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| birth_date = 5 September 1960<br />
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| occupation = Professor, Department of Urology, Chief of Uro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Chair, Robotics Committee, Baptist Medical Center, Fellowship Director, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fellowship Co-Director, Endourology, Wake Forest Medical School & Baptist Medical Center, NC, USA<br />
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| known for = Laparoscopy, Minimally invasive and Robotic surgery, Uro-oncology<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] Outstanding Social Scientist Award<br />
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'''Ashok Kumar Hemal''' is a urologist and medical academic, known as the first surgeon to perform robotic surgery in India.<ref name="Uro-surgeon gets Padmashri">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/uro-surgeon-gets-padmashri/story-uWFCahoEp6Yo0KzCpYIlpO.html | title=Uro-surgeon gets Padmashri | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=1 February 2007 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> He is a former professor of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] and is credited with efforts in establishing the department of robotic surgery at AIIMS where he has performed over 100 surgeries for cancer on kidney, prostate glands and urinary bladder. He has also served at [[Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center]], Winston-Salem, as a professor<ref name="NAMS fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZA.pdf | title=NAMS fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> and was a member of the team which developed teaching modules for the Centre for Medical Education Technology of AIIMS and [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]].<ref name="Expert Profile">{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/192/Dr_AK_Hemal.html | title=Expert Profile | publisher=ND TV | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> He has been involved in with many medical conferences<ref name="Workshop - Urinary Diversion">{{cite web | url=http://www.rgcirc.org/images/Workshop_Urinary_Diversion_12-8-14.pdf | title=Workshop - Urinary Diversion | publisher=Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> and has published several medical articles; [[PubMed]], an online repository of medical articles has listed 320 of them.<ref name="PubMed listing">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hemal%20AK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19468360 | title=PubMed listing | publisher=PubMed | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> Besides, he has authored a medical text book, ''Robotics in Urological Surgery'', published by [[Springer Verlag]].<ref name="Robotics in Urological Surgery">{{cite book | url=http://m.sanmin.com.tw/Product/Index/001739484 | title=Robotics in Urological Surgery | publisher=Springer Verlag | author=Ashok Kumar Hemal | year=2011 | isbn=9781848821132}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] and a recipient of the 2005 ''Outstanding Social Scientist Award'' of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].<ref name="Honours & Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/honours-and-awards.aspx | title=Honours & Awards | publisher=University Grants Commission | date=2016 | access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2013 |access-date=20 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Robotic surgery]]<br />
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