Dr. C. Mohan Rao, Associate Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, KIMS was felicitated by the Odisha Chest Society (OCS) at the 18th Annual CHESTCON held at Puri. Dr. Rao received the award for his outstanding academic contribution. Padmashree Prof. Digamber Behera was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. Besides, Dr. Kolla Madhuri received the S.N. Tripathy Award for the best outgoing post graduate student.
CHESTCON is the annual state conference of TB and Chest Diseases. Prof. Pratima Singh chaired a session on “Sleep Disorders” on the occasion and Dr. Debasis Behera, Assistant Professor presented a lecture on “Approach to a patient with excessive daytime sleepiness”. Post Graduate students from the department presented many papers at the conference.