Washington: An Indian-American transplant surgeon has been presented with a prestigious immigrant award of the US government, in recognition of his outstanding achievements.
Dr Rahul Jindal, currently a staff transplant surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre and professor of surgery at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences was presented "Outstanding American by Choice" award yesterday.
Lori Scialabba, Deputy Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, while presenting the award, said that Jindal has played a crucial role on the medical team that conducted groundbreaking surgery at Walter Reed AMC on Thanksgiving Day in 2009.
His research work and publications have been cited in text books and accompanied by editorials and press releases by the American Society of Nephrology and other specialist journals.
She said Jindal has set up the first comprehensive kidney dialysis and transplant program in Guyana in South America, where his team visits four times a year and has performed numerous surgical procedures.
Jindal has also initiated a monthly kidney patients support group which he leads by tele-medicine.
