Dr. Rajeev Gupta
Department
Designation
Chairman - Preventive Cardiology, General Medicine, Research & Academics & Chairman - Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine
About Doctor
Dr. Rajeev Gupta is a Researcher, Preventive Cardiologist, Rehabilitation Specialist and Consultant Physician and has an experience of 42 years in these fields. He is pioneer in Coronary Heart Disease & Hypertension Epidemiology in India.
Established the first Cardio-vascular Epidemiology Research Laboratory in non-governmental sector in the country.
Education & Experience
- MBBS, Sardar Patel College, Bikaner.
- Distinctions/ Honours in Physiology, Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Medicine & Community Medicine.
- MD (Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
- PhD (Social & Preventive Medicine-Cardiovascular epidemiology), SMS Medical College, Jaipur
Work Experience
- Chairman, Academic & Research Development Unit, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
- Guest faculty – Medicine, at RUHS, College of Medical Sciences.
- Senior Consultant & Head of Medicine, Director- Research & Academics, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India
- Professor of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur
- Head of Medicine & Cardiology, Monilek Hospital & Research Centre, Jaipur
- Worked at Cornell University, New York & Hammersmith Hospital, London
Special Interests
- Pioneer in Coronary Heart Disease & Hypertension Epidemiology in India.
- Established the first Cardio-vascular Epidemiology Research Laboratory in non-governmental sector in the country.
Awards & Honours
- Cardiology Society of India. Dr. D.P. Basu Award at 46th Annual Conference of CSI. Educational status & CHD epidemiology in rural populations in Rajasthan.
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. ICMR- Chaturvedi Memorial Award (1995) for significant research in Cardio-vascular epidemiology.
- Cardiological Society of India- Dr. VV Shah (NSPHERE) Oration & Gold Medal at 52nd annual Conference, Chennai on "Coronary Heart Disease epidemiology in India : Lessons learnt & future directions".
- Hypertension society of India. Dr. S.N. Shah oration at 25th National Conference of Hypertension Society of India.
- Invited lectures at World Congress of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology (2015), and Eurpean Society of Cardiology.
Publications
More than 900 publications including 600 Original Articles and 100 Book Chapters