Indian-American Surgeon Gets Highest U.S. Immigrant Award

Friday, 15 November 2013, 00:38 IST
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Washington: An Indian-American transplant surgeon has been presented with a prestigious immigrant award of the U.S. government, in recognition of his outstanding achievements.

Dr Rahul Jindal, currently a staff transplant surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre and professor of surgery at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences was presented "Outstanding American by Choice" award on Wednesday.

Lori Scialabba, deputy director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, while presenting the award, said that Jindal has played a crucial role on the medical team that conducted groundbreaking surgery at Walter Reed AMC on Thanksgiving Day in 2009.

His research work and publications have been cited in text books and accompanied by editorials and press releases by the American Society of Nephrology and other specialist journals.

She said Jindal has setup the first comprehensive kidney dialysis and transplant program in Guyana in South America, where his team visits 4 times a year and has performed numerous surgical procedures.

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Source: IANS
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