page_title: Suresh David
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Suresh David / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Emergency physicians conducting a trauma resuscitation.
context_page_description: Suresh Samuel David is an Indian physician specializing in emergency medicine. He was the medical director at Pushpagiri Medical College, Tiruvalla. After completing his tenure at Pushpagiri Medical College, he was the director of Princess Durru Shehvar Hospital, Hyderabad. The first Indian physician to be formally trained in emergency medicine, David pioneered the practice of emergency medicine in India and is credited with founding the department of emergency medicine at Christian Medical College, Vellore. He is the first person to hold the position of a professor in the discipline of Emergency Medicine in India.
  David has published three medical books viz. Handbook of Emergency Medicine, Textbook of Emergency Medicine and Clinical pathways in Emergency Medicine, the former two publications reported to be the first handbook and textbook on emergency medicine by an Indian author. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and a recipient of Best Doctor Award of Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. He has also received a citation, Leadership in Emergency Medicine, from A. P. J.
context_section_description: David is credited with pioneering the discipline of emergency medicine in India by restructuring the 'casualty' unit into the first independent emergency medicine department at CMC, Vellore in 1994. He headed the department and during his tenure, it evolved into a 45-bedded clinical unit, reported to be the largest of its kind in India in the private sector, tending to about 200 patients a day. The department started the first academic course in emergency medicine in India in 1997 during his tenure. He was instrumental in the introduction of the concept of Trauma Team and triage at CMC. The first of his three books, Handbook of Emergency Medicine was published by Elsevier in 1995, known to be the first handbook published by an Indian author on the subject. His second book, Textbook of Emergency Medicine, a 2380-page 2-volume work composed of 262 chapters contributed by 292 authors, was published in 2011, making it the largest comprehensive textbook of emergency medicine published thus far. The latest of his books, Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine, was again a two-volume work spread over 1510 pages, and the book was released in 2016. Besides, he has contributed chapters to books by others and has published over 50 medical papers and articles.
  David chaired the scientific committee of SEMICON 2017, an annual conference on emergency medicine organized by Society for Emergency Medicine, India, held at Kochi in March 2017. He is consultant of the World Health Organization for emergency medicine for South-East Asia and is a faculty member of WHO-USAID programs on Disaster Medicine. In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, David led a team of 9 volunteers from CMC and reportedly established 18 medical camps in a week's time which provided medical assistance to 2879 people. He was the organizing secretary of the 7th National Conference of Emergency Medicine (EMCON 2005) held in October 2005 at Vellore and is the founder of Network of Emergency Physicians, India (NEPI), a web platform for exchange of information among emergency physician community. He sits in the board of advisors of EMS Leaders Forum and was a member of the three-member panel which designed courses for Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies (HOPE), a USAID-NSET initiative, in 2009. He has delivered several invited speeches or keynote addresses which include National Assembly on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NAPEM) 2011 and Conclave on Legal and Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Ecosystem of 2017. He has also been associated with medical conferences as a patron or resource person and has participated in continuing medical education programs.
caption: Emergency physicians conducting a trauma resuscitation
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