Saroj Kanta Mishra MD

Saroj Kanta MISHRA is a full time professor and Head of Department of Endocrine Surgery at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. Born in 1956 at Cuttack, Odisha state where he did his basic medical education and later did his Masters in General Surgery (1983) at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Founder and Head, Department of Endocrine Surgery at SGPGIMS, Lucknow since September ,1989. Got involved in application oriented Telemedicine Research and Development Projects since 1999. Principal Investigator & Research collaborator in various National and International e-health projects. Member of National Task Force on Telemedicine, Member and Chair of various national E-health Project review committees. Dr. Mishra has several research publications peer reviewed journals and contributed chapters in books in both the subjects of Endocrine Surgery and Health IT. He has been an e-health and Telemedicine Expert and undertaken assignments overseas as a Consultant for ITU, WHO and other international development agencies. Founder Member and Secretary of Telemedicine Society of India and currently it’s President. He is instrumental in setting up a School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics which is recognized as National Resource Center for Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics by both Ministry of Communication & Information Technology and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. This year Dr. Mishra has been nominated as a Member of e-Health Technical Advisory Group set up by WHO, Geneva.