Former Professor & Head
Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology Division,
WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and
Research in Newborn Care
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029
Current Assignment
Consultant Pediatrician
Child Care Centre, 625 Sector 37, Arun Vihar, Noida
Correspondence Address
A-47, Sector 31, Noida - 201 301 (UP)
Residence: 0120-4346450
Clinic 0120-4346451
Mobile: 9818888772
E-mail: drmbsk@gmail.com
Date of Birth : 14th October, 1937 at Amritsar (Punjab)
Qualifications : M.B.B.S. 1960, MD (Pediatrics) from AIIMS 1964
Special Interests : Neonatology, Pedagogy, Healing and
Medical ethics
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
British Senior Commonwealth Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital, London 1970-71, Consultant Pediatrician, Buali Sina Hospital, Ghazvin, Iran 1975-76, Director, Institute of Child Health, Kabul, Afghanistan 1979-83, WHO short-term consultant to DPR Korea 1993, WHO short-term consultant to Mongolia 1995, Advisor, Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE 1995 and 1996, Temporary Advisor, WHO Regional Director, SEARO, New Delhi, Visiting Scientist and International Visiting Professor of Pediatrics and External Examiner to several universities in India and abroad (Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Republic of Maldives, Bangladesh, UK and USA).
EXPERT COMMITTEES, TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC BODIES
• Secretary-General and President, National Neonatology Forum of India, 1987-88 and 1989-90 respectively.
• President, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 1993.
• Listed in Asia’s Men and Women of Achievement 1992, Biography International 1993 and 1996, International Who’s Who in Medicine 1995, Dictionary of International Biography, 25th edition, 1997 and 1998.
• Chairman/Member of a large number of expert and technical bodies including Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Planning Commission, Ministry of Labor, National Academy of Medical Sciences, National Board of Examinations, National Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, International Child Health Network AAP etc.
• Convenor National NALS Program and organized faculty certification programs in Neonatal Resuscitation at Colombo, Sri Lanka, Male’, Republic of Maldives and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Convenor, National Neonatal-Perinatal Data Collection Network.
• Coordinator of Indo-US and Indo-Australia Training Program in Neonatology.
FELLOWSHIPS
Fellow, Indian Academy of Pediatrics; Fellow, International Medical Science Academy; Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences; Hony. Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow, United Writer’s Association and Fellow, National Neonatology Forum of India.
ORATIONS AND AWARDS
• Delivered 40 prestigious Endowment Lectures and Orations.
• International Visiting Professor of Pediatrics to USA and Canada on the invitation of American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Special Excellence Award of Indian Medical Association, South Delhi.
• Special Excellence Award of Delhi Medical Association.
• Honorary Consultant/Advisor in Pediatrics and Neonatology, Armed Forces Medical Services of India.
• Honoured and felicitated for being an outstanding AMCOL alumnus during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Alma-mater, Glancy Medical College, Amritsar.
• Honoured and felicitated by the Alma-mater, Khalsa College, Amritsar during their 88th Annual Convocation function for making outstanding contributions as a teacher and medical writer.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Author of 13 medical Text books which are extremely popular in India and South-East Asia. A Manual of Essential Pediatrics, 1st edition, 2010, Care of the Newborn, 7th edition 2010, Pediatric Review 1986, Current Trends in Pediatrics 1986, Pediatric Drugs Formulary 1990, Pediatric Clinical Methods, 3rd edition 2005, Drug Dosages in Children, 7th edition 2007, Medical Emergencies in Children, 4th edition 2007, MCQs in Pediatrics, 2nd edition, 2000, Art and Science of Baby and Child Care, 3rd edition 2007, Essential Pediatrics for Nurses, 2nd edition 2008, Medical Quotations by eminent Physicians and Philosophers, 2nd edition 2008 and The Pearls of Wisdom and Art of Living, 2007.
Monographs
Neonatal Nomenclature and Data Collection 1989, Human Resource Development in Neonatology 1989, Neonatal Monitoring 1990, Biomedical Equipments: Status and Perspectives 1990, Education and Training in Neonatal Nursing 1993.
Medical Journals
• Member Editorial Board, Advisor and Reviewer of a large number of National and International medical journals
• Founder Editor, Bulletin : NNF
• Founder Editor, Chronicle NNF : Health for All Newborns
• Founder Editor, Meditrack
Chapters in Books 35
Research Papers, Reviews and Editorials over 300
SUMMARY OF POPULAR BOOKS AUTHORED BY PROF MEHARBAN SINGH.
All the books have been published by Sagar Publications, 72 Janpath, Ved Mansion, New Delhi.
Tel: 011-23320648 Mobile 9810337055
e-mail: sagarpub@del3.vsnl.net.in
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