Surgery

Biography

Shyam Parashar completed his Masters in Surgery from Vikram University, India in 1962. He has fi fty years of extensive experience as an active general surgeonrnand medical teacher. He is a recipient of awards in Goa as Best Clinical Teacher, 1973 and Doctor of the Year, 1975. In 1981, he joined King Faisal University inrnSaudi Arabia as professor of surgery and as Consultant Surgeon at King Fahd teaching hospital of the University. He has also held the addition appointments asrnDirector, Internship training program and later as Director, post-graduate training program in surgery. After thirty three years, retired and recognized as EmeritusrnProfessor. He played active role in establishing new colleges for Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy in the kingdom; and in developing undergraduate medicalrncurriculum and postgraduate training programs; and constantly reviewing them. He has seventy scientifi c publications in Indian, Saudi and International Journals.rnHe is an international editor for Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, and for Journal of Family and Community Medicine, of University of Dammam, SaudirnArabia. He is the recipient of many Awards like Hind Rattan Award, Bharat Gaurav Award, Medical Excellence Award and Life Time Achievement Award, Glory ofrnIndia Gold Medal and Global Indian Achievers Award at Indo-British Friendship banquet in London. Has published two books on surgery by Scientifi c PublishingrnGroup and are available on their website as E-Books, Surgery: the way I teach and Atlas of Surgery. He has also published three books on Philosophy; Twists andrnTurns of Destiny, Scattered Gems and Bikhre Moti.

Abstract

Abstract : Flash Back; Surgery, then and now