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{{Short description|Indian cardiologist and academic}}
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] [[B. C. Roy Award]] [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Basanti Devi Amir Chand Award [[National Academy of Medical Sciences|NAMS]] Ayrabhat award Norman Alpert Award Ranbaxy Research Award Goyal Prize ICMR Amrut Mody Unichem Award Sujoy B. Roy Memorial Investigator Award [[National Academy of Medical Sciences|NAMS]] Shyam Lal Saksena Award Searle Award
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'''Kewal Kishan Talwar''' (born 30 April 1946) is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the [[Medical Council of India]].<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldheartfailure.org/WHFS/about-us/board/kewal-krishan-talwar/ | title=K.K. Talwar on WHFS | publisher=World Heart Failure Society | date=2016 | access-date=10 June 2016 | archive-date=23 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423094510/https://www.worldheartfailure.org/WHFS/about-us/board/kewal-krishan-talwar/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a former director of the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER) and is reported to have performed the first implantation of [[Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]] (ICD) therapy in South Asia.<ref name="Max Healthcare appoints Dr. KK Talwar as Chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/max-healthcare-appoints-dr-kk-talwar-as-chairman-113110809458_1.html | title=Max Healthcare appoints Dr. KK Talwar as Chairman | publisher=India Infoline | date=2016 | access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> He is also credited with the introduction of [[Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy]] in India. He is a recipient of several honours including [[B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian award in the medical category.<ref name="Dr. B.C. Roy awards presented">{{cite web |date= |title=DR. K K Talwar |url=https://psrihospital.com/dr-k-k-talwar/ |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=PSRI Hospital}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2006, for his contributions to medicine.<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=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Presently Dr. Talwar is working in PSRI Hospital Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi as the chairman of Cardiac Sciences

== Biography ==
Talwar, born on 30 April 1946<ref name="Profile of KK Talwar">{{cite web | url=http://pbgrc.org/pdfs/profiles/Profile_k_k_talwar.pdf | title=Profile of KK Talwar | publisher=Punjab Governance Reforms Commission | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701034619/http://pbgrc.org/pdfs/profiles/Profile_k_k_talwar.pdf | archive-date=1 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> at [[Payal, India|Payal]], a small town in [[Ludhiana district]] in the north Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], did his early education in his home town and the neighboring city of [[Jalandhar]] and graduated in medicine (MBBS) from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] in 1969.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> He continued his studies at [[Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER), Chandigarh from where secured his MD in general medicine in 1973 and DM in cardiology in 1976 and underwent training in [[Electrophysiology]] at the [[University of Gothenburg]] as a senior research fellow of the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="Expert Profile">{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/462/Dr_Kewal_Krishan_Talwar.html | title=Expert Profile | publisher=ND TV | date=13 April 2010 | access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> His career started at his alma mater, PGIMER, in December 1977, as a member of faculty where he worked for three years before moving to the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] (AIIMS), Delhi, as an assistant professor of cardiology in 1980. During the next twenty four years he worked at AIIMS, he became the professor in 1992 and the head of the department of cardiology in 2002. After leaving AIIMS in 2004, he returned to PGIMER as the director, professor and head of the department of cardiology and stayed there till his superannuation in 2011.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> His next move was to [[Max Healthcare]], Delhi in 2013 where he serves as the chairman of the Cardiology department of the institution.<ref name="Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare">{{cite web | url=http://www.maxhealthcare.in/doctor/k-k-talwar | title=Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare | publisher=Max Healthcare | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref>

Talwar is associated with several government initiatives and is a member of Punjab Governance Reforms Commission (PGRC) and its Task Group on Health and Medical Education. He is a former chairman of the Medical Council of India<ref name="Dr K K Talwar appointed new chairman of MCI Board of Governors">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2011/05/14/dr-k-k-talwar-appointed-new-chairman-of-mci-board-of-governors/ | title=Dr K K Talwar appointed new chairman of MCI Board of Governors | newspaper=India Medical Times | date=14 May 2011 | access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> and the incumbent chair of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Chandigarh (NITTTR).<ref name="List of Members of the Board of Governors">{{cite web | url=http://www.nitttrchd.ac.in/sitenew1/core/BOG.php | title=List of Members of the Board of Governors | publisher=National Institute Of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research | date=2016 | access-date=10 June 2016 | archive-date=17 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617085144/http://www.nitttrchd.ac.in/sitenew1/core/BOG.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> He also chairs the Board of Governors of the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research]], Mohali (IISER) and is an adviser to the Government of Punjab on ''Health and Medical Education'' as well as a ''Visitor Nominee'' to [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> He is a former president of the Heart Failure Society of India (2009–2012) and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (2009–2012). He has served as the president of the Indian Heart Rhythm Society and is the patron of the society.<ref name="Patrons">{{cite web | url=http://www.ihrs.in/Patrons.aspx | title=Patrons | publisher=Indian Heart Rhythm Society | date=2016 | access-date=10 June 2016 | archive-date=25 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225235134/http://ihrs.in/Patrons.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
After introducing the [[endomyocardial biopsy]] (EMB) procedure at AIIMS in 1986, he deployed the technique in the evaluation and diagnosis of tropical heart muscle diseases, and his findings on the occurrence of inflammatory [[myocarditis]] in [[Takayasu's arteritis]] patients have been documented, the first instance the topic was published in medical literature.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> He also proposed therapeutical protocol for reversing the myocardial dysfunction using [[immunosuppressants]]. He established radiofrequency ablation facility in 1992 at AIIMS as a therapeutic procedure for remedying [[Cardiac arrhythmia]] and three years later, he introduced [[Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]] implantation procedure in 1995, the first time the procedure was performed in South Asia.<ref name="Expert Profile" /> The effort earned him a mention in the 1997 edition of the [[Limca Book of Records]]. In 2000, he brought the [[Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy]] to India for the first time.<ref name="Dr K K Talwar joins Max Healthcare as Head of Cardiology">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2013/06/06/dr-k-k-talwar-joins-max-healthcare-as-head-of-cardiology/ | title=Dr K K Talwar joins Max Healthcare as Head of Cardiology | publisher=India Medical Times | date=6 June 2013 | access-date=13 June 2016 | archive-date=26 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205449/http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2013/06/06/dr-k-k-talwar-joins-max-healthcare-as-head-of-cardiology/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The introduction of multisite pacing system for managing heart failure and pioneering efforts in [[electrophysiology]] and [[cardiac pacemakers]] are some of his other notable contributions. His work on [[Cardiac arrhythmia]] helped develop it as a specialty in India and he was associated with [[Heart transplant]] program at AIIMS. His work has been documented by way of several publications<ref name="Publications authored by KK Talwar">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Kewal+Krishan+Talwar | title=Publications authored by KK Talwar | publisher=PubFacts | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> which include 240 articles and 270 abstracts, published in various peer-reviewed medical journals.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> He has also contributed 15 chapters to various medical texts.<ref name="Max Healthcare appoints Dr. KK Talwar as Chairman" />

== Awards and honours ==
[[File:The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Bhushan Award – 2006 to Cardiology Specialist Dr. Kewal Krishan Talwar, in New Delhi on March 20, 2006.jpg|thumb|The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Bhushan Award – 2006 to Cardiology Specialist Dr. Kewal Krishan Talwar, in New Delhi on 20 March 2006]]
The researches during his early years at AIIMS earned Talwar the Prof. Sujoy B. Roy Memorial Investigator Award of the Cardiological Society of India in 1986.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" /> This was followed by Searle Award, again from the Cardiological Society of India the next year and Shyamlal Saksena Award From the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1988.<ref name="Profile of KK Talwar" /> The Indian Council of Medical Research awarded him the Amrut Mody Unichem Award in 1993 and the Ranbaxy Research Award reached him in 1997. He received the highest Indian medical award, [[B. C. Roy Award]] in 2000, for his services to medical education before receiving awards such as Goyal Prize for Science of [[Kurukshetra University]] in 2002 and Basanti Devi Amir Chand Award of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 2003.<ref name="Expert Profile" /> The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences awarded him their ''Norman Alpert Award for Established Investigators in Cardiovascular Sciences'' to him in 2005<ref name="Recipients of the Norman Alpert Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.heartacademy.org/phpwcms/index.php?awards-1 | title=Recipients of the Norman Alpert Award | publisher=International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=12 June 2016 | archive-date=4 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404180356/http://www.heartacademy.org/phpwcms/index.php?awards-1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Government of India included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list of 2006 for the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The National Academy of Medical Sciences honoured him again in 2012 with Aryabhat Award.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" />

Talwar, an Emeritus Professor of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="Directory Of Emeritus Professors">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/about.php?n=directory | title=Directory Of Emeritus Professors | publisher=NAMS | date=2016 | access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> is an elected fellow of NAMS (1993)<ref name="NAMS fellow">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=NAMS fellow | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2005).<ref name="Indian Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P05-1404 | title=Indian Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He is also a fellow of the [[American College of Cardiology]] and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences.<ref name="IACS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.heartacademy.org/phpwcms/index.php?iacs-fellows-1 | title=IACS Fellows | publisher=International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=11 June 2016 | archive-date=4 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404191201/http://www.heartacademy.org/phpwcms/index.php?iacs-fellows-1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences]] had conferred the [[honoris causa]] degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) on him.<ref name="Chairman - Cardiology, Max Healthcare" /> Besides, he has delivered several award orations; Dr. K. L. Wig Oration of NAMS (2000-2001), Dr. Menda Oration of Indian Medical Association (2005), Sphere Oration of Cardiological Society of India (1989), Glaxo Oration of NAMS (1996), Dr. Austin Doyle Memorial Lecture (1996), Dr. Devi Chand Memorial Oration (1992), R. S. Tiwari Oration (1999), Dr. R. N. Chatterjee Memorial Oration (2003), Prof. Raman Vishwanath – VPCI Oration (2007), Prof. P. S. Bidwai Memorial Oration (2007), Kuwait Medical Association Oration (2007), Dr. Ivan Pinto Oration (2008), Dr. J. P. Das Heart Failure Annual Oration (2009), P. L. Wahi Oration (2010), First Innova Foundation Oration (2012), 5th annual Cardiology Chair Oration of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (2013),<ref name="Alarming rise in heart failure cases">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/alarming-rise-in-heart-failure-cases/article4672152.ece | title=Alarming rise in heart failure cases | newspaper=The Hindu | date=1 May 2013 | access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> and Dr. G.N.Sen Oration (2013) are some of the notable ones.<ref name="K.K. Talwar on WHFS" />

== See also ==
* [[Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]]
* [[Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHPaYJLW6qg | title=Dr. K. K. Talwar - Increase in Heart Diseases in India | publisher=CrediHealth | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=6 March 2014 | access-date=13 June 2016}}
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