Daljeet Singh Gambhir

Daljeet Singh Gambhir
Born
Delhi, India
Occupation(s)Interventional cardiologist
Medical researcher
Medical administrator
Known forMultivessel angioplasty
Medical research
AwardsPadma Shri
DMA Life Time Achievement Award
AACIO Distinguished Physician Award
Government of Delhi State Award

Daljeet Singh Gambhir is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic, researcher and inventor and the Group Director of Cardiology at Kailash Group of Hospitals and Heart Institute, Noida.[1] He is the inventor of Infinnium Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent, a reportedly cheaper drug-eluting stent which he first presented at the EuroPCR meeting held in Paris in 2003.[2] A fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[3] and an honorary fellow of the Indian College of Cardiology, he is reported to have performed over 10,000 coronary interventions.[4] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to medicine.[5]

  1. ^ "Doctor Profile". Kailash Healthcare. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Indian trial holds promise of less expensive drug-eluting stent". Medscape. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "NAMS Fellow" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Gambhir on Credi Health". Credi Health. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.