Sanjeev Bagai | |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1965 |
Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
Alma Mater: | King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College |
Occupation: | Pediatrician Medical administrator |
Awards: | Padma Shri Dr. B. C. Roy Award |
Known For: | Pediatric Nephrology and Neonatology |
Sanjeev Bagai (in Malayalam: സഞ്ജീവ് ബഗായ്) an Indian pediatrician and nephrologist known for his proficiency in pediatric nephrology and neonatology. He is chairman of the Nephron Clinic in New Delhi, India.[1] [2] He was a visiting professor of pediatrics at Saint Justin Hospital in Canada and University of Toledo, Ohio and has taught at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.[3]
Bagai was a gold medalist from Mumbai University. He received the prestigious Sir Dorab Tata Merit Scholarship and Mumbai University Merit Scholarship.
Bagai was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to medical science in 2008.[4] He received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award the same year.[5]
He completed his graduation, MBBS, from the GS Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai; DCH, MD (Paed) from Wadia Children’s Hospital; MNAMS (Paediatric); DNBE (Paediatric); MIPA (USA); Fellowship in Prince Of Wales Children's Hospital, Australia (FSCH); FIMSA; PhD (honoris causa) (USA) Doctorate in Paediatric Nephrology, National American University, Delaware, USA.
He has been the vice chairman, CEO, director, and dean of numerous corporate hospital chains which he created and commissioned. He was formerly the vice chairman of the Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi; chief executive officer of Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi,[6] and also been the chief executive officer of Radiant Life Care, New Delhi. He has also been the medical advisor and director at Rockland Hospital, New Delhi.
Bagai has written several articles on health in the Indian newspaper The Hindu,[7] [8] [9] and was also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Pediatric Nephrology. He is also the author of a thesis on pediatric enuresis. He has a series of publications in national and international medical peer reviewed and indexed journals. He has helped develop numerous research protocols and is on several expert research committees for medical associations.