Pathologists of India

Dr. V. R. Khanolkar

The father of pathology in India, and the man who built its first cancer research centre

Dr. Anita Borges

The “Queen of Histopathology”, who shaped cancer pathology in India

Dr. Harsh Mohan

Author of the pathology textbook a generation of Indian students learned from

Dr. R. Ananthanarayan

Co-author of the microbiology textbook every Indian medical student still opens

Dr. Vinay Kumar

The editor whose name went onto the book pathology is taught from

Dr. Sanjay A. Pai

Surgical pathologist who took the discipline into medical ethics and the history of medicine

Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay

Pulmonary pathologist whose study opened the way to digital primary diagnosis

Dr. Deepali Jain

Thoracic pathologist on the WHO lung tumour classification, and an IASLC award winner

Dr. Pranab Dey

Cytopathologist, twelve books, and among the world's most-cited two per cent

Dr. Bharat Rekhi

Sarcoma pathologist, and one of four global members of the WHO-IARC cytopathology editorial board

Dr. Renu Saxena

Led haematology at AIIMS for a generation, and built its molecular diagnostics

Dr. Usha Kehar Luthra

Founder director of the ICMR's cytology institute, and the architect of cervical screening in India

Brig. Dr. Arvind Lal

Built India's largest diagnostics network from his father's single laboratory

Dr. V. Ramalingaswami

Founder professor of pathology at AIIMS, who took the discipline into public health

Prof. Bishan Radotra

Head of histopathology at PGIMER, and co-author of a working manual of muscle biopsy

Prof. Challa Sundaram

Built neuropathology services in Andhra Pradesh, and now presides over the national society

Dr. Pradeep Vaideeswar

Cardiovascular pathologist at KEM, and president of the national association

Dr. Kim Vaiphei

Histopathologist who led PGIMER's department and the national association

Dr. N. C. Nayak

Spent a career on Indian childhood cirrhosis, and changed what the disease was understood to be