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Manipal, Jan 5: Dr H Sudarshan Ballal has been appointed as the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of Manipal Health Systems Pvt. Ltd from January 1, 2009.
According to a press release, Dr Ballal, who was the best outgoing student (Blue Ribbon awardee) of the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, and a recipient of many Gold Medals in MBBS and MD, had his further training in the USA and had the distinction of being one of the few to be triple Board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Critical Care.
He has been with Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, ever since its inception. He has the rare distinction of being appointed as Professor of Medicine with St Louis University School of Medicine (USA) and is also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Manipal University. He has also won the Rajyothsava Award by the Government of Karnataka in 2005 for his contributions in the field of Medicine.