Dr.O.P.Kapoor

A gifted teacher and a popular medical writer

Dr.O.P.Kapoor
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Dr. O. P. Kapoor is an eminent physician, a gifted teacher, a dedicated academician, a prolific author and a trail blazing editor.

Dr. O. P. Kapoor was Professor of Medicine and Hon. Physician at the Grant Medical College and J.J.Hospital. He was visiting Hon. Physician at the Jaslok Hospital and the Bombay Hospital. Fellowship of the Royal College of Edinburgh was conferred on him in 1974 and then followed fellowships of a number of other American Colleges.

He was awarded Dr. B.C.Roy National Award for Eminent Medical Teacher in the year 1982. He delivered Netaji Oration for 1981, the most prestigious oration of the Association of Physicians of India. He also delivered the Unichem lectureship in Gastroenterology and the Warner Gastroenterology oration in 1982. Dr.O.P.Kapoor has lectured extensively in over 100 towns and cities in India and has addressed learned medical audiences in the U.K. and U.S.A.

Throughout his life, he has done "honorary" teaching. His marathon teaching session are legendary and several generations of undergraduate and post-graduate students gratefully recall the way he made complex subjects appear simple. His love for teaching seems to be self renewing and even to this day he conducts lectures for 1200 final year MBBS students from all the medical colleges of Bombay at the Birla Matushri Sabhagar for a total of 72 hours - 6 hours at a stretch. He retired from Grant Medical College and J.J.Hospital in 1986, where over 33 years, he coached over 7000 students extensively during whole night classes and week-end courses. From 1987 to 1996, Dr. Kapoor has coached another 10,000 medical students and practitioners while he holds lecture course for 3 months every year at the Birla Matushri Sabhagar. He has held innumerable week-end refresher courses for General Practitioners all over India where he has travelled at his own expenses. Thus, he has covered every city of India from Kashmir to Kerala and Kutch to Orissa and coached over 20,000 medical practitioners. The British Medical Journal thought it fit to suggest that his name should appear in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Dr. Kapoor has to his credit more than six hundred publications in various medical journals. He is the author of 12 books including the Guide for General Practitioners (7 parts) and a Monograph on Amoebic Liver Abscess. This book has in fact been quoted for reference in the Oxford text book of medicine for post-graduates. His book on "Common Chronic Disease patterns in Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Yemen" was reviewed in Saudi Arabia medical journal and was not only recommended to all expartriate doctors working in those countries, but also to local Arab doctors who would grasp day to day problems of their Arab patients after reading this book. His book on Vegetarian Diet was the first book published in India on this subject. He has published a Family Medical Guide in English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Sindhi and German Languages. Presently he is the dynamic Editor of the widely read Bombay Hospital Journal.

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REVIEW OF DR. KAPOOR'S BOOKS : Excerpts from the review of Kapoor's Family Medical Guide :

THE DAILY : "It's almost like having the doctor at home"

THE AFTERNOON : "A must for every household"

BULLETIN : "Recommended to every household for day to day routine and common medical problems"

THE TIMES OF INDIA : "Very Informative book"-"tells you how not to panic and rush to the doctor at the first sign of illness."

EVE'S WEEKLY : "If you are fed up of spending time in doctor's waiting room, this guide is an alternative to find your diagnosis through methodical simple flow charts."

MAHARASHTRA WOMAN'S HERALD : "One one hand vision of long queue and fat bill - on the other fear of having to counter a more serious problem through negligence - solution -read Kapoor's Guide."

BLITZ : "An invaluable medical guide"-"excellent value for money."

BOMBAY : "Not only can the Guide keep one's family in fine fettle-it will also keep one's doctor on his toes. Invaluable.

PUBLICATIONS OF DR. KAPOOR :

Kapoor's Guide for General Practitioners Part I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII [US $ 10 EACH]

Amoebic Liver Abscess

Common Chronic Disease Patterns in the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Vegetarian Diet in Health and Disease [US $ 30]

Kapoor's Family Medical Guide Part I in English, Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi, Marathi, German [US $ 5 each]

Bombay Hospital Journal [Subscription US $ 30 for 1 year]

Here is what G.Ps. and I.M.A.s say about Kapoor's Guide "It is worth book to be read by one and all in the field of general practitioners and the first of its kind, mainly concentrating on common practical problems of practice." Dr. S. N. Nigagundi, Dharwar.
"It deserves its place on the table of every G.P. as a ready reckoner and a book of guidance. The language used is simple and lucid."
-I.M.A., Nalgonda (A.P.)

"This guide will serve more as an asset to G.P.s and for newly graduated doctors, as a ready-made answer to the problems which they could have learnt in many years."

"I will say that you have given a very noble and long-awaited book which every G.P. was searching for in his day-to-day and fast-changing medical problems in our country." -I.M.A., Raipur (M.P.)

The topics selected are of the cases encountered by the G.P.s daily. At every stage, you have been bold enough to point out the common errors committed by the G.P.s
Dr. Bhat (Chiplun)

OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS (205 pages, Price Rs. 425/-)

COMMON CHRONIC DISEASE PATTERNS IN ARABIAN GULF, SAUDI ARABIA & YEMEN (112 pages, Price Rs. 110/-)

KAPOOR'S GUIDE FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS PART I (175 pages, Price Rs. 85/-)

KAPOOR'S GUIDE FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS PART II - Fourth Edition 1996 (208 pages, Price Rs. 85/-)

KAPOOR'S GUIDE FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS PART III - Second Edition 1996 (200 pages, Price Rs.155/-)

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