The achievements of Dr Naranjan S Dhalla.

Dr Dhalla has focused his research to advance knowledge in the area of cardiovascular pathophysiology and therapy of heart disease, and by using innovative approaches, he has identified that remodelling of subcellular organelles plays a critical role in the development of congestive heart failure due to myocardial infarction. His work also resulted in the concept that heart dysfunction in diabetes is due to an imbalance between fatty acid and glucose utilization. Moreover, his work demonstrated that stress-induced heart disease is due to the oxidation of catecholamines and that the oxidized catecholamines are the most sensitive index of the prognosis of heart failure. Research in the area of ischemic heart disease has established the role of oxyradicals and intracellular calcium overload in the genesis of ischemia-reperfusion injury. He has published 670 full-length research papers during his professional career.