Chennai: On Thursday, the founder of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Center, Padma Shri Dr. Viswanathan Mohan, an eminent diabetologist, made history by being the first Indian to receive two renowned prizes in the field of diabetes research. Among the honors are the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Kelly West Award for Epidemiology and Emory University’s Emory EGDRC Distinguished Lecture.
Recipients of the Kelly West Award, which bears the name of Kelly M. West, the “father of diabetes epidemiology,” are recognized for their noteworthy contributions to the field. As part of his honor, Dr. Mohan will give a presentation at the American Diabetes Association, and the talk will be published in Diabetes Care, the organization’s publication. Speaking from the United States, Dr. Mohan conveyed his excitement and disclosed that the subject of his talk would be “What is new regarding the epidemiology of diabetes in South Asians?”
Furthermore, Dr. Mohan became the first Indian recipient of the Emory EGDRC Distinguished Lecture award. He said that the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Emory University’s 20-year partnership would be covered in his talk.At Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre in Chennai, an IDF Center of Excellence in Diabetes Care, Dr. V. Mohan serves as Chairman and Chief of Diabetology. With almost 500,000 registered diabetes patients, he is in charge of a network of 48 diabetic facilities spread across eight states in India. The largest independent diabetes research facility in Asia, the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, is led by him as its president and director.
Since completing his undergraduate medical studies, Dr. Mohan has been actively involved in research, having published over 1,330 papers in peer-reviewed journals. These include 162 book chapters on diabetes, 864 original articles, 307 review articles, and invited editorials. With an h-index of 135 and 135,000 citations, his study has been widely recognized.
Dr. Mohan has trained many doctors, diabetologists, nurses, and educators over his career. He has won over 180 honors, including the esteemed Padma Shri in 2012, the Indian Council of Medical Research’s Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award, the highest honor for biomedical research in the country, and the Medical Council of India’s Dr. B.C. Roy National Award. The American Diabetes Association also presented him with the Dr. Harold Rifkin Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes Award; he was the first Indian to receive this accolade. He is among the select few physicians in India to have been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).
These honors serve as a testament to Dr. Mohan’s significant contributions to diabetes research as well as his commitment to advancing diabetes care and education around the world. Particularly among South Asians, his work continues to impact and motivate improvements in the knowledge and treatment of diabetes.
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