Ashok Raj Koul

[INLINE:1] Dr. Ashok Raj Koul was working as Chief of Department of Plastic Surgery at Sparsh Hospital (Narayana Health City, Bangalore). Having completed his MCh in 1995, he joined a Fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, in the year 1996 under Prof. Mukunda Reddy, whom he regarded as his guru. In 1996, he joined Medical Trust Hospital at Cochin as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon. Medical Trust Hospital was the first centre in India to start 'Direct 5-year DNB course' in Plastic Surgery under him. When the functional muscle transfer was in its infancy, he was amongst the first few surgeons to not only perform the surgery, but also popularise it in various conferences by talking about it, presenting operative videos and performing live surgeries. Dr. Koul was a member of the Advisory Board of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery and a very useful reviewer of the journal. Department of Plastic Surgery, Khoula hospital, Muscat