Dr. Peerzada Ovais Ahmad, MBBS, PhD, PDF, has eight years of research …read moreand clinical experience In Diabetes & Endocrinology, specializing in youth-onset and pediatric diabetes in India. He has expertise in advanced treatment methods like CGM, CSII, and MDI. Dr. Ovais was instrumental in establishing a young-onset diabetes registry in Jammu & Kashmir and collaborated with Professor Bruce King in Australia to develop an innovative diabetes management program.
He has received international recognition, including the Allan Drash Clinical Fellowship (2020) and the ISPAD-JDRF award (2022), marking him as the first Asian recipient. Dr. Ovais's PhD work involved a major randomized controlled trial on vitamin D supplementation for pregnant women in India. He also initiated the "Life For a Child" program at SKIMS, Srinagar. His contributions were featured in a profile by Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, affirming his leadership in pediatric diabetes care in Kashmir.read less