Surinder Jindal MD

Dr. Surinder K. Jindal, MD is a Medical Director of Jindal Clinics, Chandigarh. He is a distinguished medical teacher and clinician who headed the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India from 1988 to 2014. He got the department recognized as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Capacity Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases in 2008-9. He introduced the post-doctoral (DM) course in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine in India for the first time in 1989. With over 40 years of experience, he has guided and mentored a large number of pulmonary physicians and other trainees now occupying prestigious positions in different hospitals and institutions both in India and abroad.

Dr. Jindal was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award (2011) for scientific contributions by the American Thoracic Society. He has also received Honors from other International Bodies such as the American College of Chest Physicians, USA (Governor’s Community Service Award and End-of-life Commendation) and International Union Against TB & Lung Diseases, France (Best Scientific Contributions in Non-tuberculous Lung Diseases). He has also been awarded by many national agencies including the National Academy of Medical Sciences, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Association of Physicians of India. The Indian Chest Society honored him with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Dr. Jindal in the past has been the President of the Indian Chest Society and other National Associations including the Indian Association of Bronchology and the Indian Association for Sarcoidosis and Granulomatous Lung Diseases. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, the American College of Chest Physicians and several other scientific and professional organizations. He has also served on the Scientific and Academic Committees of several national and international organizations.

He has undertaken several investigational projects including large multi-center studies sponsored by national and international agencies. He has also pioneered guidelines for the management of different lung diseases, as well as published over 320 scientific papers and reviews.

Dr. Jindal has been the Associate Editor of two important and widely read journals – Chest (USA) and International Journal of TB & Lung Diseases and a member of Editorial Boards of several other journals such as Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, Expert Reviews in Respiratory Medicine, Journal of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Journal of Association of Physicians of India, Lung India and Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences. He is the current Editor-in-chief of Chest India. Besides his books “Oxygen Therapy” and ‘Quit Smoking- Why and How?” he has edited a comprehensive, two-volume Text Book, a Hand Book in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, and a book on Oxidative Stress in Respiratory Diseases. His latest book, titled ‘Medical Encounters’, is now also available.