Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health Services
Academic Experience
Junior Resident Surgery
(AIIMS), New Delhi, January 1978 to December 1980
Registrar
April 1981 to December 1982, AIIMS, New Delhi
Lecturer/Registrar (CTVS)
King Edward Memorial Hospital & Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay
Lecturer Cardio – Thoracic & Vascular:
IGIMS, Patna July, 1985 to Sept., 1985
Specialist Grade II and Head of CTVS Department
Safdarjang Hospital New Delhi, 8th October 1985 to September 1988
Specialist Grade I and Head of CTVS Department
September 1988 to November 1992
Head of CTVS Department
Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Consultant & Head of Cardiac Surgery
Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, From September 1992 to June 2007
Additional Director General of Health Services, Govt. of India & Professor and Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Oct., 2004 till 13/7/2011
Special Director General of Health Services Govt. of India, M/o Health & Family Welfare
14/7/2011 till 30/11/2011
Director General of Health, Services Govt. of India, M/o Health & F.W. & Professor of cardiac surgery, VMMC
Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, Since 01/12/2011
Administrative Experience
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi October, 1985 till date
Medical Superintendent
Safdarjang Hospital & Vardhman Medical college, New Delhi From February, 2001 to Sept., 2003
Additional Director General of Health Services, Principal & Medical Superintendent
VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, from October, 2004 to September, 2009
Special Director General of Health Services, Govt. Of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
from 14th July, 2011 to 30th Nov., 2011
Director General of Health Services, Govt. Of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
From 1st December, 2012
National Recognition
Awarded “PADMA SHREE” by Government of India in the year 1991 in recognition of the pioneer work done for establishing and developing of the Specialty of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi and economizing the cost of cardiac surgery.
