Dr Amit Kumar C Jain, a well-known Podiatric surgeon from Indian subcontinent, popularly known with numerous epithets since a decade as The Doc Who Rocked, The Indian Foot Doctor, The Father of Diabetic foot surgery, The Medical Star, The Rocking Doc, etc for his various unique work and talent ranging from excellent teaching skills, to pioneering Research, Surgical expertise, Innovations, Academic Shows, Charity, Philanthropic work, etc, has set distinct world records thereby solidifying his legacy in history of Indian Podiatry for his original innovative work on modern foot surgery in diabetes patients and has history of medical achievements documented in various world record books.
Formerly a professor in surgery with passion of teaching and research, who worked for more than a decade in different prestigious institutions like St John’s medical college and also in RajaRajeswari medical college, Dr Amit Jain has been very popular among students and teaching faculties for his innovative way of teaching which he continues even today, but with focus in diabetic foot and wound care through the “The Amit Jain’s Show- Podollywood of diabetic foot” which is known to combine medical teaching with humor and glamour making him one of the first medical star to design such a show with various parts in it which he has been running in different organizations including hospitals and colleges. Dr Amit Jain formerly set world record in Best of India’s Record for his innovative teaching tools.
Further, in one of the most remarkable feat, Dr Amit Jain is known pioneer and documented to be one of the youngest doctors to have given a new principle and practice in foot surgery in diabetes patients in field of podiatry in Indian history and also in the world and has earned the Title “Father of a specialty” with Dr Amit Jain having articulated the original foundational principles and practice in diabetic foot and this is registered in Best of India’s Record, Indian Book of Records and recently also in World Record book of India apart from other world records. The work of Dr Amit Jain is well published in many journals over past decade and also in popular surgery books in India read by undergraduates and post graduate students in India and Asia.
Father of a subject is a level 2 of the eponymic reward system often attributed by researchers/academician to those individuals in different streams like literature, mathematics, science, medicine, etc who have laid down the original foundational principles or inventions in that subject. However, in todays’ era , with distinct cardinal sins being conducted in research and academics including plagiarism and falsification of information and data with wrong people being credited with work that they didn’t do, it becomes essential that one protects his work and data and ensures they are published and also hold copyright if the work is innovative and distinct, states Dr Amit Jain, who is also credited to have highest original eponymous innovations in diabetic foot in field of podiatry, which is one of the biggest known pioneering work in foot surgery. As the original founder of modern and super-modern innovative concepts in foot in diabetes, Dr Amit Jain’s significant pioneering contribution in Indian Podiatry, which is an upcoming subspecialty in India in view of it having large number of diabetic patients, that was known to be neglected and undervalued in past, has revolutionized the diabetic foot care. Ranging from dozens of innovations in foot including the fastest screening tool, development of new concepts of modern offloading systems that includes nonsurgical offloading to Surgical offloading’s, with innovative published strategies of amputation prevention and different models, Dr Amit Jain is known to have developed best diabetic foot management strategies of excellence and originality ranging from prevention to treatment.
With outstanding innovative research, surgical skills, educational endeavors and largest known independent philanthropic work on diabetic foot in podiatry field in the world, Dr. Amit Jain‘s contribution is immortalized by the Brindhavvan Areion Hospital in Bengaluru who dedicated their wing in name of Amit Jain for him having laid down the biggest original principle and practice in current era in modern foot surgery, a distinct move of meritorious standing that is also enshrined in Grand Asian Book of World record earlier.
The recent record of Dr Amit Jain is documented in the official repositories of World Record book of India.