PGI Endocrinologist Dr Sanjay Bhadada bags prestigious US Endocrine Society's mentor award

Chandigarh: Dr Sanjay Bhadada, professor and head of the Department of Endocrinology, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI Chandigarh) has been honoured with the Outstanding Mentor Award of the prestigious Endocrine Society of USA. 

This annual award recognizes a career commitment to mentoring and a significant positive impact on mentees’ education and career. 

Bhadada is a Professor of Endocrinology and Head of the Endocrinology Department at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India. He established one of the most highly sought-after postgraduate training programs in Endocrinology in Southeast Asia and has mentored more than 40 endocrinology fellows and medical students, numerous graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and many early career faculty. 

As the current President of the Endocrine Society of India and as former Secretary of the Indian Society of Bone Mineral Research, he has provided outstanding leadership in expanding the training and educational venues for fellows and medical students at a national level. He is currently an Editorial Board Member for The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Bhadada is an MD, DM (Endocrinology and Metabolism), FICP, FRCPI and MNAMS and the founder and current secretary of Punjab and Chandigarh chapter of RSSDI. He is the regular speaker at annual conferences of RSSDI, Endocrine Society of India (ESI) and ISBMR. He has more than 160 publications in high-impact factor journals, speaks about his research aptitude.

He has received prestigious awards like the M N Sen Oration award by ICMR in 2013, the PN Shah Oration award by Endocrine Society of India in 2010 & Prof. Survir Singh Visiting Professorship by Association of Physicians of India in 2011. He also delivered Sanofi Aventis senior lecturership at APICON and was recently nominated for the prestigious Prof. Shuvir Singh oration award.

He is the Section Editor of the ESI manual of Endocrinology. His major field of interest is diabetes in young and bone and diabetes. He is a core team member of the simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant program at PGIMER, Chandigarh. He was the organizing secretary of one of the best-organized ESICON (year 2014) at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

His work on primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is recognized throughout the country. He made the first online Indian PHPT registry program (www.indianphptregistry.com) to compile the data on PHPT throughout India to better understand the epidemiology, clinical and biochemical aspects in PHPT from India and has published many papers on the different clinical and biochemical complications associated with PHPT.

Dr Ambrish Mithal, Chairman, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Max HealthCare has congratulated the doctor on social media stating, "Absolutely delighted that friend and colleague Prof Sanjay Bhadada of PGIMER Chandigarh has been awarded the prestigious Endocrine Society 2024 Outstanding Mentor award. A matter of great pride for the Indian endocrine fraternity. Welcome to the Laureate Club, Sanjay."

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