Dr. B.M. Makkar - Diabetes & Obesity Centre

Know For Dr. B.M. Makkar

BRIJ MOHAN MAKKAR, M.D.

DIABETES & OBESITY CENTRE
A-5B/122, PASCHIM VIHAR,
NEW DELHI, 110063, INDIA.
PHONE +91-11-25280150, 25267671
Mobile +91-11-0981177419
E-MAIL-drbmmakkar@yahoo.com, drbmmakkar@gmail.com

Qualifications

M.B.B.S.(1982) & M.D.(Internal Medicine) (1987) From Maulana Azad Medical College , New Delhi .

Personal profile

• Initiative driven, self starter, energetic, disciplined, confident and goal-oriented achiever who can inspire, motivate and lead team members, successfully manage multiple priorities, and perform under pressure in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

• Visionary and global thinker, fluent in English

• Adept at making superior written and oral presentations

• Excellent team leader who listens, thrives on collaborating with diversely talented team members, and integrates their divergent thoughts, opinions, and perspectives into meaningful action.

Experience in Clinical Diabetology

• Presently working as Sr. Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute - a 450 bedded high-tech tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India. Since 2006.

• Having my own clinic practice, running a DIABETES & OBESITY CENTRE at Paschim Vihar, New Delhi since 1996. The centre is equipped with latest in technology and has facilities for diabetes & obesity counseling, diet counseling, diabetes education, laboratory facilities, facilities for vascular profiling for evaluation of early atherosclerosis and peripheral arterial disease, vibration perception and heat-cold perception testing for evaluation of neuropathy, cardiac autonomic neuropathy testing, and foot scan.

• Sr. Diabetologist & Chief, Bawa Inder Singh Institute of Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, MGS Hospital, New Delhi. 2005-2006. Conceived, designed and commissioned the said centre for diabetes

• Consultant Physician & Diabetologist , MGS Hospital, New Delhi from 2002 – 2005

• Consultant Diabetologist at The Apollo Clinic (part of Apollo Hospital), Janakpuri, New Delhi 2002 - 2005

• Senior consultant Medicine at Khera Hospital, New Delhi from 1989 to 1998.

• Senior Residency In Internal Medicine at MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE & Associated LNJPN and GB PANT Hospitals from Aug 1987 to Jan 1989

Experience in Diabetes education and related programmes

PROFESSIONAL oriented programs

• Conceived, designed and conducted a very successful OBECARE program – a two days residential program for medical specialists for orientation in programs in different cities in India. The program has been attended by more that one hundred medical specialists, endocrinologists, cardiologists including some departmental heads from leading medical institutions. It is an ongoing program and the next one is provisionally planned for February 2008.

• Conceived, designed and conducted a dedicated international-level Diabetes updating program for Medical Specialists in Nepal, called DIABETES GOLDEN CLUB – a full day program attended by leading physicians of Nepal, already conducted two modules in last 6 months. The program is very well received and appreciated, to the extent that some of the attendees have requested to come to my centre for diabetes training. The next one is planned for January 2008.

• Conducting regular CMEs on various aspects of Diabetes & Obesity for family physicians and medical specialists at Diabetes & Obesity Centre, 20 CMEs conducted in 2007 and 3 CMEs so far in the current year.
  Conducting regular CMEs on various aspects of Diabetes & Obesity for family physicians and medical specialists at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, 12 CMEs conducted in 2007.

• Designed and Conducted numerous CMEs and short courses on Diabetes for family physicians as well as Medical Specialists during last 10 years.

• Panelist – Lilly Diabetes Speakers Panel- a prestigious diabetes initiative for physicians in India by Eli Lilly

• Panelist – IMPROVE program, Novo Nordiskmanagement of Obesity in clinical practice – already conducted three such

PATIENT/PUBLIC oriented programs

• Conducted numerous diabetes, obesity and general health awareness programs for public and diabetic patients in and around the city of Delhi over last 15 years.

• Write ups published in leading news papers.

• Appeared on TV on health programs related to Diabetes & Obesity.

Experience of key management positions, program coordination and budgeting

Possessing a wide experience in creative thinking and planning, communication network build-up, finance handling and project implementation, which I gained and fine tuned during these various key positions held in past years:

• Editor, RSSDI Delhi Chapter Enews – Launched RSSDI Delhi Chapter Enews on 1st June 2008, available online at www.rssdidelhi.in

• Jt. Secretary – Organizing Committee, Diabetes India 3rd International Conference 2008, to be held on 23-25th November 2008 at Bangalore, India.

• Convenor – Diabetes Gold Club, Kathmandu, Nepal – an ongoing program started May 2007

• Convenor – OBECARE PROGRAM –an Intas pharmaceuticals’ initiative for Endocrinologists/ Physicians & Dietician orientation in obesity management –program started Jan 2006.

• Convener - Scientific Program, DMA(Delhi Medical Association) Golden Jubilee Conference being held on 7th October 2007

• Jt. Secretary, INDO SAARC DIABETES CONFERENCE, being held on 3-4 November 2007 at New Delhi, India.

• Treasurer – RSSDI(Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India) Delhi Chapter 2005 – 2008

• Treasurer – RSSDI – 2006 Annual Conference to be held in New Delhi on 3-5 Nov 2006, the largest national conference of RSSDI so far, attended by approx 4000 delegates

• Chairman –Publicity Committee, Diabetes India 2nd International Conference held at Jaipur , India 2005

• Convener – Diabetes India Consensus 2003 Review Committee meeting held at Hotel Ambassador on 22nd June 2003

• Member Organizing Committee – Diabetes India 1st International Conference 2002 held at Mumbai, India

• Member of the Executive Board of Diabetes India since 2001

• OFFICE BEARER – DELHI DIABETIC FORUM from the year 2000 to 2004 including the post of Vice President for the year 2003-2004

• ORGANISING SECRETARY – 9th Annual Conference Of Delhi Diabetic Forum held at India Habitat Centre on 8th April 2001.

• MEMBER – ORGANISING COMMITTEE, APICON 2001( the biggest conference of Physicians held in India ) held in January 2001 at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi

• PRESIDENT – INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - OUTER WEST BRANCH for the year 2001-02

• ORGANISING SECRETARY – “Diabetes Update” Organized By IMA – Outerwest Branch And Delhi Diabetic Forum at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 15th October 2000

• ORGANISING SECRETARY - International Multi Faculty Medical Conference held at PRAGATI MAIDAN on 15th to 18th September 1996.

• ORGANISING SECRETARY – W.H.O. Workshop In Geriatrics held at Hotel Claridges, N. Delhi from 12th to 14th May 1995

• ORGANISING SECRETARY – 3rd National Conference On Geriatrics held at Hotel Claridges , N. Delhi from 8th to 10th December 1995

• ORGANISING SECRETARY – “ Antibiotics- A Perspective” symposium held at Khera Hospital, New Delhi in Jan 1995.

• OFFICE BEARER of INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION – OUTERWEST BRANCH in various capacities from 1995 till date. Headed the organization as PRESIDENT for the year 2000-01

Memberships :

• Founder Member - Delhi Diabetic Forum

• Life Member
  a. Cardiological Society Of India
  b. Association Of Physicians Of India
  c. IMA Academy Of Medical Specialists
  d. Indian Medical Association
  e. Research Society For Study Of Diabetes In India( RSSDI)
  f. Diabetes India

• International Memberships –
  g. American Diabetes Association
  h. Canadian Obesity Research Network
   

Research Activities :

• Presently supervising two post graduate thesis works – one for DNB ( Diplomat of National Board of Examinations) in Family Medicine, and one for Posgraduate Diploma in Health and Hospital Administration.

• Presently involved in many national & international research projects including IDF projects on Metabolic Syndrome and Pill box project

• Participated in “International Diabetes Management & Practices Study(IDMPS)” in 1st & 2nd wave, likely to be completed in 2009

• Participated in Heart Asia study

• Participating in Insutreat study

• Participating in IMPROVE program(Novo Nordisk)

• Participating in SUAP registry

• Participated in Lantus PMS

• Conducted a preliminary study on use of diet suppliments for weight loss, the study presented at the Annual Conference of API, Delhi Chapter on 27th September 1999. Paper also presented at poster session of APICON 2000 and published in the Proceedings of APICON 2000

• Participated in NOVO NORDISK trial on comparison of Human Mixtard 30:70 with Human Mixtard 50:50
  Participated in SIT 100 conducted by Eli Lilly Ranbaxy.

• Participated in drug trial of LESCOL ( Fluvastatin - lipid lowering agent; Sandoz pharma ) in Indian patients

Training programs attended

• GSK Advance Diabetes Perceptorship at University of California, San Francisco. Nov 4-6, 2007.

• Practical Diabetology program conducted by Steno Diabetes Centre, Denmark in May 2001 at Mumbai, India

• Train the Trainer program conducted by International Diabetes Centre, Minneapolis at Mumbai, India in March 2004

Scientific papers and presentations

• Presented many scientific deliberations at national & international conferences

• Chaired many scientific sessions in national & international conferences

• A preliminary study on use of diet suppliments for weight loss - published in the Proceedings of APICON 2000
  Chapter on “Diabetes & Obesity” published in the API Medicine Update 2005

• Public health write up on “Obesity – the mother of diabetes” published in the Hindustan Times, a leading national daily, on the world diabetes day 2006.