18 Facts About Sarbeswar Sahariah

Sarbeswar Sahariah is an Indian nephrologist and organ transplant specialist, known for his expertise in renal and pancreatic transplantation.

Sarbeswar Sahariah 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.

Sarbeswar Sahariah was born in a family with meagre financial resources, at Mangaldai on Tengabari Road, a hilly village in the district of Darrang, in the Himalayan state of Assam, India, on 1 April 1945.

Sarbeswar Sahariah 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.

Sarbeswar Sahariah 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.

Sarbeswar Sahariah is credited with the first cadaver donor renal transplant in Hyderabad, beginning of a career where he would perform eight more such transplants.

Sarbeswar Sahariah is reported to have performed the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in the country, in 1988.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has performed renal transplantations in rural areas, another first credited to him, performed at the rural hospital, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha.

Sarbeswar Sahariah was instrumental in initiating the programme across the state, including the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences and Gandhi Hospital and Medical College.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has 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.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has founded a charitable organization, North East Care Foundation, which runs a free medical clinic in Guwahati.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has participated in the International Transplant Observership programme at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA in 2009.

Sarbeswar Sahariah is credited with developing new techniques in islet and segmental pancreatic transplantation.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has published his findings in many peer reviewed journals.

The Government of India, in 2014, honoured Sarbeswar Sahariah, by awarding him the civilian honour of Padma Shri.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has received many other awards and recognitions such as:.

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, Maharashtra, in 2000, honoured Sarbeswar Sahariah by appointing him as the Professor Emeritus.

Sarbeswar Sahariah has published several research papers in peer reviewed journals.