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{{short description|Indian cardiologist}}
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|prizes = {{unbulleted list|2021 [[Padma Vibhushan]]|2010 [[Padma Bhushan]]|1999 [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] for Eminent Teachers<ref name="nams" /><ref name="tribune" />|1997 [[Rajyotsava Award]]}}
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[[File:B M Hegde with Kiran Kumar Reddy.JPG|thumb|B M Hegde being conferred an honorary doctorate by [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]]]

'''Belle Monappa Hegde''' (born 18 August 1938) is an Indian cardiologist, professor of medicine, and author. He was the vice chancellor of [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]] from 1999 to 2003.<ref name="toipadma" /> He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2010 and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2021.<ref name="toipadma" /> He has supported [[homeopathy]]<ref name="homeo-defense"/> a [[pseudoscientific]]<ref name="PoP"/> system of [[alternative medicine]] and [[quantum healing]].<ref name="quantkmj"/>

== Early life ==
Hegde was born on 18 August 1938 in Pangala near Udupi, Karnataka, India<ref name="mt" /> He obtained MBBS from [[Stanley Medical College]], Madras in 1960 and later M.D. from [[King George’s Medical College]], [[University of Lucknow]]<ref name="toipadma" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=RESUME OF |url=https://www.bmhegde.com/resume1.html |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=www.bmhegde.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
Over a long career at [[Kasturba Medical College|Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore]], Hegde served in various positions such as professor, principal and dean. He was appointed the vice chancellor of [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]] in 1999 and served till 2003.<ref name="toipadma" /> He was an independent director of [[Zydus Wellness]].<ref name="et" /> He also served as chairman of an expert committee of Bihar State Health Society<ref name="bihar" />

He was the chairman of [[Mangaluru]] branch of [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]].<ref name="bhav" /> He started a medical journal, ''Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes''<ref name="jsho" /> and serves as its editor-in-chief.<ref name="jshobio" /> Hegde was a fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]]<ref name="nams" /> till 2016.

B.M. Hegde is a member of the selection jury of Mahaveer Awards instituted by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/bhagwan-mahaveer-foundation-invites-nominations-for-26th-mahaveer-awards-carrying-cash-prize-of-rs-40-lakhs-across-4-categories-2/1111621/ | title=Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation invites nominations for 26th Mahaveer Awards carrying cash prize of Rs 40 lakhs across 4 categories | website=[[ThePrint]] | date=September 2022 }}</ref>

== Pseudoscience and controversies ==

He has proposed that '[[quantum healing]]' can bring sick persons back to normal,<ref name="quantkmj" /><ref name="hinduoped" /> a concept widely regarded in the scientific community as pseudoscientific.<ref name="slate" /><ref name="wapo" />

In 2019, when Hegde was invited to deliver a lecture on "Sauce of Happiness" at the campus of [[Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Madras]], he was called a proponent of "pseudo-science and quackery" by a group of research scholars, who questioned his criticism of modern medicine and accused him of promoting unverified treatments for various ailments.<ref name="tnie" /> Hegde said it showed "how much the protesters knew about science."<ref name="ptiprotest" />

His TEDx talk on "Change is life" was flagged by TED as containing medical fallacies and sweeping generalizations. TED said that the assertions made in the talk lacked legitimate scientific support.<ref>{{Citation |title=Change is life {{!}} Dr. B M HEGDE {{!}} TEDxGlobalAcademy | date=23 May 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBhxIW24jaE |access-date=2023-11-24 |language=en}}</ref>

Hegde has also written articles and given talks in support of [[homeopathy]], regarded globally as a [[pseudoscience]].<ref name="PoP">{{cite book |author=Ladyman J |veditors=Pigliucci M, Boudry M |year=2013 |pages=48–49 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |chapter=Chapter 3: Towards a Demarcation of Science from Pseudoscience |title=Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem |quote=Yet homeopathy is a paradigmatic example of pseudoscience. It is neither simply bad science nor science fraud, but rather profoundly departs from scientific method and theories while being described as scientific by some of its adherents (often sincerely). |isbn=978-0-226-05196-3}}</ref> Hegde argues that even if one thinks incorrectly that Homeopathy is a [[placebo]], it is still important, as most modern medicine is worse than placebo.<ref name="homeo-money" /><ref name="yt" /><ref name="homeo-defense" />

== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite book|title=Wisdom of the human body|year=2001|publisher=Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|pages=148 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0gtRAAAAYAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=What Doctors Don't Get to Study in Medical School|year=2006|publisher=Anshan|isbn=978-1-904798-84-2|pages=275 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BdyNAAAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Hypertension: Assorted Topics|year=1995|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|pages=108 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRvvGwAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=The Heart Manual|year=2000|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|pages=157 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hh0LSwAACAAJ}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite book|title=You Can Be Healthy|year=2004|publisher=Macmillan Publishers India Limited|isbn=978-1-4039-2233-5|pages=208 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ul9ePgAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=How To Maintain Good Health|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7476-069-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hL7cYk7afl0C}}
* {{cite book|title=Modern Medicine and Ancient Indian Wisdom|year=2000|publisher=Manipal Academy of Higher Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsCHOwAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Holistic Living|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|isbn=978-81-7276-024-3|pages=117 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dI0lvbM92csC}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite book|title=Art Of Public Speaking|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|isbn=978-81-7276-054-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XVJSPgAACAAJ}}
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== References ==
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<ref name="toipadma">{{cite news| last=Pinto| first=Stanley| date=9 November 2021| title="Cardiologist Dr B M Hegde conferred Padma Vibhushan"| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/cardiologist-dr-b-m-hegde-conferred-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/87612588.cms| work=The Times of India| location=Mangaluru| access-date=15 November 2021}}.</ref>
<ref name="mt">{{cite web|url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Padma-Bhushan-to-Dr-B-M-Hegde.html |title=Padma Bhushan to Dr B M Hegde |publisher=Mangalore Today |access-date=2010-01-25}}</ref>
<ref name="bihar">{{cite web|title=B.M. Hegde to head Bihar health society|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/01/stories/2006030103740700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090109/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/01/stories/2006030103740700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 March 2006|access-date=29 April 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="nams">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows – NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="tribune">{{cite news| date=30 June 2000|author= |title="BC Roy award for PGI doctor"|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000701/nation.htm#5|work=The Tribune, India|access-date=15 November 2021| quote="Dr B.M. Hegde, Vice-Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, ... have been awarded for their services as eminent medical teachers"}}</ref>
<ref name="et">{{Cite news| url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/pharma/zydus-wellness-independent-director-b-m-hegde-resigns/54880291| date=16 October 2016| author= |title="Zydus Wellness independent director B M Hegde resigns"|work=The Times of India| access-date=15 November 2021}}.</ref>
<ref name="bhav">{{cite web |url=https://www.bhavans.info/kendra/show_kendra.asp?stateid=8&kendraid=24 |title="BHAVAN'S CENTRES : In India & Abroad" |author= |date=15 November 2021 |website=bhavans.info |publisher=[[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] |access-date=15 November 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115100930/https://www.bhavans.info/kendra/show_kendra.asp?stateid=8&kendraid=24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="jsho">{{cite web| url=https://thejsho.com/pdf/MEDICAL%20JOURNAL.pdf|title=Innovative medical journal for humanistic medicine|access-date=15 November 2021| quote="he has teamed up with Professor Rustum Roy to start an innovative journal called JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF HEALING DISEASES (JSHO)"}}</ref>
<ref name="jshobio">{{cite web |url=http://www.thejsho.com |title=Bio|website=www.thejsho.com|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="quantkmj">Hegde BM: “Modern Medicine and Quantum Physics” Kuwait Medical Journal: March 2003: 35(1): 1–3</ref>
<ref name="hinduoped">{{cite news |last1=Hegde |first1=B. M |title=Some thoughts on 'quantum healing' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/some-thoughts-on-quantum-healing/article7652647.ece |access-date=18 November 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=15 September 2015 |quote=Quantum healing is what happens when your own volition can make it happen during the oscillation between matter and energy to rebuild the damaged part ... Auto-healing, akin to quantum healing, brings one back to normalcy. This alone can be called cure.}}</ref>
<ref name="slate">{{Cite web|last=Francis|first=Matthew R.|date=2014-05-29|title=The Two Top Inspirations of Science-Sounding Nonsense: Quantum and Consciousness|url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/quantum-consciousness-physics-and-neuroscience-do-not-explain-one-another.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="wapo">{{Cite news|last=Strauss|first=Valerie|title=Scientist: Why Deepak Chopra is driving me crazy|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/05/15/scientist-why-deepak-chopra-is-driving-me-crazy/|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
<ref name="tnie">{{Cite web|url=https://www.edexlive.com/campus/2019/feb/06/rip-science-how-iit-m-students-protested-against-padma-bhushan-b-m-hegdes-lecture-on-sauce-of-hap-5259.html|title=RIP Science: How IIT-M students protested against Padma Bhushan B M Hegde's lecture on 'sauce of happiness'|website=The New Indian Express|date=6 February 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="ptiprotest">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iit-madras-scholars-protest-inviting-b-m-hegde-for-lecture-119020501482_1.html|title=IIT-Madras scholars protest inviting B M Hegde for lecture|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=5 February 2019|via=Business Standard|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
<ref name="homeo-money">{{Cite web| url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/homeopathyscience-or-fraud/22682.html| date=4 January 2012| last=Hegde| first=B.M.| title="Homeopathy-science or fraud?" | quote="Lots of people have an idea that homeopathy is only a placebo and not effective otherwise. This is not true ... Therefore, even if one were to think that homeopathy is only a placebo, it does not belittle its importance as most of our modern medical drugs are worse than placebos"| access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="yt">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/gbhWiW8ZZHE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210211101437/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbhWiW8ZZHE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbhWiW8ZZHE| title = Dr.B.M.Hegde on Homeopathy - Can we trust it? -latest speech{{!}} Cholesterol {{!}} Diabetes {{!}} Health Direct | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 15 April 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
<ref name="homeo-defense">{{Cite web|url=http://bmhegde.com/hegde/articles.php?article_id=146|title = B. M. Hegde - Articles: IN DEFENSE OF HOMEOPATHY}}</ref>
</references>

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