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{{Short description|Indian physician}}
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'''Noshir Hormusjee''' "'''N. H.'''" '''Wadia''' (20 January 1925 – 10 April 2016) was an Indian [[physician]]. He was a prominent figure in the field of [[neurology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IN MEMORIAM: Noshir H. Wadia, MD|url=https://www.worldneurologyonline.com/article/in-memoriam-noshir-h-wadia-md/|publisher=World Neurology Online|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref> Wadia was given the [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the [[Government of India]].<ref>[https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/padma-awards-announced-%E2%80%93-full-list_754735.html?pagenumber=2 Padma awards announced – Full list] (Accessed on 26 June 2013)</ref><ref name=pib3>{{cite press release|title=Padma Awards Announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2012|access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref> He was also given the Certificate of Appreciation for Services to Neurology by the [[World Federation of Neurology]] in 1993.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160813021727/http://www.insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N86-0952 Indian National Science Academy website]}} (Accessed on 26 June 2013)</ref> He pioneered the practice of neurology in India.

==Career==
Noshir Hormusjee Wadia entered Grant Medical College, [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in 1943 and finished his MD Medicine from there in 1948, and did his [[Membership of the Royal College of Physicians|MRCP]] from London. He joined as a Registrar, Neurology to Lord Brain, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases (1952–56), and then to the London Hospital as a Registrar and Tutor at the Medical School. He came back to India in 1957 and became Honorary Assistant Neurologist to his beloved alma mater. He served as a lecturer in neurology (1961–68) and Honorary Professor (1968–82), [[Grant Medical College]].<ref>DNA -Academy Sunday, 20 September 2009, Kareena Gianani [http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/1291596/report-alumni-to-restore-grant-medical-college Alumni to restore Grant Medical College] (Accessed on 28 June 2013)</ref> He headed the Neurology department at Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals for 25 years till 1982, when he stepped down and had his position taken by Bhimsen Singhal, one of his students. On retirement, he joined as a Consultant for Life at the Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, and he was the Director, Neurology Department at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre (1973 to-date). He was felicitated DSc (hc) by [[Banaras Hindu University]] (1999).<ref name="insaindia.org">{{Cite web | url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N86-0952 | title=INSA, India}}</ref>

==Books==
N H Wadia is an author of book in Neurology 'Neurological Practice :An Indian Perspective.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qgUGdnZ3hAYC&dq=n+h+wadia&pg=PR15 Neurological practice - An Indian perspective] (Accessed on 26 June 2013)</ref>'
He is one of the contributors of the book Tropical Neurology.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XpsAAAAMAAJ | title=Tropical Neurology| last1=Spillane| first1=John David| year=1973| publisher=Oxford University Press| isbn=978-0-19-264154-0}}</ref>

==Notable works==
Wadia has explored neurological manifestations of Acute hemorrhagic [[conjunctivitis]] due to [[enterovirus]] E 70.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc = 1027477 | pmid=6886696 | volume=46 | issue=7 | title=A study of the neurological disorder associated with acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to enterovirus 70 | journal=J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | pages=599–610 | last1 = Wadia | first1 = NH | last2 = Wadia | first2 = PN | last3 = Katrak | first3 = SM | last4 = Misra | first4 = VP | doi=10.1136/jnnp.46.7.599| year=1983 }}</ref>
*He described a new form of heredofamilial spinocerebellar degeneration with slow eye movements a completely new to the world. This later went on to be designated SCA 2.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1093/brain/94.2.359| title=A New Form of Heredo-Familial Spinocerebellar Degeneration with Slow Eye Movements (Nine Families)| journal=Brain| volume=94| issue=2| pages=359–374| year=1971| last1=Wadia| first1=N. H.| last2=Swami| first2=R. K.| pmid=5571047}}</ref>
*Myelopathy Complicating Congenital Atlanto Axial Dislocation.
*Atypical Features in [[acoustic neuroma]].
*Venous signs in Cerebral [[Angioma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/search?fulltext=n+h+wadia&submit=yes&x=0&y=0 |title=Advanced Search | Brain |website=brain.oxfordjournals.org |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306072207/http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/search?fulltext=n+h+wadia&submit=yes&x=0&y=0 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
Indian Academy of Neurology has set up an oration in annual conference in the name of Wadia.<ref>[http://www.ian.net.in/oration.html Indian Academy of Neurology - Exploring new frontiers in neurology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032156/http://www.ian.net.in/oration.html |date=24 September 2015 }} (Accessed on 26 June 2013)</ref>
* The Certificate of Appreciation for Services to Neurology by [[World Federation of Neurology]] (1993)
* First Rameshwardas Birla National Award for an Outstanding Practising Clinician in Modern Medicine (1999)
* Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Excellence by Harvard Medical International and Wockhardt Ltd for Pioneering and Immense Contributions in Speciality of Neurology,
* SS Bhatnagar Medal for Excellence in General Science by INSA (2003)
* Dhanvantari Award by Dhanvantari Medical Foundation for Outstanding Contribution in [[Medicine]] (2003)
* Shree Dhanwantari Prize by INSA (2006). He was elected Fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (1972)<ref name="List of FellowsNAMS">{{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=19 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bangalore (1983)
* [[Royal College of Physicians]], London (1970)<ref name="insaindia.org"/>
* [[Padma Bhushan]], New Delhi, (2013)<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 of India | date=2013 | access-date=4 September 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}

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