Meharban Singh Explained
Meharban Singh is an Indian pediatrician, neonatologist and medical writer, who has published on child care. He was WHO consultant on Newborn Care in South-East Asia for longtime. He has served for more than 3 decades in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was president of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in 1993.[1]
Positions held
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.[2] He has also been a visiting professor of pediatrics at various institutions.
Singh was formerly the director of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Kabul, Afghanistan during 1979–83.[3]
Secretary-General and President of the National Neonatology Forum of India and President of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.[4]
Medical writer
He is a medical writer and teacher who has published 10 books on various aspects of Pediatrics and Neonatology, 40 chapters in Pediatric textbooks, 5 Monographs on various aspects of Neonatology, and over 325 research papers, reviews and editorials in National and International Medical Journals.
Books authored
- A Manual of Essential Pediatrics (Second edition, 2013), Theme medical and scientific publishers, Noida, .[5]
- Care of the Newborn (Revised eighth edition, 2017), CBS publishers and distributors, New Delhi [6]
- Drug Dosages in Children (along with Ashok K. Deorari, Tenth edition, 2019) CBS publishers and distributors, New Delhi
- Essential Pediatrics for Nurses (Third edition, 2014), CBS publishers and distributors,
- Medical Emergencies in Children (Fifth edition, 2018), CBS publishers and distributors,
- Medical Quotations (2009), Sagar publications, New Delhi
- Pearls of Wisdom and Art of Living (2009), Sagar publications, New Delhi.
- Pediatric Clinical Methods (Fourth edition, 2011), Sagar publications, New Delhi. [7]
- The art and science of baby & child care : a complete book on parenting.
Notes and References
- Web site: IAP-Past office beares . Indian Academy of Pediatrics . 20 June 2021.
- Web site: AIIMS, New Delhi . Ex-faculty of Pediatrics . All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi . 20 June 2021.
- https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/105/1/160/65663/Health-Care-for-Children-in-Afghanistan?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- https://iapindia.org/list-of-iaps-presidents/
- Satinder Aneja . A Manual of Essential Pediatrics: Meherban Singh . Indian Journal of Pediatrics . July 2014 . 81 . 7 . 741 . 20 June 2021.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Wv9qDwAAQBAJ&q=meharban+singh Care of the Newborn in Google books complete view.
- Ashok Kumar Dutta . Book entitled Pediatric Clinical Methods: Meharban Singh (ed) . Indian Journal of Pediatrics . October 2011 . 78 . 10 . 1301 . 10.1007/s12098-011-0462-5 . 67883015 . 20 June 2021. free .
