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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Ravinder Goswami<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|9|3}}<br />
| birth_place = Delhi, India<br />
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Endocrinology]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[AIIMS Delhi]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] | [[AIIMS Delhi]] | [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] | [[Harvard Medical School]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist | [[Narayana Panicker Kochupillai|N. Kochupillai]] | Patricia Crock | Edward M. Brown }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on [[hypoparathyroidism and vitamin D deficiency]]<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 2008&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }} <br />
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'''Ravinder Goswami''' (born 3 September 1963) is an Indian [[Endocrinology|endocrinologist]] and professor at the department of [[endocrinology]] and [[metabolism]] at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]]. Known for his research on [[vitamin D deficiency]], Goswami is an elected fellow of [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 2008.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Ravinder Goswami, after earning his bachelor's degree in medicine from [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], continued at the institution to complete his MD and secured a DM in endocrinology from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]].<ref name="About the Author">{{Cite web |url=http://press.endocrine.org/page/jcem/focusbone/rgoswami |title=About the Author |date=2017 |publisher=Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He did his post-doctoral work by joining AIIMS in 1992, working under [[Narayana Panicker Kochupillai]] and has since been associated with the institution. In between, he had two sabbaticals; first at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] under Patricia Crock and later, at [[Harvard Medical School]] at the laboratory of Edward M. Brown. At AIIMS, he served as the sub-dean of research during 2011–13 and is a professor at the department of endocrinology and metabolism.<ref name="List of faculty">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/hospital%20zone/faculty_LIst_upto_10_10_14_15_11_14.pdf |title=List of faculty |date=2017 |publisher=AIMS, Delhi}}</ref><ref name="OPD Schedule clinics schedule">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiims.edu/en/news/awards-honours/79-about-aiims/184-endocrinology-metabolism-diabetes.html |title=OPD Schedule clinics schedule |date=2017 |publisher=AIIMS, Delhi}}</ref><br />
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Goswami lives in East AIIMS campus, in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G |title=NASI fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=3 April 2017 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Goswami's studies have been focusing focused on clinical endocrinology and he has carried out research on diseases such as [[hypocalcemia]] and [[idiopathic]] [[hypoparathyroidism]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=370 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> His studies on [[vitamin D deficiency]] covered ''etiopathogenesis'' and gravity of the disorder across the population and his work was the first of its kind in India.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee" /> His research revealed that vitamin D deficiency among Indian population is due to their dark skin (which prevented formation of vitamin D by blocking ultra violet rays) as well as inhibition of over-expression of [[Calcitriol receptor]] gene,<ref name="Face the heat to stay fit: AIIMS study">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/face-the-heat-to-stay-fit-aiims-study/story-8DUG3ccEZilaE5UiLfK0SN.html | title=Face the heat to stay fit: AIIMS study |date=18 November 2008 | first=Jaya | last=Shroff Bhalla | newspaper=Hindustan Times | accessdate=13 June 2018 }}</ref> resulting in inadequate bio-adaptation.<ref name="Lau2016">{{cite book|author=Dr Kevin Lau|title=Your Plan for Natural Scoliosis Prevention and Treatment (4th Edition): The Ultimate Program and Workbook to a Stronger and Straighter Spine.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM7xDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|date=18 July 2016|publisher=Health In Your Hands|isbn=978-981-09-9457-0|pages=169–}}</ref> He advocated against treating the nutritional deficiency through supplements and advised exposure to sunlight as a remedial measure.<ref name="10-year-old dies of vitamin D overdose in Delhi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-times-of-india-mumbai-edition/20160430/281964606914345 |title=10-year-old dies of vitamin D overdose in Delhi |date=30 April 2016 |publisher=Times of India}}</ref><ref name="Sunlight enough, no need of vitamin-D drive">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sunlight-enough-no-need-of-vitamin-D-drive/articleshow/51624685.cms |title=Sunlight enough, no need of vitamin-D drive |date=31 March 2016 |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> His work on idiopathic hypoparathyroidism assisted in widening the understanding of the disease with regard to its clinical signs such as [[parathyroid]] [[spondyloarthropathy]], [[basal ganglia]] [[calcification]] and development of [[hyperphosphatemia]].<ref name="About the Author" /> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Rangarajan=3APundi_Narasimhan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} of which many have been listed by online article repositories such as [[Google Scholar]]<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CbjFDxEAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2017 |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref> and [[ResearchGate]].<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ravinder_Goswami |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017 }}</ref> Besides, he has contributed chapters to books published by others<ref name="Holick2010">{{cite book|author=Michael F. Holick|title=Vitamin D: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyK2iDVWxfwC&pg=PR23|date=27 June 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-60327-303-9|pages=23–}}</ref><ref name="KumarGupta2014">{{cite book|author1=Bhushan Kumar|author2=Somesh Gupta|title=Sexually Transmitted Infections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ9tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR14|date=10 February 2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences APAC|isbn=978-81-312-2978-1|pages=14–}}</ref> and his work has drawn citations from other authors.<ref>{{cite book|title=Down to Earth: Science and Environment Fortnightly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruoJAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Society for Environmental Communications}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Postgraduate Medical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCwVAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1993|publisher=Blackwell Scientific Publications}}</ref> He has also presented his research at medical forums including the ''National Symposium on Nutrition and Bone Health'' of Nutrition Foundation of India held in 2007.<ref name="Potential significance of Vitamin D deficiency in apparently healthy subjects in Delhi">{{Cite web |url=http://nutritionfoundationofindia.org/workshop_symposia/Nutrition%20and%20Bone%20Health%20Symposium/Day2/Dr.%20Goswami.pdf |title=Potential significance of Vitamin D deficiency in apparently healthy subjects in Delhi |date=2017 |publisher=Nutrition Foundation of India |access-date=3 April 2017 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043602/http://nutritionfoundationofindia.org/workshop_symposia/Nutrition%20and%20Bone%20Health%20Symposium/Day2/Dr.%20Goswami.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and serves as an editorial associate for the ''Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)''.<ref name="Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/anams/2015/6-3-PB.pdf |title=Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Goswami the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2008.<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archivedate=2013-02-24 }}</ref> The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected him as a fellow the same year<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Goswami,_Prof._Ravinder |title=Fellow profile |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> and he became an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2010.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=3 April 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Chandan Jyoti Das, Ashu Seith, Shivanand Gamanagatti, Ravinder Goswami |title=Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma with an Empty Sella |journal=American Journal of Roentgenology |date=2006 |volume=186 |issue=5 |pages=1468–1469 |doi=10.2214/AJR.05.0329|pmid=16632746 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Goswami R, Mishra SK, Kochupillai N|title=Prevalence & potential significance of vitamin D deficiency in Asian Indians |journal=Indian J Med Res |date=2008 |volume=127 |issue=3 |pages=229–38 |pmid=18497436}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Ariachery C. Ammini, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Jaya Praksh Sahoo, Jim Philip, Nikhil Tandon, Ravinder Goswami, Viveka P. Jyotsna, Rajesh Khadgawat, Sunil Chumber, Aashu Seth, Asis K. Karak, Bhawani S. Sharma, Poodipedi Sarat Chandra, Ashish Suri, Manish S. Sharma, Shashank S. Kale, Manmohan Singh |title=Cushing's disease: Results of treatment and factors affecting outcome |journal=Hormones |date=2011 |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=222–229 |pmid=22001133|doi=10.14310/horm.2002.1312 |doi-access=free }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Ravinder Goswami, Tabin Millo, Shruti Mishra, Madhuchhanda Das, Mansi Kapoor, Neeraj Tomar, Soma Saha, Tara Shankar Roy, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas |title=Expression of Osteogenic Molecules in the Caudate Nucleus and Gray Matter and Their Potential Relevance for Basal Ganglia Calcification in Hypoparathyroidism |journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab |date=2014 |volume=99 |issue=5 |pages=1741–1748 |doi=10.1210/jc.2013-3863|pmid=24552219 |pmc=5393477 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Sagar Modi, Majari Tripathy, Soma Saha, Ravinder Goswami |title=Seizures in patients with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism: Effect of antiepileptic drug withdrawal on recurrence of seizures and serum calcium control |journal=Eur J Endocrinol |date=2014 |volume=170 |issue=5 |pages=777–83 |doi=10.1530/EJE-14-0075|pmid=24648439 |doi-access=free }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Abilash Nair, Randeep Guleria, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Raju Sharma, Nikhil Tandon, Urvashi B. Singh, Ravinder Goswami |title=Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in young adult patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus in India |journal=Multidiscip Respir Med |date=2016 |volume=11 |issue=22 |page=22 |doi=10.1186/s40248-016-0058-z|pmid=27168934 |pmc=4862037 |doi-access=free }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Soma Saha, Savita Saini, Govind K. Makharia, Siddhartha Datta Gupta, Ravinder Goswami |title=Prevalence of coeliac disease in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and effect of gluten-free diet on calcaemic control |journal=Clinical Endocrinology |date=2016 |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=578–586 |doi=10.1111/cen.12850|pmid=26147910 |s2cid=8985003 }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Diabetes mellitus type 1]]<br />
* [[Cushing's disease]]<br />
* [[Fahr's syndrome]]<br />
* [[Coeliac disease]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.labome.org/expert/goswami/ravinder-goswami-327225.html |title=Ravinder Goswami on Labome |date=2017 |publisher=Labome |work=List of articles |access-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043346/https://www.labome.org/expert/goswami/ravinder-goswami-327225.html |archive-date=4 April 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://pubget.com/author/ravinder-goswami |title=Ravinder Goswami on PubGet |date=2017 |publisher=PubGet |work=List of articles}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://annals-nams.in/index.php/annals/article/download/8/5 |title=Endocrine and Metabolic Aspects of OSA |last=Ravinder Goswami |year=2013 |publisher=Ann Natl Acad Med Sci (India) |work=Article (full text)}}<br />
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