Dr. N. Dinesh, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, has been conferred with prestigious ‘Doctors Day Award 2019’ (Indian Medical Association, New Delhi, South Zone Doctors Day Celebration) at Kanyakumari on July 20, 2019, in recognition of sustainable philanthropic contributions in health care delivery, exemplary role model life style, altruistic social service and enhancing wholistic well-being.
Amrita Hospital, Kochi, received Kerala State Pollution Control Board’s Best Environmental Practice Award 2019 in the hospital sector for its sustained efforts to control pollution and environmental protection. Amrita Hospital has been conferred this award for the fifth consecutive year.
Dr. Balu Vaidyanathan, Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, and Dr. Balaganesh Karmegaraj, Post DM Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, represented the Fetal Cardiology Division, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, in the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) at Seville, Spain held from May 15 – 18, 2019.
Dr. Bhishma Chowdary Donepudi and Dr. Sravan Peravali, final year PG students of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Amrita Health Sciences Campus, Kochi, presented posters in the EuroCMR 2019 held May 2-4, 2019 in Venice, Italy.
Mr. Karan Dhillon of 2017 MBBS batch, School of Medicine, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, presented an oral paper at the Numcon 2019 – 4th National Undergraduate Medical Conference which was held at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, from April 25-26, 2019.
Dr. Saraswathy L., Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in Health and Medical Sciences for her contribution and achievement in the field of Physiology.
The graduation ceremony of the 12th batch of MBBS students was held on March 8, 2019, at the Health Sciences Campus, Kochi.
Dr. Damordaran. M. Vasudevan, Emeritus Professor and Head of PG Programs & Research at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, was honoured recently with the launch of a postage stamp by India Post on March 2, 2019, commemorating 50 years of his dedicated service to the cause of medical education and research.
In the 77th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOC 2019) held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh from February 14 – 17, 2019, Dr. Meenakshi Y. Dhar, Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, bagged the best poster award in Glaucoma for her poster titled “Ocular Blood Flow Characteristics of Open Angle Glaucoma Patients on Doppler Imaging.”
Dr. Radhamany K., Professor and Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, was awarded “Best Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology Studies” in the 11th Innovative Education Leadership Awards held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on February 16, 2019.