Shiv Narain Kureel Explained

Shiv Narain Kureel, is an Indian pediatric surgeon, medical academic and writer, and the professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at King George's Medical University, Lucknow (U.P).

Shiv Narain Kureel
Birth Date:	1956 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation:	Pediatric surgeon Medical academic
Known For:	Pediatric surgery
Awards:	Padma Shri

Early life

Kureel was born on 2 November 1956^[1] in Uttar Pradesh.

He is best known for the neonataogical and pediatric urological reconstructive surgeries.^{[2] [3]}

Achievements

• He conducted a research on exotrophy epispadias that was published on the first page of "The American Journal Urology Gold". It was a major achievement in the field of medical world from India.
• He is reported to have pioneered the single stage surgical technique for congenital problems in India^[4]
• He is credited with the performance of the first pediatric vaginal reconstructive surgery in India which was performed on an 11-year-old girl^[5] and a surgery on a two-year-old child to correct bladder exstrophy, a rare congenital abnormality.^[6]
• He is a life member and the president of the "Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons" and also a reviewer of the Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, the official journal of the association.^[7]
• He has also published several medical papers.^{[8] [9]}

Awards

The Government of India awarded him with the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to medicine.^[10]

External links

• Web site: Dr S N Kureel . Parenting Nation . 2016 . 30 July 2016.
• Web site: Eminent Medical personalities conferred with Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri . Medical Dialogues . News report . 26 January 2016 . 30 July 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016. Life Member IAPS. 30 July 2016. Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons.
2. Web site: Doctors, artists dominate Padma list from UP, Modi's constituency bags six . Times of India . 25 January 2016 . 30 July 2016.
3. Web site: Pediatric Surgery . King George's Medical University . 2016 . 30 July 2016.
4. Web site: Singer, archer, surgeon and more: Meet India's Padma awardees . Hindustan Times . 25 January 2016 . 30 July 2016.
5. Web site: Oral Mucosa Skin used for vaginal reconstruction in a rare surgery at KGMU . Medical Dialogues . 16 July 2016 . 30 July 2016.
6. Web site: Sportsperson inspires KGMU doctor to perform a rare surgery . Patrika . 30 April 2014 . 30 July 2016.
7. Web site: Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons . Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons . 2016 . 30 July 2016.
8. 10.1097/01.XPS.0000393093.1853.99. Conventional and unconventional surgical modalities for choledochal cyst. . 7. 17–19. 2011. Sharma. Anshuman. Pandey. Anand. Rawat. Jiledar. Ahmed. Intezar. Wakhlu. Ashish. Kureel. Shiv Narain. 56293476 .
9. Piyush Kumar, Shiv Narain Kureel . BMJ . March 2016 . 10.1136/bcr-2016-214642 . bcr2016214642 . 26989115 . 2016. 4800202 .
10. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf . 3 August 2017 .