Shiv Narain Kureel, is an Indian pediatric surgeon, medical academic and writer, and the professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at
King George's Medical University,
Lucknow (
U.P).
Kureel was born on 2 November 1956[1] in Uttar Pradesh.
He is best known for the
neonataogical and pediatric urological reconstructive surgeries.[2][3]
Achievements
He conducted a research on
exotrophyepispadias that was published on the first page of "The American Journal Urology Gold". It was a major achievement in the field of medical world from India.
He is reported to have pioneered the single stage surgical technique for congenital problems in India[4]
He is credited with the performance of the first pediatric vaginal reconstructive surgery in India which was performed on an 11-year-old girl[5] and a surgery on a two-year-old child to correct
bladder exstrophy, a rare
congenital abnormality.[6]