DR (COL) SUDHIR TRIPATHI

Personal Particulars

Name : Dr (Col) Sudhir Tripathi

MBBS, MD (Med), DM (Endo) AIIMS
Designation : Consultant Endocrinologist
Date of birth : 22 Dec 1957
Age : 47 years

For Communication*
Institution : Dept. of Endocrinology
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi, 110060, India
Residence : B 4/71, Azad Apartments,
Sri Aurobindo Marg
Hauz Khas New Delhi -110016
Telephone : +91-11-26512622 (Residence)
9811126165 (Mobile)
E-mail : sudhirtrip@hotmail.com
* All postal communications at
residential address please

My Strengths

• 25 years dedicated service in the Army Medical Corps

• 1 year as Consultant Endocrinology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, N Delhi
• 26 years experience as a clinician
• 17 years experience as a physician (post MD)
• 11 years experience as an Endocrinologist (post DM)
• DM Endocrinology from AIIMS Delhi
• Experience gained at the most renowned institutions of the Armed Forces
Academic Qualification

• Higher Secondary, 1973, First class with distinction in Biology

• MBBS, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 1978, First class
• MD (General Medicine), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 1987
• DM (Endocrinology) AIIMS, New Delhi, 1994

Professional & teaching experience : Prestigious appointments

1. Mar 2004 to date: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi

I was appointed Consultant Endocrinology in this prestigious 650 bed multispeciality tertiary
referral institution, after I took premature retirement from the Army Medical Corps.

2. 2001- March 2004: Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi

I joined this premier, apex, multispeciality tertiary care 850 bed hospital of the Indian Army in
June 2001. The Endocrine department of this hospital comprises a 20 bed indoor endocrine
facility and it runs one of the busiest referral endocrine outpatient service, managing the whole
spectrum of endocrine disorders possible. The department is equipped with a state-of-the-art
Radioimmunoassay laboratory, Hologic DEXA bone density laboratory and a Color Doppler
laboratory for peripheral vascular disease related to diabetes.

3. 1998 to 2001: Indian Naval Hospital ‘Asvini’, Mumbai

The premier hospital of the Indian Navy, located at Colaba, Mumbai, is a multispeciality 750
bed tertiary care hospital. As head of the department of Endocrinology I oversaw the indoor,
outdoor and endocrine laboratory service. It provided me an exposure to the practice of clinical
& laboratory endocrinology in the teeming metropolis of Mumbai.

4. 1994 to 1997: Command Hospital Calcutta

This large multispeciality 700 bed hospital, catering to the medical needs of the entire Eastern
Army was the foundation for my clinical career in Endocrinology.

5. 1992 to 1994: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

The Endocrinology department of this prestigious institute runs the busiest endocrine service
in the country. I had the opportunity to do my postdoctoral DM Endocrinology from here, with
guidance from a distinguished faculty. It provided me the greatest exposure possible in the
field of Endocrinology practice in India. I conducted two research projects in this period,
publishing the results of one in an International journal and presenting the data of the second
project in the International Diabetes Federation meeting in Kobe, Japan.

6. 1990 to 1992: Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, N Delhi

The thyroid clinic at the Institute caters to the management of thyroid disorders under one roof.
The thyroid clinic consisted of an outpatient, dedicated radioimmunoassay laboratory,
pathology service and nuclear medicine department. I had the privilege of working exclusively
in the Thyroid clinic for a year and a half, gaining tremendous clinical experience in the field of
thyroidology, a vital component of clinical endocrine practice.

MD Teacher & guide

Have accumulated medical teaching experience of 17 years at undergraduate and

postgraduate level, since 1986, at Armed Forces Medical College Pune, Command Hospital
Lucknow, Base Hospital Delhi, AIIMS Delhi, Command Hospital Calcutta, Naval Hospital
Mumbai and Army Hospital Research & Referral Delhi, all Medical Council of India recognized
postgraduate teaching institutions. In addition have been appointed:

1. Post graduate teacher for MD Medicine of the University of Mumbai wef 23 Sept 1999.

2. Post graduate teacher for MD Medicine of the Maharashtra University of Health

Sciences Nashik wef 01 Jan 2001 to 31 Dec 2001.

2. Post graduate teacher for MD Medicine, Delhi University.

3. Teaching designation of ‘Associate Professor’ on the basis of accumulated teaching

experience.

3. National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, DNB Endocrinology Examiner, Sept

2003.

Outstanding Performances & Awards: Professional honours & awards

1. ‘Newer Insulin formulations & Insulin delivery devices’ Best paper prize, CME 1995,
Command Hospital Calcutta.

2. ‘Body fat distribution in offspring of Type 2 diabetic parents’Second Best paper, RSSDI,
Sept 1995, Goa.

3. Nominated group coordinator of National Diabetes Care Resource group, 1996, Hyderabad.

4. Nominated on the Advisory Committee for Diabetes Research of the RSSDI, 1996, Mysore.

5. ‘A study of the metabolic profile of non obese and obese type 2 diabetes’: Best paper
prize, Bombay Medical Congress, April 2000, Mumbai.

6. ‘Adult Nesidioblastosis: case report’, Poster presentationawarded first prize at National

Conference of Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists, 19-21 Dec 2003,
Bhubneswar.

Military Honours & Awards

‘Acquired vast and wide ranging administrative, man management and leadership skills
during 25 years of unblemished military service.’

1. Medical Officer’s Junior Command Course: 1985 - Awarded ‘Alpha’ (the top) grading and
adjudged the Second Best All Round Officer.

2. Medical Officer’s Senior Command Course: 1998: AdjudgedSecond Best All Round
Officer.
"For displaying utmost dedication, commitment and professional competence of a very
high order" awarded

1. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Army Commendation

on the occasion of Republic Day 1999.

2. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval

Command Commendation on the occasion of Navy Day, 04 Dec 1999.

Membership of professional bodies

1. Association of physicians of India (API)

2. Endocrine Society of India (ESI)

3. Research Society for the Study of diabetes in India (RSSDI)

4. American Diabetes Association – annual member

5. American Endocrine Society

Services

Diabetes Mellitus: ‘Niche Areas’

With the diabetes epidemic sweeping across the world it is imperative for health care
professionals to focus on diabetes management to tap the potential of growth in the hospital
clientele. With advances in technology and the introduction of continuous glucose monitoring
devices and insulin pumps for insulin delivery, setting up diabetes care centers would prove to
be good economics for the hospital.

Establishing a dedicated Diabetes Research Center/clinic, could provide:

o Comprehensive advanced diabetes care.

o Demand management in diabetes care.
o Network diabetes care.
o Outcomes research in diabetes care.
o Establish ‘Benchmarks’ for diabetes care in the country.
o Assist development of ‘National Policy on Diabetes Care’.
o Preventive diabetology based on lifestyle changes.

Osteoporosis and Bone Health

With the advent of Bone mineral density testing using state of the art DEXA scanning the
problem of Osteoporosis has caught the attention of the medical world. In combination with
vitamin D deficiency it is a burgeoning public health problem of immense proportions.
Establishing an Osteoporosis Research Center/Osteoporosis Clinic to manage
osteoporosis, both medically and surgically ("minimally invasive" surgery for the management
of acute fractures), would prove to be a futuristic innovation.

Women’s Health Issues

With increased longevity, a greater number of women are living past the menopause. Infact a
third of a woman’s life is postmenopausal. The controversies and the heat and dust generated
by the publication of the study results of the Women’s Health Initiative & the Million Women
study regarding hormone replacement therapy are cause for concern. In this context
establishing Women’s Health Clinics – for post menopausal health management would seem
prudent.

Thyroid disorders

Establishing Thyroid Care Clinics for managing thyroid disorders based on evidence based
structured format would go a long way in stream lining thyroid care.

General Endocrine Clinic

. A general Endocrinology clinic to cater to endocrine disorders such as neuroendocrine,

adrenal, pancreatic disorders, hyper-androgenism, endocrine tumors, male and female
reproductive endocrinology and other miscellaneous disorders would help focus on hard core
general endocrinology.

Newer Frontiers in Endocrinology: Cardiovascular Endocrinology

An important new area of Endocrinology is Cardiovascular Endocrinology. The Endocrinologist

is uniquely skilled at diagnosing and treating these cardiovascular endocrine disorders. The
focus of a Cardiovascular endocrinology clinic could include

o Endocrine causes of Hypertension

o Metabolic syndrome comprising abdominal obesity, insulin resistance,
hypertension, dyslipidemia & glucose intolerance
o Obesity – A pandemic
 Endocrinologists making great strides in management of Obesity
o Dyslipidemia – Endocrinologist plays a specific role in complex cases
o Thyroid disorders and cardiovascular disease
 Hypothyroid & hyperthyroid patients have deleterious effects on the
cardiovascular system
o Cushing’s disease – especially the subclinical subtle forms

o Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

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