G. S. Sainani

Gurumukh Sajanmal Sainani is an Indian general physician, medical researcher, medical writer and an emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a former director of the All India Heart Foundation and the incumbent director of Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. He is a recipient of the highest Indian award in the medical category, Dr. B. C. Roy Award, from the Medical Council of India and the rank of Honorary Brigadier from the President of India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 2000.

Biography Sainani, after graduating in medicine with a first class which earned him the Prince of Wales Prize, Later, he pursued his research to secure a DSc, reported to be the first doctor to receive a DSc degree purely on the merit of research, from Pune University. He worked at Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals, Mumbai for several years, reportedly rose to the post of the Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the age of 32, and becoming the emeritus Professor of the institution, post retirement. He is an emeritus Professor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) and has received honorary DLitt from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. He is former president of the Cardiological Society of India and was the chief editor of the 1992 and 1999 editions of API Text Book of Medicine of the Association of Physicians of India He is a former editor of several medical journals, including the Current Concepts in Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. The Geriatric Society of India also has instituted an annual oration under the title, "Prof. GS Sainani Oration". Sainani, a recipient of the highest Indian medical award of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, while A Primer of Cardiac Diagnosis: the physical and technical study of the cardiac patient, is a monograph on cardiac diseases. Manual of Clinical and Practical Medicine is a medical handbook and covers topics such as patient medical history and general physiological examination, supported by 100 case studies. Medical Therapeutics is a text book on the principles of therapeutics and drug prescription guidelines of several diseases. Besides, he has written over 550 medical papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals.