CME INDIA Presentation by ⚜ Dr. M. Gowri Sankar, MD, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.
Today’s History Feature:
Prof. Dr. Mahdi Hasan
🇮🇳 The Pride of India 🇮🇳
(Mar 21,1936 – Jan 12, 2013)
💠Indian Anatomist
His contributions…
🔹Hasan was born at Gadayan in Uttar Pradesh. Unfortunately, he lost his father when he was four years old, so he was raised by his brothers.
🔹Hasan studied medicine at King George Medical College in Lucknow. After his graduation, he began his career as a Demonstrator in the Department of Anatomy in 1958. Then he got the MS in Anatomy from the same institute.
🔹After his post-graduate studies, he moved to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, where he spent 30 years of his life – till retirement.
🔹He travelled to Germany and learned Electron Microscopy Techniques and also studied Gerontology at the University of Gottingen in 1965.
🔹Then he became a Prominent Indian Anatomist with academic career spanning of 55 years and he was well-known for giving new orientation in Teaching of Anatomy.
🔹 Dr. Hasan holds many firsts in India to his credit:
🔅First in India, to have obtained MS with honours in Anatomy as well as Ph.D. and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
🔅First Anatomist of India to have learnt Electron microscopy and studied Gerontology.
🔅First and only Indian Anatomist to be chosen a Fellow of Alexander von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
🔅First Indian Anatomist, to be appointed as an Adviser in Neurotoxicology by World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva.
🔅First and only Indian Anatomist to be appointed as a member of the Governing Body of ICMR and as a Chairman of the Medical Committee of the Indian Red Cross.
🔹Moreover, he pioneered in Brain research and established the First Interdisciplinary Brain Research Centre in Aligarh in 1977 and Indian Academy of Neurosciences at Aligarh in 1983.
🔹His ground-breaking works are as follows…
🔅He discovered a new technique in staining zinc in brain tissue section.
🔅He was the first to demonstrate Ultrastructural Classification of Synapses in Lateral Geniculate Body (Integrative centre of visual pathway).
🔅Also, he demonstrated the vacuolar degeneration of neurons for the first time in the lateral geniculate body of the monkeys.
🔅Furthermore, he did an extensive research in the role of Lipofuscin (age pigment) in Neuronal Aging and Diseases.
🔅Besides, he was the first to report the Single cord Brachial Plexus in India (second report in the world).
🔹Additionally, he published around 5 books, 7 book chapters, and more than 135 original research papers and earned 660 citations in various International journals and 38 reference books including Gray’s Anatomy.
🔹He was globally recognized for his teaching skills and served as visiting Professor at many medical colleges in Germany, Iran, Dubai, Libya and China.
🔹His academic and social life became a short story in Malayalam Jeevacchavangal (Living Cadaver) in 1972. Later it was translated in Hindi, Urdu, English, French and Russian languages and won India’s highest Literary award – Gyanpeeth Puraskar Award.
🔹In fact, his commitment and dedication were very much proved in the last 6 month of his life. He was seriously ill, yet he worked and published the book on Treacher collins syndrome.
🔹He was indeed an excellent teacher, researcher with social concerns and commitments in environmental pollution, pesticide toxicity and metal neurotoxicity.
🔹Further, He was honoured with many awards including Dr. B. C. Roy National Award (in the category of Eminent Medical Teacher) in 1992 and Padma Shri Award from Government of India in 2012.
🔹The Anatomical Society of India has introduced Dr. Mahdi Hasan Memorial Gold Medal every year since 1989 for the best paper in the field of Clinical Anatomy.
A Day to Commemorate…
A Prominent Indian Anatomist
Prof. Dr. Mahdi Hasan 🙏🏼
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Great georgion 🙏🙏
Pride of India💐💐
salute to Genius Georgian with regards 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I was lucky to have him as my teacher in JNMC Aligarh.He taught us brain, nervous system and Thorax.
His teaching of Thorax was a marvel,I still remember after 50 years how he built up the thorax from the posterior aspect to the anterior,it is still clearly embedded in my mind.
He was a gifted exceptional teacher.Teaching was his passion.
I am fortunate to have been taught Neuroanatomy by him in 1972. He was given just 10 lecture to teach Anatomy of Brain to our class. And he did it in that time period only .
Excellent Narrowtion on Dr Hasan’s achieve ments, we Indians to be privileged to live in the great country!
I want to know whether any research in going on in Lateral Geniculate body. ? Thank you Doctor !
Development of human lateral geniculate nucleus: an electron microscopic study.
Aijaz Amed Khan, Shashi Wadhwa and Veena Bijlani
Please update about online CME for Pathology and Biochemistry.
I am privileged to have been taught by Prof. Mahdi Hasan at AMU where I did my MBBS and MS in General Surgery.
He was a marvellous teacher and gem of a person. He had very sharp memory and remembered every student by name and face.
He used to draw diagrams on blackboard by both hands.
During MS we use to study Anatomy by him. He never refused for teaching anywhere , anytime. I don’t think there could be any teacher better than him.
Sir was and will be the greatest of all time.
He was a great anatomist , a gem of a person and a great human being .
He is a bench mark which many may try but rarely one may achieve.
He was a thorough gentleman teacher who was ready to sacrifice everything for his students.He not only taught Anatomy but ways of life to the younger generation.
Hello Dr Abrar, how are you? Hope you and your family is in best of health and happiness.
Accept my Eid Mubarak in advance to you and your family.
Prof Hassan was a neuroanatomist of international stature,a genius God gifted Anatomy teacher and a great human being,I am one of those fortunate persons who benefited from his ingenious style of teaching.May Allah rest him in paradise.
He was a gem not only for JNMC, but for India,great anatomist with imbibing way of teaching,philanthropist, erudite, and has left his all qualities in their lover’s heart.
I have never seen a teacher like Professor Mahdi Hasan. Many of his dialogues are still fresh in my mind. I’m lucky to have spent lot of time with him in Lucknow after his retirement as he used to stay very close to my Clinic. We’ll always be indebted to him May Allah grant him highest place in Jannah.
He will always be remembered.
I only attended one lecture of his but I was amazed by the clarity of his expression and I immediately understood why he was loved so much by his students. My seniors at JNMCH still quote his dialogues on the subject of anatomy, religion and life itself.
His image is still etched in my eyes and brain.I consider myself the luckiest person as on my first day in JNNCH Aligarh he was there to induct our 91 batch into the medical college.No word can define his greatness.I have never come across a genius teacher,visionary,thought provoking,a real Professor like Mehdi Hasan Sir.
He was great teacher and very nice person,
I have also worked with him,a great teacher and an inspiration… regards
Truly the greatest teacher. Fortunate to be one of his students.
RIP