Insights from a pioneering diabetes specialist with a legacy: Dr V. Mohan

Abstract

12th November is observed as World Diabetes Day. Millions of people all over the world have been grappling with the deadly lifestyle disease. With alarming numbers in India and no foreseeable cure in sight, our country has been placed among those at the top with a large population of people suffering from diabetes. On the occasion, The Indian Practitioner had the chance to interview Dr V. Mohan, Founder, Chairman and Consultant Diabetologist at Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai. Being interested in research from his under-graduate medicine days, after completing his medicine degree from Madras Medical College he joined his father, Prof. M. Viswanathan, founder of the first diabetes clinic in India which was established in 1948. Dr Mohan has several accolades to his name, including the prestigious Dr. B.C. Roy National Award by the Medical Council of India. He was also conferred the Dr. Harold Rifkin Award by the American Diabetes Association, as well as a Padma Shri by the Govt. of India in 2012 for his contributions to the field of diabetes.