National Speaker Dr Rakesh Sahay

Rakesh Sahay
Professor and Head
Dept. of Endocrinology
Osmania Medical College and Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad
India

About Faculty

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sahay

Dr. Rakesh Sahay is the President of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India (2024).

He also holds the post of President, South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies and is the Immediate Past President of the Endocrine Society of India. Dr. Sahay serves as the Section Editor for Tropical Endocrinology at Endotext – an online textbook of Endocrinology, the Associate Editor of IJDDC, and is an Editorial Board member of the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (IJEM).

Previously, Dr. Sahay was a Governing Body member of the API and a Member of the Executive Committee of DIPSI. Over the past decade, Dr. Sahay has received several prestigious fellowships and awards, including:

  • Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (2021)
  • Fellowship of the American College of Endocrinology (2009)
  • Fellowship of RSSDI (2015)
  • Fellowship of the Indian College of Physicians (2006)
  • Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine (2008)
  • Fellowship of Sri Lanka College of Endocrinology (2022)
  • 'Hoechst Senior Lectureship' Oration of Association of Physicians of India (2008)
  • “Best Teachers in Medicine” Award from Govt. of Telangana (2018)

Dr. Sahay has authored over 180 publications in various National and International Journals, with 6300 citations and an H-index of 41. He has also contributed chapters in various textbooks and monographs on Diabetes and Endocrinology.

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