Vinita Puri

Professor. Vinita Puri is presently heading the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital Mumbai. She is an alumnus of medical schools in Mumbai. Dr. Puri is a Past President of the National Academy of Burns India. Among her achievements she has been honored with the Phoolan Devi Gupta award 2021 for outstanding work in the field of burns by the National Academy of Burns, India; the Tyag-murti Mata Ramai Bhimrao Ambedkar Award – 2022, Maa Saheb Late Meenatai Thackeray Lifetime Achievement Award 2021, the Donald R. Laub Humanitarian Award 2016 by ReSurge International, the Safdurjung Professorship by National Academy of Burn India. She has been a recipient of the Kilner award and the N H Antia award of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI). She was also the APSI visiting Professor of Plastic Surgery for the year 2013-2014. She was Editor of the Indian Journal of Burns from 2011 to 2017. She has many publications in international and national books and journals.

Dr. Puri is presently President Elect of the Asia Pacific Burn Association and the South East Asia representative on the Executive board of the International Society of Burn Injuries. She is also ReSurge Honorary Medical Director for India, Member of the advisory board of ROTTO-SOTTO Western region, and Member of the Medical Advisory Board of Impact India foundation which runs the Lifeline Express catering to the poor and needy in the interiors of our country.

Treating the poor and economically backward sections of society is a special passion with her and towards that end she has served and offered her services to innumerable surgical and medical camps for the last 25 years across the country.

Her special interests are Hand surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery, Hand and composite Allo Transplant and Burns.