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Professor '''Raj Vir Singh Yadav''' (born 27 July 1937 in village Nauliharnathpur of district [[Budaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India) was a surgeon who was a pioneer in [[kidney transplantation]] and served the Indian medical fraternity for over 45 years.
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'''R.V.S. Yadav''' was born on 27 July 1937 in Nauliharnathpur ([[District Budaun]]), Uttar Pradesh, India. He was awarded the MBBS in 1961 and the MS (Surgery) in 1964 respectively from the [[King George's Medical College]], [[Lucknow University]], Lucknow. He received the FICS (General Surgery) in 1974 from the [[International College of Surgeons]] and the FACS (General Surgery) in 1977 from the [[American College of Surgeons]].
Commonly known as Dr RVS Yadav, he has been honoured by the establishment of the Raj Vir Singh Yadav Foundation, which aims to intervene in the propagation and conduct of medical-cum-scientific education, awareness, research and practice. It also further seeks to intervene in activities pertaining to the socio-economic assistance, development and general welfare-cum-empowerment of the rural sector.


Yadav performed the first kidney transplant in India at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) at Chandigarh in 1973. He was the first transplant surgeon to be by honoured by Indira Gandhi with the Padma Shri award in 1982. He was honorary surgeon to three consecutive Presidents, Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddi, Gyani [[Zail Singh]] and R. Venkataraman.


Yadav was honoured with the establishment of the Raj Vir Singh Yadav Foundation, which aims to support medical and scientific education, awareness, research and practice. It offers and supports socio-economic assistance, development, and general welfare and empowerment of the Indian societies.
== Mission & Objective ==
The Raj Vir Singh Yadav Foundation has been established in the memory of Professor R.V.S. Yadav, MS, FICS, FACS, Padma Shri, pioneering transplant surgeon of India and one of the leading transplant surgeons of the world. Professor R.V.S. Yadav was a legend and a leader in the field of transplantation and served the medical fraternity in India and overseas for over 45 years during the course of his illustrious career.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav was a staunch advocate of medical awareness, education, research and empowerment, rising to the pinnacle of transplantation research, academics and practice making transplant and other related surgical awareness a reality across different segments of Indian society.

In order to pay tribute to and carry forward and immortalize the vision and foresight of this leader in the field of medicine and surgery, the Raj Vir Singh Yadav Foundation has been established to intervene in the propagation and conduct of medical-cum-scientific education, awareness, research and practice and in activities pertaining to the socio-economic assistance, development and general welfare-cum-empowerment of the rural sector in India.

== Biography and Citation ==
Professor R.V.S. Yadav was born on 27 July 1937 in Nauliharnathpur (District Badaun), Uttar Pradesh, India. He was awarded the MBBS in 1961 and the MS (Surgery) in 1964 respectively from the King George's Medical College, Lucknow University, Lucknow (KGMC). He received the FICS (General Surgery) in 1974 from the International College of Surgeons and the FACS (General Surgery) in 1977 from the American College of Surgeons.

Subsequent to his graduation, he worked with premiere teaching institutions of the country including the KGMC, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the BJ Medical College (Ahmedabad) and the PGIMER (Chandigarh). He spent over three and a half years at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne University, Melbourne and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia for receiving exclusive training in kidney transplantation and dialysis. He learnt the art and science of transplant surgery from several world class experts in the field during the course of his stay in Australia. His involvement in the speciality of kidney transplantation hails back to 1967 when he served as co-investigator in an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scheme on kidney preservation and kidney transplantation in dogs. Since then he had been continuously involved with and worked for the progress of the speciality along with the practice of General Surgery.

At the time of his demise, he was the senior most transplant surgeon in India. On his return from Australia he performed the first haemo-dialysis at Ahmedabad. In 1973 he performed the first human kidney transplant in north India at the PGIMER and laid the foundation of the first transplant unit of the region. The unit that Professor R.V.S. Yadav established continues to impart training to surgical and medical students at the postgraduate level besides nursing and para medical staff. Professor R.V.S. Yadav trained over 25 surgeons in the field of transplantation besides numerous nephrologists and nursing teams. In recognition of the services of Professor R.V.S. Yadav, the Government of India sanctioned the first-of-its-kind centre for transplantation at the PGIMER where research, speciality training and service was sought to be provided under one roof. The centre is operational.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav has over a thousand clinical and experimental kidney transplants to his credit and several hundred allied surgical procedures. His patient population hailed from various parts of India including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and overseas. A number of his patients till date after successful kidney transplantation are upto their twentieth year post surgery and continue to be well rehabilitated.

Transplant surgery, which is very complicated, major and delicate, requires long hours and prolonged and meticulous work on and off the operation table. Professor R.V.S. Yadav assisted several centres across the country including those in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Bangalore to launch their transplant surgery programs. He visited several institutes demonstrating surgical techniques and delivering lectures on the subject for the benefit of professional colleagues and the larger medical fraternity. His patients hailed from all walks of life and included farmers, labourers, teachers, housewives, students, engineers, doctors, academicians, clerks and executives. He was a dedicated research worker and established an active experimental transplant laboratory where three to four research workers were actively involved at any given time on a number of research projects.


== Main Research Activities ==


'''Experimental Kidney Transplantation and Kidney Preservation'''

With an aim to establish a kidney bank, he developed a simple and inexpensive perfusion solution with which kidneys could be safely preserved for 24 hours outside the human body before transplant. This initiative promises to go a long way in the kidney exchange program once India develops an even better and more comprehensive network of centres and the cadaver kidney donation program picks momentum and becomes mainstream. Effect of ischaemania on kidney, protection against these ill effects and better and more prolonged preservation techniques were investigated on dogs as a part of this research activity.

'''Ovarian and Uterotubovarian Complex Transplantation'''

To restore fertility in barren female dogs, isolated ovarian transplant for hormonal substitution without vascular anastomosis was successfully achieved in smaller animals. The attempt thereafter was to replace the entire internal genital tract of female dogs – a situation more akin to clinical problems of gross destruction of reproductive system by disease. In fifty percent of sterile couples, the cause lies with the woman. Such women unfortunately carry a social stigma of being barren and some of them even end their lives. There are also a number of couples who after female sterilization operation lose their only child. Both these categories need to be helped. Professor R.V.S. Yadav’s research activity in this area carried great hope for these women and was a unique breakthrough in the field of transplant surgery. He and his team remained engaged in this work for over three years and the results achieved were immensely encouraging. His research efforts were hailed and got accepted for formal presentation before the national body of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the International College of Surgeons.

'''Experimental Pancreatic Transplantation'''

To reverse diabetes is another pioneering work Professor R.V.S. Yadav took up. 2 percent of the population of India suffers from diabetes and a large percentage is dependent on insulin injections injected twice or thrice a day which makes life miserable for the patient. Moreover, insulin treatment does not eliminate the dreadful complications of diabetes, it merely prolongs life.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav was member of various prestigious professional societies such as the International Transplantation Society, the British Transplantation Society, the Australian Nephrology Society, the Indian Nephrology Society, the Association of Surgeons of India and the International College of Surgeons. He was an ICMR expert on Organ Transplantation and was on the expert panel of the Institute of Medical Sciences at Srinagar and the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences at Lucknow.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav was a prominent examiner in surgery and nephrology for postgraduate degrees. He had acted as an expert for the Union Public Service Commission. He was invited as a visiting fellow to the Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand and visiting professor to several Indian universities. He lectured at universities in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom regarding the progress of transplant surgery in India. He was appointed as honorary associate to the University Of Melbourne Hospital. He was visitor to numerous transplant centres in the United States, the United Kingdom, various countries of Asia and Australia.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav was invited for demonstrating kidney transplantation surgery in Pakistan. He could also attract an overwhelming number of luminaries and visiting professors in the field of transplantation from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. He introduced the Organ Donor Card Program in India and popularised the Cadaver Kidney Donor Program in India for the first time in 1976. He organized a very successful sports meet for kidney donors and recipients for the first time in India in 1981 which proved to be an excellent forum for publicity in aid of this noble cause and a morale booster for patients and donors and an eye opener and real time education to the public at large. Since he first organised the games, these transplant games have become a regular activity in India with various centres now organising these in various parts of India. He also held (for the first time) a transplant convention in 1983 where eminent people from religious organizations, the bureaucracy, the legal profession, patients and donors and the general public freely discussed various issues related to organ transplantation. Professor R.V.S. Yadav had taken up the issue of legalising cadaver donation with the Government of India and the State Government of Punjab.

In recognition of his dedication and achievements, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 1982. His selfless, persistent and untiring service towards the ailing humanity and his concern for enhancing national honors and the progress of the speciality of organ transplantation in India remain unmatched.

Professor R.V.S. Yadav's last held positions were Senior Consultant in Transplant Surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (Apollo Hospital) and Chairman, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Nephrology & Urology at the Metro Hospitals, Noida (Metro Hospital).

'''His detailed experience includes'''

'''KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION'''

Preservation of kidneys in Dogs. Co-investigator in an ICMR scheme Involving operation on dogs.

Registrar in Renal Transplant Unit and Fellow in Transplantation. Royal Melbourne Hospital & Melbourne University. Operated under supervision on recipients & donors including cadaver donors (for organ harvesting).Operated on number of dogs as a part of Fellowship scheme on preservation & Autotransplantation.

Assistant Prof. of Surgery & Head, Kidney Transplant Section.

First kidney transplant operation at PGI in June, 1973, till his demise he operated on 1000 recipients with most acceptable results.

Visiting Surgeon/Professor, Guest Lecturer in the field of Renal Transplantation to Several universities & professional bodies in India & abroad.
Presented work on Renal Transplantation at several locations.

Have written chapters for the book & published many articles in various journals.

ADMINISTRATION
Head of a General Surgical Unit for last 6 years – responsible for academic, research, training, teaching & administrative duties of the unit which is as big as any surgical specialty deptt. of the Institute.
Head of Transplant Surgery of the Institute for last over 20 years. Initiated Tx. Surgery programme, administered its clinical teaching and experimental wings which could enable the development of the specialty within the Instt. in several parts of the country. Planned a center of excellence in kidney Tx. & project was sanctioned by the Governing body of Instt. & personally supervised construction of building & furnishing and selection of personnel.
Chairman Cafeteria Committee of the Institute to manage the functioning of catering facilities to various sections of Instt. employees.
Member Research Committee of the Institute.
Member, Operation Theatre Management Committee of P.G.I
Member, Hospital Council, P.G.I, Chandigarh.
Member, Staff Council, P.G.I, Chandigarh
Member, Education Sub-Committee, P.G.I, Chandigarh.
Head of General Surgery, Batra Hospital, New Delhi.
Director, Transplant Surgery at Batra Hospital, New Delhi.
Member of O.T Committee of Sher-e-Kashmire Institute.
Member of Committee on Transplantation and Nephrology, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute, Srinagar.
Member of Committee on Immunology of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute, Srinagar
Member Adviser to S.G Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
In the capacity at 11, 12, 13, & 14 made several visits to Srinagar & Lucknow and guided and helped the Institute authorities with suggestions and practical experience in developing first rate Nephrology, Urology & Immunology units and Operation Theatre Complex at these two premier teaching Institutions of India.


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Graduated from King George's Medical College Lucknow in 1961


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.rvsyfoundation.org RVSY Foundation]
*[http://www.rvsyfoundation.org RVSY Foundation]

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Latest revision as of 02:32, 29 January 2023

Raj Vir Singh Yadav
Born(1937-07-27)27 July 1937
Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died4 February 2006(2006-02-04) (aged 68)
NationalityIndian
OccupationSurgeon
Known forKidney transplants

R.V.S. Yadav was born on 27 July 1937 in Nauliharnathpur (District Budaun), Uttar Pradesh, India. He was awarded the MBBS in 1961 and the MS (Surgery) in 1964 respectively from the King George's Medical College, Lucknow University, Lucknow. He received the FICS (General Surgery) in 1974 from the International College of Surgeons and the FACS (General Surgery) in 1977 from the American College of Surgeons.

Yadav performed the first kidney transplant in India at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) at Chandigarh in 1973. He was the first transplant surgeon to be by honoured by Indira Gandhi with the Padma Shri award in 1982. He was honorary surgeon to three consecutive Presidents, Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddi, Gyani Zail Singh and R. Venkataraman.

Yadav was honoured with the establishment of the Raj Vir Singh Yadav Foundation, which aims to support medical and scientific education, awareness, research and practice. It offers and supports socio-economic assistance, development, and general welfare and empowerment of the Indian societies.

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