Salient Features
Arup Kumar Kundu MD FRCP FICP MNAS has been an elite internist for more than 35 years, who is renowned for his sharp clinical acumen, analytical approach and clarity of expression towards solving different problems in internal medicine. For over two and a half decades, this book on clinical medicine has been the most dependable and trusted publication in India and the Indian subcontinent for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. He is vibrant and innovative in his field, and is famous for his academic achievements with ranks and distinctions, clinical skills and exemplary multifaceted personality. An astute clinician. and a dedicated, popular and most sought-after teacher (master teacher), Dr Kundu has been teaching medicine to undergraduate and postgraduate students and is an examiner for UGs and PGs in different Indian universities. He is well-known all over the country for his proficiency as an illustrious teacher in medicine. A brilliant academician, a researcher and an avid medical writer, he has written five more books on medicine single-handedly. He is an accomplished orator and has been invited as speaker and faculty in different state and national conferences. He has participated in various international symposia and seminars, and is credited with more than 125 papers published in peer-reviewed (indexed) journals. Dr Kundu has contributed constructive articles in national dailies and weeklies and appeared in interviews onAIR and Doordarshan for common people. He has written sections on online appendix of Kumar and Clark'stextbook Clinical Medicine,6th-10th editions, and also contributed chapter in API Textbook of Medicine,8th edition along with many other textbooks on medicine and rheumatology. He has been awarded by API as 'Gifted Teacher'of India in 2022. During his long journey, he received immense respect and regard, profound admiration and love from innumerable students as well as countless patients. Known as a 'clinical scientist', he has been conferred upon fellowship of Indian College of Physicians (FICP) and Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Edinburgh, as well as membership of prestigious New York Academy of Sciences (USA).
