14 Facts About Mohsin Wali

Mohsin Wali is an Indian cardiologist and a former honorary physician to R Venkataraman and Shankar Dayal Sharma and the serving physician to Pranab Mukherjee.

Mohsin Wali is the only physician to have served three Presidents of India.

Mohsin Wali was born in Bijnor, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to Mehboob Subhani and Alia Wali couple, on 28 November 1953.

Mohsin Wali joined GB Pant Hospital in 1980 as a medical officer for a one-year stint and moved to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in 1981 as a member of faculty and served the institution till 1990, the same year as he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Moscow University.

In 1990, Wali was appointed as the honorary physician to R Venkataraman, the eighth President of India, at the age of 33, the youngest physician to receive the honour.

Mohsin Wali served as an advisor to Surat Medical Trust concurrently.

When Shankar Dayal Sharma became the President of India, Wali had a second opportunity to serve an Indian President.

Mohsin Wali is the honorary physician to Pranab Mukherjee, the incumbent President, thus becoming the first physician to serve three Indian Presidents, and is a member of the State delegation during Presidential visits.

Mohsin Wali is a patron of the Accident Relief Society, New Delhi and the Minority Development and Protection Foundation and a nodal officer for Aids Control, under the President's Estate.

Mohsin Wali is a member of the Maternity and Welfare Division of the Indian Red Cross and a former editorial board member of the Indian Heart Journal.

Mohsin Wali is a fellow of the International College of Nutrition and a member of the organizations such as New York Academy of Sciences, National Society of Geriatrics, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and Cardiological Society of India.

Mohsin Wali is associated with Qnet, as a member of their Scientific Advisory Board and has contributed chapters to medical texts.

Mohsin Wali, who is reported to have contributed to the introduction of geriatric medicine in India, is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as the World Health Organization.

Mohsin Wali is married to Farukh Naaz, who is philanthropist, social worker, and an alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University, and the couple has three sons and one daughter.