician, avid researcher and former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India. He is credited with several lifesaving vascular interventions which have reduced the need for vascular surgery. He has been the former Dean of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and Medical Director of G B Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi. Sanjay Tyagi was honored by the President of India with the esteemed Dr. B C Roy National Award in 2007, for his contributions to medicine. He was appointed Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India in 2019.

Contents 1.	Biography 2.	Career 3.	Professional associations 4.	Awards & honours 5.	References 6.	External links

Biography Born on 31st December 1957, Sanjay Tyagi graduated in medicine (MBBS) from University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, in 1978 and obtained his Post graduate degree (MD) in General Medicine from Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, in 1983. He further underwent super-specialty training in Cardiology at G. B. Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (formerly G B Pant Hospital), Delhi. He was awarded the degree of DM in Cardiology in 1985. He was selected as a Cardiology faculty in G. B. Pant Hospital in 1986. Later, as a World Health Organization (WHO) fellow, he underwent advanced training in Interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (US), University Hospital, Alabama (US) and Thorax Center, Rotterdam (Netherlands). He became a Professor of Cardiology in 1995 and became the head of the Cardiology department at G. B. Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research in 2004 and Director in 2014. He also became the Dean of the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in 2018. He was appointed Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India in 2019. As DGHS, he has been a member of governing bodies of the Medical Council of India (MCI), National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Currently, he serves as Professor of Excellence at Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi and Head of Cardiology at G. B. Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research and holds the post to date.

Career An avid researcher, Dr Sanjay Tyagi has over 300 research publications in major indexed International & National Cardiovascular journals such as American Heart Journal, Circulation, Pediatrics, Cath Cardiovascular Interventions, and JACC and has contributed many chapters to leading textbooks on the subject of Cardiology. Sanjay Tyagi has been pioneering in developing a specialty of Vascular Interventions in India, since 1986. He was the first cardiologist in India to perform renal (Kidney) artery, aortic, peripheral and arch artery angioplasty (5- 20). During the early 90s, he introduced peripheral laser angioplasty and angioscopy in India. He has also done extensive work in coronary angioplasty, vascular, valvular interventions and endovascular bypass grafting. He possesses extensive experience in angioplasty in Takayasu’s Arteritis. He established this technique as the initial mode of reliving symptomatic stenosis causing ischemia in Takayasu’s arteritis which until then, was treated by bypass surgery. His research work on non-surgical treatment of Takayasu’s arteritis, like Coarctation of Aorta & kidney artery angioplasty in children, has been published in many prestigious international, peer-reviewed medical Journals such as Circulation 1987, American Heart Journal 1992, 1993 ( Journal of American Society of Paediatrics and other major indexed journals with high impact factor. He has more than 240 research publications to his credit. He is also credited with the conceptualization of several other innovative techniques such as Embolotherapy for non-surgical treatment of severe bleeding in different emergencies including Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) and uterine fibroids. He has also been involved in genetic research to find out the cause of high blood pressure and early development of heart attacks in Indians . He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Angiology & Indian Heart journal and has contributed to several book chapters.

Professional Associations Sanjay Tyagi is a life member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), the Cardiological Society of India and the Association of Physicians of India. He has also been a member of the executive committee of the Cardiological Society of India and the Association of Physicians of India. He was elected President of the Cardiological Society of India, Delhi Branch in 2014 and is currently the Vice President of the Cardiological Society of India, National body (2019 -2021). He is also the Secretary-General (India) at the International College of Angiology, USA. Sanjay Tyagi is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of European Society of Cardiology, and Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention. He is also a Fellow of the Cardiological Society of India, Fellow of the Association of Physicians of India, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the International College of Angiology, USA.

Awards and Honors Sanjay Tyagi has been conferred with several awards including the Delhi State Award for outstanding services by the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in 2004 and the Dr. B C Roy National Award in 2007, by the President of India. This award is considered the highest national award in the field of Medicine. He has also been awarded the Maulana Azad Medical College Golden Jubilee award by the Vice President of India, the Exemplary Contribution Award by IMA in 2008, the Best challenging case award by Cardiovascular Research Foundation (USA) 2011, Dr S Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teacher Award 2014, G B Pant Distinguished Faculty Golden Jubilee Award 2015, Legends in Cardiology Award by Times of India 2017, Pioneers in Interventional Cardiology award by Cardiological Society of India 2018, Safdarjung Hospital, VMMC, Platinum Jubilee Distinguished Alumnus Award by Union Health Minister 2018. He has delivered several oration award lectures such as ‘Sphere-oration’ by the Cardiological Society of India, 'Searle Oration' by the Association of Physicians of India, 'KL Wig Oration' by the Association of Physicians of India (Delhi), ‘Prof K L Wig’ Oration by Cardiological Society of India.