17 Facts About Anoop Misra

Anoop Misra is an Indian endocrinologist and a former honorary physician to the Prime Minister of India.

Anoop Misra is the chairman of Fortis Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol and heads, National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation.

Anoop Misra graduated in medicine from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi and continued his studies there to secure an MD in Internal Medicine.

Anoop Misra has worked in many known medical institutions in the US and in India as a consultant or as a faculty member.

Anoop Misra is known to have been involved in advanced researches in the fields of Diabetes and Obesity and is reported to have introduced novel definitions for obesity.

Anoop Misra's group has worked extensively on body fat depots, specifically hepatic and pancreatic fat, and their relationship with insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in Indian population.

Anoop Misra has conducted several intervention trials with nuts, edible oils and proteins in individuals having high risk for diabetes.

Anoop Misra was a part of several research projects on the subject and his researches have been documented by way of over 300 articles published in peer reviewed journals.

Anoop Misra is associated with 15 scientific publications as a member of their editorial boards and has written editorials for The Lancet on three occasions.

Anoop Misra is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Elsevier and is the Associate Editor of Journal of Diabetes, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Editor-in Chief of Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Research and Reviews.

In India, Dr Anoop Misra has been participant of top Advisory Committees relating to Diabetes and Cardiovascular diseases.

Anoop Misra has been in advisory board member of National Program for Cancer, Diabetes, and CVD.

Anoop Misra has been a member of World Health Organization Expert Group of Childhood Obesity and Indian Council of Medical Research Expert Groups for Childhood Obesity, Fatty Liver, Diabetes, and Gestational Diabetes.

Anoop Misra has been a Member, Technical Advisory Group on Adolescent Health, Ministry of Health, Governing Committee National Institute of Nutrition, National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau, and Expert Committee for Drugs Controller General of India.

Anoop Misra has been member of National Drug Technology Committee, and National Task Force on Male Fertility.

Anoop Misra received one more award the same year, the President's Award of Excellence of the Rotary International, South and East Delhi chapter.

Anoop Misra has received "Outstanding Investigator Award" from World India Diabetes Foundation in 2014.