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Dr. D. K. Hazra Hailing from a family of physicians, Dr. Daya Kishore Hazra has done pioneering work in the area of TSH, (the thyroid stimulating hormone). Dr. D.K. Hazra, son of Dr. J. N. Hazra, got his initial education at the S. N. Medical College, Agra. He then went as a Commonwealth Medical Fellow to London to work in Professor Roger Ekins laboratory. Prof. Elkins, working at the Middlesex hosital discoverer of the radioimmunoassays for thyroid hormones in the 1960's.  There Dr. Hazra developed the worlds first immunometric labeled antibody enhanced sensitivity assay (called IRMA) for the TSH hormone, controlling thyroid function in 1975. This sensitive antibody-based method to measure the hormone-TSH enabled diagnosis of both increased and decreased thyroid function. It was immediately accepted by the clinicians as the perfect alternative to the rather painful methods of measurement of thryroid function called the Basal Metabolic Rate and the Protein Bound Iodine in the blood. His work pioneerd the advancements in the field of thyroid function test and increased awareness of thyroid diseases amongst the public. Thyroid enlargement, its causes and the discrimination of hypo and hyper function has revolutionized the field of Thyroid disease management and cancer prevention. His assay for thyroid function test is based on a labeled-antibody which allows detection of very low levels of the hormone with high specificity This has a wide-ranging application and is of great significance in India where Thyroid disease has become far too common. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. D. K. Hazra, S. M. Hospital continues to increase public awareness about Thyroid function and goitre disease.

.  You and your Thyroid: A Brief Introduction for The Patient/ Family/ Health Care Provider. Prof. Daya Kishore Hazra, Boston Medical Centre, Soami Bagh, Agra - 282005, INDIA