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{{Short description|Indian endocrinologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ambrish Mithal
| image = Ambrish Mittal (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mithal in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|3|29}}
| birth_place = Lucknow, India
| occupation = {{ublist|Endocrinologist|Diabetologist}}
| yearsactive = 27
| known for = [[Endocrinology]]
| alma_mater = [[GSVM Medical College]]
| children =
| parents =
| website = {{url|http://ambrishmithal.com/|web site}}
| awards = {{ublist|[[Padma Bhushan]]|[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]}}
}}

'''Ambrish Mithal''' is an Indian [[endocrinologist]] and diabetologist.<ref name="ND TV">{{cite web|url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/222/Dr_Ambrish_Mithal.html|title=ND TV|date=2015|publisher=ND TV|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dr Ambrish Mithal - Haadimedics.com">{{Cite web |title=Dr Ambrish Mithal - Haadimedics.com |url=https://haadimedics.com/doctor/dr-ambrish-mithal- |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=haadimedics.com}}</ref> He secured MBBS from [[GSVM Medical College]], master's degree (DM) from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]]. Then he worked at [[Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences]], Lucknow<ref name="Dr Ambrish Mithal – ISBMR">{{Cite web |title=Dr Ambrish Mithal – ISBMR |url=http://isbmr.org/office-bearers/dr-ambrish-mithal/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and, later, at Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi<ref name="Sehat">{{cite web|url=https://www.sehat.com/dr-ambrish-mithal-endocrinologist-gurgaon|title=Sehat|date=2015|publisher=Sehat|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> before joining Medanta the Medicity as Chairman, Division of [[Medanta|Endocrinology and Diabetes]]<ref name="Sehat" /><ref name="ND TV" /> where he worked from 2009 to 2019. Subsequently, he joined Max Health Care where he is the chairman and head of Endocrinology and Diabetes department.<ref name="Dr. Ambrish Mithal - Endocrinology & Diabetes">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Ambrish Mithal - Endocrinology & Diabetes |url=https://www.maxhealthcare.in/doctor/dr-ambrish-mithal |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=www.maxhealthcare.in |language=en}}</ref><ref name="APCO Clinical Case Discussion Platform (CCDP)">{{Cite web |title=APCO Clinical Case Discussion Platform (CCDP) |url=https://apcobonehealth.org/clinical-case-discussion-platform-ccdp/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=APCO |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mithal, who has published a number of articles in the field of endocrinology in journals,<ref name="Search Results : Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism">{{Cite web |title=Search Results : Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |url=https://journals.lww.com/indjem/pages/results.aspx?txtKeywords=Mithal |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=journals.lww.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Mithal - Search Results">{{PubMedAuthorSearch|Mithal|A}}</ref> was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, for his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine.<ref name="Padma Bhushan">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=This Year's Padma Awards announced |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2015 |access-date=2 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="India Medical Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2015/01/26/dr-ambrish-mithal-dr-ashok-seth-to-be-conferred-with-padma-bhushan-award/ | title=India Medical Times | publisher=India Medical Times | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=5 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423130539/http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2015/01/26/dr-ambrish-mithal-dr-ashok-seth-to-be-conferred-with-padma-bhushan-award/ | archive-date=23 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2020, Mithal became the first Indian to be chosen for the Laureate Award for International Excellence in Endocrinology (2021) by the Endocrine Society (US).<ref name="Noted Indian Doctor Ambrish Mithal Wins Global Honour">{{Cite web |title=Noted Indian Doctor Ambrish Mithal Wins Global Honour |url=https://newsmobile.in/articles/2021/03/12/noted-indian-doctor-ambrish-mithal-wins-global-honour/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=newsmobile.in|date=12 March 2021 }}</ref><ref name="Meet the 2021 Laureates: Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM">{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Mark |date=2021-03-04 |title=Meet the 2021 Laureates: Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM |url=https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/meet-the-2021-laureates-ambrish-mithal-md-dm/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Endocrine News |language=en-US}}</ref> Mithal was awarded the International Osteoporosis Foundation President's award in March 2016.<ref name="President's Awards - International Osteoporosis Foundation">{{Cite web |title=President's Awards - International Osteoporosis Foundation |url=https://www.osteoporosis.foundation/what-we-do/science-and-research/presidents-awards |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=www.osteoporosis.foundation |language=en}}</ref> In March 2017, Mithal was awarded the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] by the President of India (for the year 2015) for his contribution to the development of endocrinology in India.<ref name="B C Roy Award 2015">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=B C Roy Award 2015 |url=https://presidentofindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/PressRelease/2833/1_BC_ROY.pdf}}</ref><ref name="President of India Presents Dr BC Roy Awards for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016">{{Cite web |last=Singhania |first=Meghna A. |date=2017-03-28 |title=President of India Presents Dr BC Roy Awards for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/president-of-india-presents-dr-bc-roy-awards-for-the-years-2014-2015-and-2016 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=medicaldialogues.in |language=en}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the Fogarty Fellowship of Harvard Medical School (1992-93), JICA fellowship (1996), Boy Frame Award of the [[American Society for Bone and Mineral Research]] (2004), IOF Amgen Health Professionals Award (2005) and the Indian Medical Association Academy of Medical Sciences Award (2007).<ref name="Dr Ambrish Mithal – ISBMR" /> He is also a fellow of the [[American Society for Bone and Mineral Research]].<ref name="2021 Class of Fellows">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-22 |title=2021 Class of Fellows |url=https://www.asbmr.org/2021-class-of-fellows |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=American Society for Bone and Mineral Research |language=en}}</ref>

== Selected articles ==
* {{cite journal |last1=Mithal |first1=Ambrish |last2=Dharmalingam |first2=Mala |last3=Tewari |first3=Neeraj |title=Are patients with primary hypothyroidism in India receiving appropriate thyroxine replacement? An observational study |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2014 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=83–88 |doi=10.4103/2230-8210.126582 |doi-access=free |pmid=24701435 |pmc=3968739 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=Nitin |last2=Farooqui |first2=KhalidJ |last3=Batra |first3=ChandarM |last4=Marwaha |first4=RamanK |last5=Mithal |first5=Ambrish |title=Effect of oral versus intramuscular Vitamin D replacement in apparently healthy adults with Vitamin D deficiency |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2017 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=131–136 |doi=10.4103/2230-8210.196007 |doi-access=free |pmid=28217512 |pmc=5240054 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yedla |first1=Niharika |last2=Kuchay |first2=MohammadShafi |last3=Mithal |first3=Ambrish |title=Hemoglobin E disease and glycosylated hemoglobin |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2015 |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=683–685 |doi=10.4103/2230-8210.163211 |doi-access=free |pmid=26425484 |pmc=4566355 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bano |first1=Tarannum |last2=Mishra |first2=SunilKumar |last3=Kuchay |first3=MohammadShafi |last4=Mehta |first4=Yatin |last5=Trehan |first5=Naresh |last6=Sharma |first6=Pooja |last7=Singh |first7=ManishKumar |last8=Mithal |first8=Ambrish |title=Continuation of metformin till night before surgery and lactate levels in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2019 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=416–421 |doi=10.4103/ijem.IJEM_114_19 |doi-access=free |pmid=31741899 |pmc=6844171 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Marwaha |first1=Raman K. |last2=Garg |first2=M. K. |last3=Mithal |first3=A. |last4=Gupta |first4=Sushil |last5=Shukla |first5=Manoj |last6=Chadha |first6=Aditi |date=2023-12-30 |title=Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Turnover Markers in Children and Adolescents from North India |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=27–34 |language=en-US |doi=10.4103/ijem.IJEM_149_18|doi-access=free |pmid=31016149 |pmc=6446672 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Kaur |first1=Parjeet |last2=Mahendru |first2=Shama |last3=Mithal |first3=Ambrish |title=Long-term efficacy of liraglutide in Indian patients with Type 2 diabetes in a real-world setting |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2016 |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=595–599 |doi=10.4103/2230-8210.183825 |doi-access=free |pmid=27730066 |pmc=5040036 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kuchay |first1=Mohammad Shafi |last2=Mithal |first2=Ambrish |date=2023-12-30 |title=Levosulpiride and Serum Prolactin Levels |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=355–358 |language=en-US |doi=10.4103/ijem.IJEM_555_16|doi-access=free |pmid=28459037 |pmc=5367242 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Wasir |first1=JasjeetS |last2=Mithal |first2=Ambrish |last3=Agarwal |first3=Paras |last4=Mittal |first4=Apeksha |title=Once weekly dulaglutide therapy in type 2 diabetic subjects, real-world evidence from a tertiary care diabetes center in India |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |date=2018 |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=728–734 |doi=10.4103/ijem.IJEM_424_18 |doi-access=free |pmid=30766809 |pmc=6330857 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Gill |first1=Harmandeep Kaur |last2=Kaur |first2=Parjeet |last3=Mahendru |first3=Shama |last4=Mithal |first4=Ambrish |date=2023-12-30 |title=Adverse Effect Profile and Effectiveness of Sodium Glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) - A Prospective Real-world Setting Study |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=50–55 |language=en-US |doi=10.4103/ijem.IJEM_566_18|doi-access=free |pmid=31016153 |pmc=6446693 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Dutta |first1=Aditya |last2=Mahendru |first2=Shama |last3=Sharma |first3=Rutuja |last4=Singh |first4=Anshu |last5=Jain |first5=Anjali |last6=Jevalikar |first6=Ganesh |last7=Mithal |first7=Ambrish |date=2023-12-30 |title=Video Consultation Versus In-Person Clinic Visit for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes during COVID-19 Pandemic (VIP-CD Study) |journal=Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=427–431 |language=en-US |doi=10.4103/ijem.ijem_347_21|doi-access=free |pmid=35300446 |pmc=8923318 }}

==See also==
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* [[Endocrinology]]
* [[Diabetes|Diabetology]]
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{{portal|India|Medicine}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |date=2023-12-27 |title=Worried about rising blood sugar levels? A doctor suggests 10 ways to get rid of sugar cravings |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/diabetes-obesity-fatty-liver-what-causes-sugar-craving-9084360/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |date=2023-12-27 |title=Worried about rising blood sugar levels? A doctor suggests 10 ways to get rid of sugar cravings |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/diabetes-obesity-fatty-liver-what-causes-sugar-craving-9084360/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Diabetes check: Why you need an hour's walk or a 20-minute run to burn a 50 gm slice of cake |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/diabetes-check-hours-walk-run-burn-cake-9066103/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title=Don't be in diabetes denial, watch your diet, weight |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/why-link-you-weigh-you-eat-manage-diabetes-9046724/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |title=Understanding Diabetes in Adults and Children - Dr. Ambrish Mithal - Max Hospital, Gurugram | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW7yF0i7Z04 |access-date=2023-12-30 |language=en}}

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