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- Dinker Belle Rai is an Indian American vascular surgeon who serves as the chairman of the Department of Surgery and as the Chief of the Department of Vascular Surgery / Vascular Laboratory at the Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. He is a visiting clinical professor at the Health & Science Center of the State University of New York in Brooklyn and a visiting professor at the Rajiv Gandhi University in Bangalore, India. Rai is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Surgeons. He is credited with developing the first ever method for of the venous tree. This invention was given a United States patent in 1988. Based on this patent, a company called The Ideas For Medicine, Inc. (now part of Horizon Medical Products, Inc.) manufactured and still distributes out a series of catheters, known as Rai’s Catheters for use in performing descending phlebographic tests and for venous embolectomies. He is also credited with the discovery of the motion of venous valves in human beings. His original research on histopathological specimens of patients with saphenofemoral – incompetency resulted in a paradigm shift in management of varicose veins. He performed the first ever vein transplantation below the knee. The discovery of right atrial mechanical function is a pivotal discovery in his medical research work. He is an editor for the International Journal of Angiology. Rai has been featured in the book "Jewels of India" for his contributions in the medicine, art, sports and cultural arenas. (en)
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- Jewel of India of NRI’s Of North America by Manish Media, New York State Assembly Certificate of Merit, A. Vann, Member of Assembly (en)
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- Puttur, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India (en)
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- Earl U. Bell of national news channel CBS interviewing Rai about Vein Valve transplantation surgery & invention of Rai's Catheter (en)
- Dinker Rai with his former team mate B.S. Chandrashekhar (en)
- Portrait of the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Dinker B Rai (en)
- Patent showing method to catheterize venous tree in retrograde fashion (en)
- A painting by Dinker Rai in 1990 (en)
- Article in the Brooklyn Bridge Magazine (en)
- Dinker Rai sitting third from left (en)
- Varsity Cricket picture (en)
- Dinker Rai posing with old cricket mates Sunil Gavaskar, G.R. Vishwanath and friend Padmasree Manmohan Attavar (en)
- Indian Ink Wash Work Portrait of President Kennedy by Dinker B Rai (en)
- Rai participating with resident doctors of New York in a historical strike to reform their working conditions (en)
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- Dinker B Rai DoctorsStrike.jpg (en)
- Dinker B Rai PresKennedySketch.jpeg (en)
- Dinker B Rai WithEarlBell.jpeg (en)
- Dinker B Rai WithSunnyG GRVishy DrAttavar.jpg (en)
- Patent Pic of Dinker B. Rai.jpg (en)
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- Dinker Belle Rai is an Indian American vascular surgeon who serves as the chairman of the Department of Surgery and as the Chief of the Department of Vascular Surgery / Vascular Laboratory at the Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. He is a visiting clinical professor at the Health & Science Center of the State University of New York in Brooklyn and a visiting professor at the Rajiv Gandhi University in Bangalore, India. Rai is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Surgeons. He is credited with developing the first ever method for of the venous tree. This invention was given a United States patent in 1988. Based on this patent, a company called The Ideas For Medicine, Inc. (now part of Horizon Medical Products, Inc.) manufactu (en)
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