Samiran Nundy

Samiran Nundy is an Indian gastrointestinal surgeon, medical academic, writer and the President of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh. He is a former member of the faculty at the Cambridge University, London University and Harvard University, and is the founder editor of the National Medical Journal of India and Tropical Gastroenterology.

Biography Nundy did his undergraduate studies in medicine at Cambridge University and the Guy's Hospital, London after which he completed his residency at the Hammersmith Hospital. This was followed by a series of surgical training programmes at Guy's Hospital, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

During his stay abroad, he had teaching stints at Cambridge University, London University and Harvard University.

In 1996, he joined Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi where he is the Emeritus Consultant of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation. He led the team which is credited with 241 liver sections during the period 1996-2005, the details of which were published in a medical paper, Two hundred and forty-one consecutive liver resections: an experience from India.

Nundy is the founder editor of the National Medical Journal of India He is the co-chairman of the department of academics at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He is also associated with the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics as its editor, and Edpulseline.com as a member of its advisory board. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. while Google Scholar has listed 320.

Nandy serves as a member of the advisory board of Medicounsel, a medical advisory organization composed of noted medical specialists, engaged in providing guidance to patients inflicted with rare and complicated diseases. an online consultation forum, functioning under the aegis of the NDTV network. The website is reported to have a monthly average of 400 million views and, 3600 queries. He mentioned the practice of unnecessary investigations and referrals made by the doctors and their practice of accepting commissions for the referrals. The article and the subsequent editorial made news among the medical fraternity and have drawn concurring responses from the government.