Nabeen Chandra Nayak
Cancer
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Nabeen Chandra Nayak got his MBBS (1952) from Utkal University getting several Distinctions and Medals and MD (Pathology) from KG Medical College, Lucknow availing the first Indo-US Technical Cooperation Mission (TCM) Award. Two years after obtaining MD, he proceeded to the USA on a TCM Merit Fellowship to do research on experimental liver disease at the Kansas University Medical Centre, with Professor John Higginson, where he also acquired expertise in diagnostic histopathology. After coming back to India, he joined Faculty of the Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, later headed the Department for several years and also the Cancer Centre for five years.
Research Interest
Pathology, Liver Diseases & Cancer
