About us Leadership National President
Dr Raman Kumar, National President & Founder
Primary Care Leadership - National, Regional & Global
Dr. Raman Kumar was recently featured on the cover of ‘THE LANCET’ as a global primary healthcare leader. One of the first-generation residency-trained board qualified (DNB family medicine) family physicians, he holds a longstanding interest in making a contribution to primary care. Dr Kumar is the founding president of the Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI), an organization that is spearheading the movement for the return of trusted family doctor tradition in India. He presently represents South Asia on WONCA leadership as President SAR. He has organized several WONCA events at national, regional, and global that includes - Spice Route Pre conference Mumbai SAR 2011, WONCA South Asia Chennai 2014 (Scientific Committee Chair), WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2018 New Delhi (Organizing Chairperson).
Champion of Rural Health
Dr. Kumar has championed the cause of the rural population and an underprivileged section of society. As the organizing chairperson, he successfully organized the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference in New Delhi in 2018. The conference successfully culminated in the adoption of the “Delhi Declaration 2018" calling for people living in rural and isolated parts of the world to be given special priority, if nations are to achieve universal health coverage. The Delhi declaration, endorsed by WHO, revisited the Alma Ata Declaration with the aim to achieve the highest possible level of health for the communities we serve, with the goal of “Health for All Rural People.”
Education and Research
Curriculum Writing
• Contributed to the revised curriculum of Post Graduate DNB Family Medicine in India 2021
• Contributed to the new curriculum of fellowship in family medicine by Medvarsity
Examinations and evaluations
• OSCE writer - National Board of Examinations – Family Medicine
• Past member of MRCGP Int South Asia Board
• Visiting faculty for various universities in India
• Guest Lectures on national and international forums including many keynotes on family medicine and primary care
• Course Director - Fellowship in Family Medicine (Medvarsity)
Research
• OSCE writer - National Board of Examinations – Family Medicine
• Past member of MRCGP Int South Asia Board
• Visiting faculty for various universities in India
• Guest Lectures on national and international forums including many keynotes on family medicine and primary care
• Course Director - Fellowship in Family Medicine (Medvarsity)
Young Doctor Movements
Dr Kumar was the founding chair of the Spice Route Movement - the young doctor's movement in South Asia. The Spice Route Movement was founded in 2010 during WONCA SAR regional conference in Kathmandu. Dr. Kumar is credited with creating a large pool of young doctors eager to pursue a vocation in family medicine in Inia and South Asia. He has represented all young family physicians on the executive board of the WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) from 2013-2016. YDM movement has spread to all regions of the world since then.
Advocacy
• National Consultation on Family Medicine - Government of India 2013 https://www.jfmpc.com/text.asp?2016/5/1/197/184687
• The national consultation on strengthening primary healthcare in rural India 2018 https://bhs.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rural-Primary-Care-Report.pdf
• Public Interest Litigation for Family Medicine – The Supreme Court of India
• Series of meetings with the ministry of health, the government of India
• Represented WONCA SAR thrice at the WHO SEARO regional committee
• Represented WONCA on World Economic Forum meeting in India
Awards
He also has been conferred with several awards and recognitions which include the Healthcare Leadership Award 2012 India and Montegut Global Scholar Award 2013 by the American Board of Family Medicine, Healthcare Leadership Award Dhaka 2020.