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{{Short description|Indian neurologist and academic}}
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'''Kameshwar Prasad''' is an Indian neurologist, medical researcher, academic. He is an emeritus professor at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] (AIIMS),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/should-you-worry-about-the-covid-vaccine-you-took/articleshow/109822947.cms | title=Should you worry about the Covid vaccine you took? | date=3 May 2024 | agency=[[Times of India]] | accessdate=20 November 2024 | author=Durgesh Nandan Jha}}</ref> known as a proponent of [[evidence-based medicine]] (EBM) and evidence-based healthcare (EBHC).<ref name="EBM McMaster Faculty">{{cite web | url=http://ebm.mcmaster.ca/faculty_tutors.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617035318/http://ebm.mcmaster.ca/faculty_tutors.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 June 2012 | title=EBM McMaster Faculty | publisher=McMaster University | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> The government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<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=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |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>

== Biography ==
Prasad graduated in medicine from [[Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences]], with the award for Best Medical Graduate of the Year award and secured his MD and DM from the AIIMS in Delhi in 1983 and 1985 respectively.<ref name="Prof. Kameshwar Prasad">{{cite web | url=http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/prof-kp.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310034231/http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/prof-kp.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 March 2016 | title=Prof. Kameshwar Prasad | publisher=AIIMS | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> After starting his career by joining AIIMS, he also secured a master's degree (MSc) in [[Clinical Epidemiology]] and Health Research Methodology from [[McMaster University]], Canada in 1993,<ref name="Prof. Kameshwar Prasad" /> pursuing the course as an Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) Fellow.<ref name="EBM McMaster Faculty" /> At AIIMS, he established the Stroke Clinic in 1995 and has been involved with stroke management in India at various levels including as the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Panel Area for Stroke Registry, constituted by the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] and as the convenor of the National Stroke Management Guidelines.<ref name="AIIMS profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.aiims.edu/en/2014-12-18-11-27-59/neurology_faculty.html?id=1389 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613023944/http://www.aiims.edu/en/2014-12-18-11-27-59/neurology_faculty.html?id=1389 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 June 2016 | title=AIIMS profile | publisher=All India Institute of Medical Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

Prasad headed the AIIMS research team which conducted a study on the neurological disease management practices in the hospitals in India in 2012 for evolving guidelines for the standardization of drug use in India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2012/10/07/need-for-standard-guidelines-on-treatment-of-certain-illnesses/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720172525/http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2012/10/07/need-for-standard-guidelines-on-treatment-of-certain-illnesses/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 July 2015 | title=Need for standard guidelines on treatment of certain illnesses | work=India Medical Times | date=7 October 2012 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> He is the principal investigator of the joint study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] for tracking the risk factors of stroke and cognitive decline in people over 50. The study, known to be the first of its kind in India, is expected to cover 15,000 healthy people and extend up to five years.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140131/jsp/nation/story_17883922.jsp#.Vh_mYvmSxAA | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213714/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140131/jsp/nation/story_17883922.jsp#.Vh_mYvmSxAA | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | title=Giant hunt for desi clues to stroke, cognition loss | work=The Telegraph |location=India | date=31 January 2014 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> He has also done many clinical trials on stem cell therapy<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://indiansciencejournal.in/2014/11/14/indian-researchers-warn-stem-cell-is-no-panacea-for-stroke/ | title=Indian researchers warn, stem cell is no panacea for stroke | journal=Indian Science Journal | date=14 November 2014 |issn=2348-4500 | access-date=23 August 2023}}<br>- {{cite web | url=http://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=88 | title=Stem cells therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke | publisher=Clinical Trials Registry - India | date=2014 | access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> and is a member of the Neuro-Core Committee of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://14.139.60.56:8084/NeuroCoreComm.aspx | title=Neuro Core Committee | publisher=Indian Council of Medical Research | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142754/http://14.139.60.56:8084/NeuroCoreComm.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> When the Ministry of Health, Bahrain, established the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, he served as its founder chairman.<ref name="Prof. Kameshwar Prasad" />

Prasad, who has known interests in stroke management and evidence-based medicine,<ref name="EBM McMaster Faculty" /> is a member of the board of the EBHC International Conference.{{cn|date=February 2020}} He was a member of the Panel of Facilitators for the 13th Asia Pacific Evidence-Based Medicine & Nursing Workshop and Conference, held at Singapore in January 2015.{{cn|date=February 2020}} He is a member of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit Network of the Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN)
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaclen.org/pdf/ceulist/ceu_aiims.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071601/http://www.indiaclen.org/pdf/ceulist/ceu_aiims.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | title=Clinical Epidemiology Unit Network | publisher=Indianclen | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> He was the editor of Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group for two terms, the editorial board member of ''Practical Neurology'', and has been a referee for several international journals.<ref name="Prof. Kameshwar Prasad" /> [[Oxford University]] invited him as a visiting lecturer on three occasions and he worked as a visiting lecturer at [[McMaster University]] in Canada and [[Arabian Gulf University]] on ten occasions each and at the [[National University of Singapore]] seven times.<ref name="AIIMS profile" /> His researches and observations are recorded by way of several articles published in peer reviewed journals<ref name="Prof. Kameshwar Prasad" /> and he is the author of ''Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Medicine'', a handbook on [[evidence-based medicine]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Medicine | publisher=Springer | author=Kameshwar Prasad | year=2013 | pages=154 | isbn=978-8132208303}}</ref> The government of India included him in the 1992 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards" /> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] elected him as their fellow in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows (Name-wise) upto 2016 |page=109 | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref>

==Published work==
* {{cite book | first=Kameshwar |last=Prasad |title=Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Medicine | publisher=Springer | location=India | year=2013 | pages=154 | isbn=978-8132208303}}

== References ==
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