Dr Santosh Soans from city elected national president of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Mangaluru, 24 Oct 2016: Noted city-based pediatrician Dr Santosh Theodore Soans has been elected national president of Indian Academy of Pediatrics to serve a one-year term in 2018.
The result of the election process, which lasted two months, was announced on Sunday, a release from the IAP Dakshina Kannada branch said here today.
Soans, who has been serving IAP in various capacities for the last 30 years, is the second person from Karnataka to be elected to the post.
Earlier, Dr D G Benakappa from Bengaluru held the post in 1989.
The Mumbai headquartered IAP is a premier association of pediatricians in India, with over 24,000 members and a pan-India network of branches.
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Louis Alva, Moodubelle / Dubai | Mon, October-24-2016, 5:53 |
Many Congrats Dr.Santhosh for your outstanding achievement and on being elected as National president of Indian Academy of Pediatrics.I had a opportunity to work with Dr.Santhosh in Royal Hospital in Muscat for few years and after that i had met him once in Fr. Mullers Hospital Mangalore. He one of the very polite and kind nature doctor ever i have seen in my life.I wish him all the very best for his new post. |
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