Ishwar C. Verma
Director
Medicine
MedGenome
India
Biography
Dr. I. C. Verma is currently the head of the Department of Genetic Medicine at Sri Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. Previously was a Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics in AIIMS, New Delhi. He received genetics training in the UK, USA & Switzerland. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has received a number of national awards – Ranbaxy Science Award, ICMR, NAMS and BC Roy Medical Council award. He is a Member and Vice-chairman of the Ethics Committee of the International Human Genome Organization (HUGO) and serves as a genetics adviser for the WHO in Geneva, and to Roche Genetics in Basel. He has recently been mentioned in The Limca Book of Records 2003 as a pioneer in genetics in India. He has vast experience in genetic counseling, serving about 2000 cases with genetic problems every year, and bringing the benefits of genetics and genomics to large number of patients.
Research Interest
Medicine
