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{{Short description|Indian nephrologist}}
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| birth_place = [[Mangaldai]], [[Darrang]], [[Assam]], India
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| occupation = Indian nephrologist
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| website = {{URL|http://www.drsahariah.com|Official web site}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Brahmaiah Sastry Memorial Oration Award Dr. R. V. S. Yadav Memorial Oration Award Membership - National Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship - [[International College of Surgeons]] Fellowship - [[American College of Surgeons]]
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'''Sarbeswar Sahariah''' is an Indian [[nephrologist]] and organ transplant specialist, known for his expertise in renal and pancreatic transplantation.<ref name="Assam Times" /> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]], in 2014, by bestowing on him the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of [[medicine]].<ref name="Padma">{{cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |work=Circular |date=January 25, 2014 |access-date=August 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> Sahariah is credited with more than 3000 renal transplantations,<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> which many consider, has made him the most prolific kidney transplant surgeon in the country.<ref name="Assam Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.assamtimes.org/node/9949 | title=Assam Times | publisher=Assam Times | date=4 March 2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Assam Tribune" />

==Biography==
Sarbeswar Sahariah was born in a family with meagre financial resources, at [[Mangaldai]] on Tengabari Road,<ref name="Assam Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar2214/state06 | title=Assam Tribune | publisher=Assam Tribune | date=22 March 2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232958/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar2214/state06 | url-status=dead }}</ref> a hilly village in the district of [[Darrang]], in the [[Himalayan Mountains|Himalayan]] state of [[Assam]], India, on 1 April 1945.<ref name="Assam Times" /><ref name="Assam Tribune" /><ref name="The New Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Padma-Bhushan-for-Pullela-Padma-Shri-for-Enoch/2014/01/26/article2020857.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128070533/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Padma-Bhushan-for-Pullela-Padma-Shri-for-Enoch/2014/01/26/article2020857.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 28, 2014 | title=The New Indian Express | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=26 January 2014 | access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> He did his early schooling at a local school and passed his higher secondary examinations from the Government High School in Mangaldai, in 1962, with the highest marks in the state for Biology. Opting for the medical career, he joined Medical College in Guwahati,<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> on financial assistance for the State Government,<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> meant for economically backward classes and passed MBBS in 1967, from the [[Gauhati University]], standing fourth overall in the examinations. Subsequently, he did the mandatory [[Doctor of medicine|house surgeoncy]] at the [[Safdarjung Hospital]], New Delhi, which he completed in 1970. He, then, moved to Chandigarh and worked at the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER), Chandigarh as a resident, while pursuing the master's degree, passed MS with a bronze medal in 1973<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> and continued there to complete the senior residency in 1976.<ref name="Assam Times" /> While at PGIMER, he had the opportunity to be involved with the first successful renal transplantation, in 1973.

Saharaiah started his career as a Pool Officer under the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] programme at the Renal Transplantation department of PGIMER, in 1976. Later, in 1978, he joined the faculty of PGIMER and worked there till 1981. The next move was to the Organ Transplantation Centre, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Hyderabad,<ref name="IOG">{{cite web | url=http://instituteofgenetics.org/ | title=IOG | publisher=IOG | date=2012 | access-date=October 3, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084003/http://instituteofgenetics.org/ | archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> as the Head of the centre as the Reader and Chief Renal Transplant Surgeon, in 1981,<ref name="The New Indian Express" /> and continued there till 1985.<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> It was here, he performed the first renal transplantation in Hyderabad which is in current State of [[Telangana]], in 1981.<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> Saharaiah resigned from the Government service in 1985 and has since been practicing at various hospitals in the country.<ref name="Assam Times" />

Sahariah lives at [[Jubilee Hills]], an upmarket residential neighbourhood in west Hyderabad, in the present day [[Telangana]] state, India, attending to his duties at the [[Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (hospital group)|Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences]] in the city,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kimshospitals.com/doctor-profile/dr-s-sahariah/ | title=Best Urologist - Dr. S. Sahariah | Top Transplant Surgeon in Hyderabad| Best Renal Transplant Doctor in Hyderabad }}</ref><ref name="Assam Tribune" /> with his wife and two children, a son and a daughter.<ref name="Assam Tribune" /><ref name="Health Aid India" />

==Achievements and legacy==
[[File:Schema der Pankreas-Nierentransplantation mit portalvenöser Anastomose des Pankreastransplantats.tif|thumb|240px|Kidney Pancreas transplantation]]
Saharaiah is credited with many firsts. He was associated with the first successful kidney transplantation in India, in 1973, while he was working at the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]], Chandigarh.<ref name="The New Indian Express" /><ref name="Deccan Chronicle">{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140126/news-current-affairs/article/9-padmas-blossom-andhra-pradesh-achievers | title=Deccan Chronicle | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | date=26 January 2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> This was followed by the first kidney transplantation in Hyderabad, in 1981.<ref name="The New Indian Express" /> The first ten renal transplants in the state of Assam are also credited to him, which he did during the period from 1992 to 2003.<ref name="Assam Times" /> He is credited with the first cadaver donor renal transplant in Hyderabad,<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> beginning of a career where he would perform eight more such transplants. It is reported that he has successfully performed renal transplants from 18-month-old cadaver, considered to be the youngest donor in India, and from 78-year-old cadaver, regarded as the oldest donor in the country. He is reported to have performed the first [[laparoscopic]] donor [[nephrectomy]] in the country, in 1988.<ref name="Health Aid India" /> He has performed renal transplantations in rural areas, another first credited to him, performed at the rural hospital, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha.<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> The reports say he has done more than 3000 renal transplant operations<ref name="The New Indian Express" /> and over 5000 surgeries for vascular access for [[haemodialysis]].<ref name="India Mart 2">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamart.com/company/9205506/aboutus.html | title=India Mart 2 | publisher=India Mart | date=2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref>

Sahariah's legacy lives on mainly in [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]], where he has put in efforts for the propagation of renal transplantation programme. He was instrumental in initiating the programme across the state, including the [[Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences]] and [[Gandhi Medical College|Gandhi Hospital and Medical College]].<ref name="Assam Times" /><ref name="Assam Tribune" /> Medical institutions such as Bollineni Hospital, Nellore, CDR Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Pinnamalani Polyclinic, Vijaywada, Seven Hills Hospital, Visakhapatnam, [[St. Johns Medical College]], Bangalore, [[M. S. Ramaiah]] Medical College, Bangalore, [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]], New Delhi, Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, Damani Hospital, Dibrugarh, [[Gauhati Medical College and Hospital]], J. N. Medical College Hospital, Maharashtra, Suretech Hospital, Nagpur, Orange City Hospital, Nagpur, Hi-tech Medical College Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar, and International Hospital have all sought Saharaiah's assistance in setting up the renal programme.<ref name="Assam Times" /><ref name="Assam Tribune" /> He has also strived to spread the message in Assam with a programme by which people from economically poor backgrounds can receive renal transplants at a charity hospital in Hyderabad, the Mahavir Hospital and Research Centre.<ref name="Assam Times" /><ref name="Assam Tribune" /><ref name="Mahavir">{{cite web | url=http://www.medicards.in/userpage/detail_hospital.php?hospital_id=5311&menuId=12 | title=Mahavir | publisher=Medicards | date=2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> He has founded a charitable organization, ''North East Care Foundation'', which runs a free medical clinic in Guwahati. The clinic gives free medical consultation and supplies free drugs to patients in the region.

==Research==
Sahariah has done research on organ transplantation. After undergoing training in ''Experimental Transplantation and Transplantation Immunology'' at the School of Medicine, [[Tokai University]], Japan, under Professor K. Tanuji<ref name="Assam Tribune" /><ref name="Health Aid India" /> he carried on with his research on the topic. He has also participated in the ''International Transplant Observership programme'' at the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], [[Boston]], USA in 2009. Sahariah is also credited with developing new techniques in ''islet and segmental pancreatic transplantation''.<ref name="Health Aid India">{{cite web | url=http://www.healthaidindia.com/Transplant-Surgeries-in-India/Kidney-Transplant-Surgeons-In-India.html | title=Health Aid India | publisher=Health Aid India | date=2008–2009 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> He has published his findings in many peer-reviewed journals.

==Awards and recognitions==
The [[Government of India]], in 2014, honoured Sahariah, by awarding him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma" /> He has also received many other awards and recognitions such as:
* MAMS - Membership of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,<ref name="NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/ | title=NAMS | publisher=NAMS | date=2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> New Delhi - 1979
* FICS - Fellowship of the [[International College of Surgeons]]
* FACS - Fellowship of the [[American College of Surgeons]] - 1983
* Dr. Brahmaiah Sastry Memorial Oration Award - [[Andhra Medical College]], Visakhapatnam - 2011
* Dr. R. V. S. Yadav Memorial Oration Award - Indian Society of Organ Transplantation,<ref name="ISOT">{{cite web | url=http://isot.co.in/ | title=ISOT | publisher=ISOT | date=2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> Ludhiana - 2008

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, Maharashtra, in 2000, honoured Sahariah by appointing him as the [[Professor Emeritus status|Professor Emeritus]].

== Publications==
Saharaiah has written a book, ''My Journey with Kidney Transplantation'' describing his life experiences during 1974 - 2004 period. The book was released at a felicitation function organized by the [[Indian Medical Association]], Assam chapter.<ref name="Assam Tribune" /> He has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals. A random selection of his articles reads as:

* {{cite journal | title=New onset of diabetes after transplantation - an overview of epidemiology, mechanism of development and diagnosis |author1=Kesiraju S |author2=Paritala P |author3=Sahariah S. | journal= Transpl. Immunol.|date=January 2014 | volume=30 | issue=1 | pages=52–58 | pmid=24184293 | doi=10.1016/j.trim.2013.10.006}}
* {{cite journal | title=Anti-thymocyte globulin versus basiliximab induction in renal transplant recipients: Long-term outcome |author1=Kesiraju S |author2=Paritala P |author3=Rao Ch UM |author4=Athmakuri SM |author5=Reddy VS |author6=Sahariah S. | journal= Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl|date=January 2014 | volume=25 | issue=1 | pages=9–15 | doi= 10.1016/j.trim.2013.10.006| pmid=24434376}}
* {{cite journal | title=porting of participant compliance in randomized controlled trials of nutrition supplements during pregnancy |author1=Kehoe SH |author2=Chheda PS |author3=Sahariah S |author4=Baird J |author5=Fall CH. | journal= Matern Child Nutr|date=April 2009 | volume=5 | issue=2 | pages=97–103 | pmid=19292744 | doi=10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00178.x| pmc=6860801 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Critical study on the significance of histocompatibility testing in renal transplantation: single-centre experience |author1=Lakshmi Kiran A |author2=Sahariah S |author3=Murthy KJ. | journal= Nephron|date=January 2000 | volume=84 | issue=1 | pages=79–80 | pmid=10644913 | doi=10.1159/000045543|s2cid=21203892 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Giant aneurysm of renal artery: surgical management |author1=Sajja LR |author2=Sitaram Reddy B |author3=Sahariah S |author4=Vijay Kumar D. | journal= Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann|date=June 2002 | volume=10 | issue=2 | pages=176–177 | pmid=12079949 | doi=10.1177/021849230201000222|s2cid=9062587 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Cost of epilepsy in patients attending a secondary-level hospital in India |author1=Krishnan A |author2=Sahariah SU |author3=Kapoor SK. | journal= Epilepsia|date=March 2004 | volume=45 | issue=3 | pages=289–291 | pmid=15009233 | doi=10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.41104.x| doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Development of a validated clinical case definition of generalized tonic-clonic seizures for use by community-based health care providers |author1=Anand K |author2=Jain S |author3=Paul E |author4=Srivastava A |author5=Sahariah SA |author6=Kapoor SK. | journal= Epilepsia|date=May 2005 | volume= 46|issue=5 | pages=743–750 | pmid=15857442 | doi=10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.41104.x|doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Mycetoma of lower extremity |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Sharma AK |author3=Mittal VK |author4=Yadav RV. | journal= J Postgrad Med|date=April 1978 | volume=24 | issue=2 | pages=113–116 | pmid=722604}}
* {{cite journal | title=Ocular complications amongst renal transplant patients |author1=Chugh KS |author2=Singhal PC |author3=Yadav RV |author4=Tewari SC |author5=Nath IV |author6=Kaul RK |author7=Sahariah S. | journal= J Assoc Physicians India|date=January 1979 | volume=27 | issue=1 | pages=27–31 | pmid=389920}}
* {{cite journal | title=Jaundice and hydatid disease of the liver |author1=Mittal VK |author2=Sahariah S |author3=Yadav RV. | journal= Am J Proctol Gastroenterol Colon Rectal Surg|date=July 1980 | volume=31 | issue=7 | pages=17–18, 30 | pmid=7435546}}
* {{cite journal | title=Crossmatching considerations in renal transplantation |author1=Kiran AL |author2=Vijayalakshmi V |author3=Murthy KJ |author4=Sahariah S. | journal= J Assoc Physicians India|date=August 1996 | volume=44 | issue=8 | pages=521–524 | pmid=9251421}}
* {{cite journal | title=Fatal respiratory obstruction due to round worm |author1=Mittal VK |author2=Dhaliwal R |author3=Yadav RV |author4=Sahariah S. | journal= Med J Aust|date=August 1976 | volume=2 |issue=6 | pages=210–212 |doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130111.x | pmid=979851|s2cid=30004150 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Angiosarcoma of the male breast |author1=Yadav RV |author2=Sahariah S |author3=Mittal VK |author4=Banerjee AK. | journal= Int Surg|date=September 1976 | volume=61 | issue=9 | pages=461–464 | pmid= 987026}}
* {{cite journal | title=High speed pneumatic drill biopsy in palapable lesions of the breast |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Datta BN |author3=Kaushik SP |author4=Sachdeva HS. | journal= Indian J Cancer|date=December 1976 | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=306–309 | pmid=1022675}}
* {{cite journal | title=Stercoraceous perforation of colon: report of a case |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Gupta NM. | journal= Am Surg|date=March 1976 | volume=43 | issue=3 | pages=175–176 | pmid=842968}}
* {{cite journal | title=Acute intestinal obstruction due to gram seed. Report of a case |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Mitra SK |author3=Pathak IC. | journal= Indian J Pediatr|date=January 1975 | volume=42 | issue=324 | pages=29–31 |doi=10.1007/BF02753614 | pmid=1132904|s2cid=27677056 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Supraclavicular approach for upper dorsal sympathectomy |author1=Khanna SK |author2=Sahariah S |author3=Mittal VK. | journal= Vasc Surg|date=May–June 1975 | volume=9 | issue=3 | pages=151–159 | pmid=1199425 | doi=10.1177/153857447500900305|s2cid=26305372 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Bilateral malignant tumour of the testis. A case report |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Gupta NM |author3=Datta BN. | journal= Indian J Cancer|date=March 1976 | volume=13 | issue=1-3E760611-761022-3 | pages=81–83 | pmid=965029}}
* {{cite journal | title=Obstructed paraduodenal hernia in adults |author1=Sahariah S |author2=Khanna SK |author3=Gupta NM |author4=Mittal VK |author5=Kaushik SP. | journal= J Indian Med Assoc|date=April 1976 | volume= 66| issue=8 | pages=184–186 | pmid=965756}}

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