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'''Upendra Kaul''' is an Indian cardiologist and one of the pioneers of [[interventional cardiology]] in India.<ref name="Doctor Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.mydocadvisor.com/DoctorDetail.aspx?Id=437&HospitalId=241&CId=243 | title=Doctor Profile | publisher=My Doc Advisor | date=2015 | access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref> He is the Chairman and Dean Academics and Research at the Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center.<ref name="Expert Profile">{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/68/Dr_U_Kaul.html | title=Expert Profile | publisher=ND TV | date=2015 | access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref> He is known for his expertise in procedures such as Percutaneous [[Cardiopulmonary bypass]], Rotational and Directional [[Atherectomy]], [[Coronary stenting]] and Percutaneous Laser [[Myocardial]] [[Revascularization]].<ref name="Dr. Upendra Kaul Credihealth">{{cite web | url=http://54.169.1.100/doctor/upendra-kaul-cardiologist/overview | title=Dr. Upendra Kaul Credihealth | publisher=Credihealth | date=2015 | access-date=13 December 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] and continued his studies at the same institution to secure MD in 1975 and, DM in cardiology in 1978.<ref name="Dr Upendra Kaul - Medical Tourism Corporation">{{cite web | url=http://www.medicaltourismco.com/dr-upendra-kaul-india/ | title=Dr Upendra Kaul - Medical Tourism Corporation | publisher=Medical Tourism Corporation | date=2015 | access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref> Later, he obtained advanced training in [[interventional cardiology]] from Australia during 1983 to 84. He has served the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] (AIIMS) as a professor of cardiology and has been a member of the faculty of the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]], G. B. Pant Hospital, Batra Hospital and Fortis Health Care, NCR.<ref name="Expert Profile" /> and Executive Director and Dean at Fortis Health Care, New Delhi.

Kaul is a former president of the Cardiological Society of India and the SAARC Cardiac Society<ref name="Executive Director - Academics & Research(Cardiology)">{{cite web | url=http://www.fortisescorts.in/cardiology/dr-upendra-kaul | title=Executive Director - Academics & Research(Cardiology) | publisher=Fortis Hospitals | date=2015 | access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref> and is a Fellow of the [[American College of Cardiology]] and the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS).<ref name="Expert Profile" /> He has published over 450 medical papers<ref name="Dr Upendra Kaul - Medical Tourism Corporation" /><ref name="Paclitaxel-Eluting versus Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stents in Diabetes">{{cite journal | title=Paclitaxel-Eluting versus Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stents in Diabetes |author1=Upendra Kaul |author2=Sripal Bangalore |author3=Ashok Seth |author4=Priyadarshini Arambam |author5=Rajpal K. Abhaychand |author6=Tejas M. Patel |author7=Darshan Banker |author8=Atul Abhyankar |author9=Ajit S. Mullasari |author10=Sanjay Shah |author11=Rajneesh Jain |author12=Premchand R. Kumar |author13=C.G. Bahuleyan | journal=N Engl J Med | year=2015 | volume=373 | issue=18 | pages=1709–1719 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1510188| pmid=26466202 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and has won the Medtronic Award for the Best Scientific Paper in 1983.<ref name="Dr. Upendra Kaul Credihealth" /> He received the highest Indian award in the medical category, [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], in 1999.<ref name="Expert Profile" /><ref name="Dr Upendra Kaul - Medical Tourism Corporation" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medicine.<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, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the Dr. Thapar Gold Medal in 1970, Searle Award of the Cardiological Society of India in 1986, Shakuntala Amirchand Prize of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 1987, Press India Award in 1992.<ref name="Dr. Upendra Kaul Credihealth" />

In 2019, he was summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after the NIA sleuths misread his use of medical jargon to mean a hawala transaction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://medicaldialogues.in/oops-nia-summons-padmashri-cardiologist-after-confusing-his-medical-jargon-to-hawala-funding/|title= OOPS: NIA Summons Padmashri Cardiologist after confusing his Medical Jargon to Hawala Funding|date=August 31, 2019|work=Medical Dialogues}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Atherectomy]]
* [[Cardiopulmonary bypass]]
* [[Coronary stenting]]
* [[Revascularization]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite interview | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqZn9dPX_o | title=Dr Upendra Kaul on indian stents | access-date=13 December 2015 | last=Upendra Kaul | interviewer=K. K. Aggarwal | publisher=E Medinews}}

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