Mangaluru Dermatologist Dr Ramesh Bhat M bags Lifetime Achievement Award at DERMACON-2024

Mangaluru: Renowned Dermatologist Dr Ramesh Bhat M, professor of dermatology and head of research at Father Muller Medical College was honoured with the Prof Kandhari Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award during DERMACON-2024 held at Hyderabad from 22nd February to 24th February.  

Dr Ramesh was the first Indian to be elected as International Director of the International League of Dermatological Societies from 2019-2023.

According to a Mangalorean news report, Dr Bhat had also served as the Vice-chairman of the ILDS - Patient Organization coalition, and a member of the International Foundation of Dermatology and award committee.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Dr Ramesh was also honoured with a Medal during the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) Singapore from 2nd July to 8th July, for having served the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) from 2019-2023.  

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He was also elected as the National President-Elect of the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists (IADVL) in 2017. He was one of the four International Directors elected among 45 contestants from various parts of the world. He is the only second Dermatologist from Mangalore and the sixth in Karnataka to be elected to this post.  

Dr Bhat has done MBBS, DVD, MD, DNB, and MNAMS. Dr Ramesh Bhat previously served as President of the IADVL Karnataka branch in 2011. He also served as National Hon General Secretary of IADVL in 2010-12.     

He was the Organizing Secretary of the successfully held 43rd National Conference of IADVL DERMACON 2015 at Mangalore, attended by nearly 4,000 Dermatologists from all over the country and abroad.   

He is the recipient of Dr L.N.Sinha Memorial National Young Dermatologist Award (2009) and Prof Ratan Singh Award (2016).  

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