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The Assiduous Guru: Dr Ratti Ram Sharma Dr R R Sharma talks to IMT about his inspirational journey from his school days to becoming Professor & Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh has one daughter and she is currently pursuing her career in Medicine at GMCH Chandigarh. Says Dr Sharma, "I was always fascinated by the young doctor whenever I used to visit the hospital with my parents to see someone admitted or get treatment myself when sick. My MBBS teachers especially, Prof Gupta in anatomy, have left an impression in my mind with his thorough knowledge and clarity of human anatomy, which I can recollect even now. After joining transfusion services in PGI, Chandigarh, all three previous HODs Dr JG Jolly, Dr SK Agnihotri and Dr Neelam Marwaha have Dr Neelam Marwah, Retd HoD, Dr Ratti Ram Sharma, Present HoD (both sitting), along with their team When it comes to leader in transfusion medicine Dr Ratti Ram Sharma 's name shines bright. His biggest trait is that he is humble and not afraid to reach out to colleagues and juniors. He comes from a humble background and succeeded to move up, on account of his own effort, in medicine. He spoke to IMT and narrated his journey that led him through marvelous technologies
and
opportunities
in
Transfusion Medicine. Dr Ratti Ram Sharma was born in the year 1968 on September 27, in a small village in Himachal Pradesh in Simla district. His father worked in a government printing press in Chandigarh and his mother was a homemaker. His elder brother served in the Indian
left a remarkable impression of their commitment and involvement in the speciality to upgrade the standard of
Airforce for 35 years. The primary education of Dr Sharma was in the village and followed by a Government Model School in Chandigarh. Since he was good at studies, he bagged some awards from the UT administration.
transfusion services in the country."
Dr Sharma got admitted to Government Medical College Shimla in 1987 by securing the third rank in the state entrance test. He completed his post graduation in MD pathology from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1997. In January 1998 he was in transfusion services, first as a senior resident and then joined as a faculty in September 2001.
life is to always be optimistic and face
Dr Sharma married Renuka in 1998, who is a doctor and is serving in a medical college in Himachal Pradesh as a Professor of General Surgery. He
During difficult times, Dr Sharma always looked upon his parents and took inspiration from the hardship they have gone through in their life. He opines, "The only answer for any challenge in it with all your capacity and I always believe that if our aim is good and we put in sincere efforts, God certainly helps us out through the difficult times." Dr Sharma has been awarded HD Shourie [2008)and
JR
Jolly
awards
(2014)
of ISBTI for innovation and research in transfusion medicine. He was also awarded ICMR long-term fellowship in 2012 and worked in the Department of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine at the University of Minnesota with
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