Career
He has been accredited with innovative surgical procedure for the surgical management of chronic empyema thoracis, which has been published internationally as Kant"s Modified Open Drainage. On 12 July 2010 he was awarded the Fellowship by Special Election of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is the Past President of Association of Surgeons of India (Applied Science International) 2012.
He also serves as Vice President of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Surgical Care Society which connect surgeons in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations.
Presently, he serves as the Dean, College of Surgeons of India. Principal, Director and Dean of Career Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), and also as the Director-Professor at SIPS Super Speciality Hospital in Lucknow.
Managing Director of "Piles to Smiles" and "Diabetic Foot" Clinics (PILES TO SMILES and DIABETIC FOOT CLINIC, C-2211, C-block crossing, Indira Nagar, Lucknow: Ph 0522-2358230, 9839073355). Professor (Doctor) Rama Kant received honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in June 2012.
He was also recently conferred upon honorary Fellowship of Northern Chapter of Applied Science International (FNCASI).
Professor (Doctor) Rama Kant received Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS) in the annual convocation of American College of Surgeons (American College of Surgeons) in September 2012. Professor (Doctor) Rama Kant has also been awarded honorary FCSS by College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He also received honorary Fellowship from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan in November 2012 (FCPSP).
He is the World Health Organization (World Health Organization) Director-General"s Awardee on tobacco control for the year 2005.
He is the former Chief Medical Superintendent of Gandhi Memorial & Associated Hospitals (General Motors & Animal Husbandry), CSMMU. He is also the President of following professional and social associations of repute: Lucknow College of Surgeons (LCS), Indian Doctors for Peace and Democracy (IDPD) Lucknow, Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), among others He serves as the senior Adviser to Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI), Uttar Pradesh. Professor (Doctor) Rama Kant was conferred upon the Begum Hazrat Mahal Quami Ekta Award (1995), Olympian Surgeon Award (1996), National Award from Indian Government"s Health Ministry (1997), State Government"s Award for his Hindi books (1998 and 2000), among other distinguished awards and recognitions.
He was also bestowed upon with the Saraswat Samman 2010 on Republic Day eve, and Amritlal Nagar Samman 2010 in recognition of his lifetime contribution to healthcare services in the region. Professor (Doctor) Rama Kant has been the past Secretary of Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Association of Surgeons of India, Jt secretary (scientific)Indian Medical Association (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Lucknow, President of UPMA, among others
