Prafulchandra M. Dalal

Background

Dalal, Prafulchandra M. was born on January 29, 1932 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Son of Maganlal G. and Savitaben M. Dalal.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Science, U. Bombay, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, U. Bombay, 1958.

Career

Registrar in general medicine, Tennessee Medical College and Nair Hospital, Bombay, 1956-1958; tutor in medicine, Tennessee Medical College and Nair Hospital, Bombay, 1958-1962; assistant professor medicine, Tennessee Medical College and Nair Hospital, Bombay, 1962-1965; professor head of medicine, neurologist, Tennessee Medical College and Nair Hospital, Bombay, 1965-1969; professor head of neurology/neuroscience, Tennessee Medical College and Nair Hospital, Bombay, 1963-1990. Member expert panel Neuroscience World Health Organization International, 1980-1986. Director research Sir H.N. Medical Research Centre, Bombay, 1983-1987.

Visiting neurologist Sir N.H. Hospital Research Center, Bombay, since 1983, Li lavati Hospital Research Centre, Bombay, since 1995. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1983. Guest professor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1968-1969, Wake Forest U., 1978.

Achievements

• Prafulchandra M. Dalal has been listed as a noteworthy Neurologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Medicine (London), National Academy Medical Sciences (India), American Heart Association (honorary stroke county). Member Indian Academy Medical Sciences, Royal Society Medicine, American College Chest Physicians, International College Angiology, Association of Physicians of India (president 1993), Indian College Physicians (president 1993), Academy Medical Specialists (chairman 1996), International StrokeSoc. (board directors 1995, Doctor B.C. Roy National award in Neuroscience 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: chess, watching cricket, tennis, and football games, theatre.

Connections

Married Kumuda Rao; children: Manish, Ragini, Yamini, Anish.

Father:

Maganlal G.

Mother:

Savitaben M. Dalal

Spouse:

Kumuda Rao

child:

Yamini Dalal

child:

Anish Dalal

child:

Ragini Dalal

child:

Manish Dalal