Rama Kant is the former Head of the Department of General Surgery at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University and has been the former Chief Medical Superintendent, Gandhi Memorial and Associated Hospitals, King George's Medical University. He has been accredited with innovative surgical procedure for the surgical management of chronic empyema thoracis, which has been published internationally as Kant's Modified Open Drainage. On 12 July 2010 he was awarded the Fellowship by Special Election of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is the Past President of Association of Surgeons of India 2012. He also serves as Vice President of SAARC Surgical Care Society which connect surgeons in SAARC nations. Presently, he serves as the Dean, College of Surgeons of India; Principal, Director and Dean of Career Institute of Medical Sciences, and also as the Director-Professor at SIPS Super Speciality Hospital in Lucknow; Managing Director of "Piles to Smiles" and "Diabetic Foot" Clinics. Professor Rama Kant received honorary in June 2012. He was also recently conferred upon honorary Fellowship of Northern Chapter of ASI. Professor Rama Kant received Fellow of American College of Surgeons in the annual convocation of American College of Surgeons in September 2012. Professor Rama Kant has also been awarded honorary FCSS by College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He also received honorary Fellowship from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan in November 2012. He is the on tobacco control for the year 2005. He also led the Endocrine Surgery and Nuclear Medicine unit at CSMMU and was the founder-Director of WHO Tobacco Cessation Clinic at CSMMU. He is the former Chief Medical Superintendent of Gandhi Memorial & Associated Hospitals, CSMMU. He was conferred upon the Best Eminent Surgical Teacher Award by Association of Surgeons of India, UP. He is the past-President of Association of Surgeons of India UP and won the national presidential elections of ASI becoming President-elect ASI 2012. He also won the general elections of Association of Surgeons of India for governing council membership with thumping majority. He is also the President of following professional and social associations of repute: Lucknow College of Surgeons, Indian Doctors for Peace and Democracy Lucknow, Indian Society Against Smoking, among others. He serves as the senior Adviser to Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of India, UP. Prof Rama Kant was conferred upon the Begum Hazrat MahalQuami Ekta Award, Olympian Surgeon Award, National Award from Indian Government's Health Ministry, State Government's Award for his Hindi books, among other distinguished awards and recognitions. He was also bestowed upon with the Saraswat Samman 2010 on Republic Day eve, and Amritlal Nagar Samman 2010 in recognition of his lifetime contribution to healthcare services in the region. Prof Rama Kant has been the past Secretary of Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Association of Surgeons of India, Jt secretary Indian Medical Association Lucknow, President of UPMA, among others.
