Dr Deepak Ugra, M.D. (Pediatrics), is the current President of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) for the year 2010. In the past he has been Honorary Secretary General, IAP 2006-2007, as well as the Program Director, Pediatrics, 16th Asia Pacific Congress of Diseases of Chest, held in Mumbai in 2001. During his long tenure as IAP office bearer, he has worked closely with Ministry of Health, Government of India, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, NACO, etc.
Dr Ugra has been a Consultant Pediatrician at Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre since 2002; he has also been a faculty member of the national team for PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Course since 1996. Due to his extensive expertise, he has been invited as Guest Speaker at over 200 International, National, State and District Conferences.
Recognised as one of the leading authorities on pediatric issues,Dr Ugra has featured very often as an expert on various Child Health Issues on channels such as CNBC 18, Channel 7, Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, NDTV News etc. He has also con tributed articles on common Child Health Issues for News Papers viz. Bombay Times, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Loksatta etc.
He was the Senior Editor, IAP Text Book of Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, 2006 and 4th Edition, 2009, and has had over 50 Review and Research articles published in various prestigious journals. Dr Ugra has received multiple awards during his distinguished career including Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award - Gold Medal for the best research paper in child health at 33rd National Conference of IAP, Mangalore, 1996.
With IHO: Dr. Ugra has always ensured that IHO focuses on enrolling only the finest doctors of the country on its panel.IHO is being led by Dr. Ugra on laying down & implementation of the 'Principles of Doctor Empanellisation'.
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