User talk:Nihal thomaschittoor

Nihal Thomas MD DNB FRACP FRCP (Edin,Glas,Lond) FACP PhD (Copen)is Professor in Endocrinology at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, former Vice Principal for Research, former Deputy medical superintendent and currently Associate Director at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. He has more than 220 indexed publications including several areas of endocrinology and diabetes and two books, one in its 8th Edition; He had initiated a World Diabetes Foundation project to train 130 hospitals in rural India, subsequently from Project HOPE, resulting in a sustainable training programme for doctors and educators in diabetes, inclusive of a distance education programme,extended to train health personnel across Asia and Africa. He initiated the first endocrine next generation sequencing genetic laboratory in India.His department conducts hyperinsulinemic euglycaemic clamp studies, indirect caloriemetry and NMR Spectroscopy. He has received grants up to 500 million rupees (US$7.1 million), recipient of the Yedanapalli research award for the year 2009. Has given several orations and talks, including the ADA, the MS Ahuja and the PN Shah Orations. His team and the department were awarded the prestigious: British Medical Journal South Asia Diabetology Team of the Year for 2015. His leadership was also instrumental in his team at the department of Endocrinology at CMC, Vellore being awarded in 2017 The Excellence in Patient care awards for the Royal College of Physicians- for outstanding work in advancing medical education and training, and the World India Diabetes Foundation Award for the year-2018. He Associate Director for Chittoor at CMC, Vellore involved in the active development of the campus, an initiative to develop a 650 acre zone in the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh.