User:Jothydev

Jothydev Kesavadev,[1] MD Chairman of Diabscreen Kerala, India is a world renowned diabetologist based in South Kerala. This project is part of P.Kesavadev Trust and has already completed more than 310 diabetes detection, awareness and treatment camps in Kerala.Kerala is the state in India with the highest life expectancy; however the tremendous growth of diabetic population has created a real threat to the health and economy of this small state.Jothydev creates awareness on diabetes prevention and treatment through his writings and weekly television shows and radio programs. He is also the pioneer in modern Insulin Pump therapy in India. Jothydev is the only child of the veteran novelist and social reformer P.Kesavadev and also is well known through print and visual media for his diabetes awareness articles and programs repectively.He studied at Government Medical College Trivandrum and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.He has more than ten thousand diabetes patients on tele medicine follow up; perhaps the largest in the world helping them attain targets of therapy in terms of sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol precluding frequent physical visits to the hospital.Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev was recently recognised by Humanity in Unity USA as "Young achiever for 2007" picture gallery [2]