Draft:Jitendra Kumar Sahu

Prof Jitendra Kumar Sahu
Jitendra Kumar Sahu
Born
Biaora, Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma materPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
OccupationPediatric Neurologist
AwardsRashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award[1]

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sahu is a pediatric neurologist, researcher, and professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. He is a founder of the South Asia allied Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome Research Group.[2] In view of his immense research contribution to the child neurology as a young child neurologist at national and international level, he has been awarded the prestigious John Stobo Prichard Award by the International Child Neurology Association in May, 2024.[3] He also serves as co-chair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Telemedicine Task Force.[4] The government of India has selected him as a recipient of the prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar for the year 2024 in Medicine, which is the highest distinction conferred upon young scientists for demonstrating exceptional potential in science and technology.[5]

  1. ^ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024".
  2. ^ Sahu, Jitendra Kumar; Madaan, Priyanka; Wanigasinghe, Jithangi; Chand, Prem; Winter, Sebastian F.; Poudel, Prakash; Linn, Kyaw; Mynak, Mimi L.; Fatema, Kanij; Aye, Aye Mya Min; Hamed, Esmatullah; Hassan, Samaahath; Bansal, Dipika; Gómez, Nicolás Garófalo; Latorre, M. Tomás Mesa; Prakash, Kiran; Amos, Action; Ding, Ding; Gulati, Sheffali; Samia, Pauline; Vidaurre, Jorge; Walsh, Donna; Baker, Gus; Sofia, Francesca; Wilmshurst, Jo; Singhi, Pratibha; Cross, J. Helen (9 August 2024). "Mitigating treatment lag for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome in low- and middle-income countries: Key recommendations from the South Asia allied IESS Research Group". Epilepsia. doi:10.1111/epi.18090. ISSN 0013-9580. PMID 39120047.
  3. ^ "Prestigious award for PGI's Prof Sahu". The Times of India. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ "ILAE Telemedicine Task Force".
  5. ^ "33 named for country's highest science honour". Hindustan Times. 8 August 2024.