The Cartoonist
Smokitoons symbolize my frustration with tobacco and its sequel. This menace is killing or severely crippling millions of my countrymen just to fullfill greed of certain individuals i.e tobacco company owners. Government, law makers and law enforcers seem to be seduced by this mafia. Thanks to the ignorance of people in developing countries, the multinational tobacco companies do not face extinction.
I am not a good artist. I have never learnt drawing. My english is not very good. Please pardon me for these shortcomings in my cartoons.
I earn my lively hood by treating tobacco related cancers! I am a Head and Neck cancer surgeon in Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. This is one of the busiest Head and Neck oncology service in this part of the world with around 4000 new registration every year. Three fourth of my patients develop this deadly disease due to tobacco habits. This ailing humanity is the source of my inspiration.
I am a member of Action Council Against Tobacco - India (ACT - India), an NGO that is spearheading the anti-tobacco war in India.
Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi
Associate Professor, Head and Neck Service
Tata Memorial Hospital
email : drchaturvedip@rediffmail.com
NOTE:I would love to receive your comments. Unfortunately, I do not have any staff to answer all the mails I receive. Therefore, I will read your message, but may not be able to respond always. I would certainly try to reply if it is important.
Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi MBBS,MS,FAIS,FICS,PDCR is a Associate Professor and Head and Neck cancer Surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Dr Chaturvedi did his medical schooling and post graduation in General Surgery at Banaras Hindu University. He was adjudged the best Intern and the best post graduate during his tenure in Banaras Hindu University. Later, he decided to work in field of surgical oncology and received his formal training at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He was awarded ICRETT fellowship and APCOSOT fellowship for training at MSKCC, New York and Cancer Council, Sydney. He has been invited as visiting faculty in 18 institutions in 14 countries. He is part of Indian council of Medical research Taskforce on Carcinoma of the Oral cancer. He is member of several prestigious national and international organization and he is reviewer of several leading journals and he is the editor of the Textbook of Head and Neck Surgery. He is the Chief editor of Journal of Cancer research and Experimental oncology. He is the Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Head and Neck surgery. He has authored 6 book chapters and 66 papers in international peer reviewed journals. He is Principal investigator of 2 studied including an NIH study for early detection of oral cancer.
He has tremendous interest in public Health issue especially related to Tobacco. He is the co-ordinator of the smoke Free Mumbai Campaign, Chairman, Media and Advertising – WCTOH , Organizer, Ist National control Conference of India, executive Member, Action council against tobacco – India, Editor of India’s first anti-tobacco magazine – Tobacco Kills, an active member of the Globalink, UICC. He was awarded Outstanding Young Indian award for his public health initiatives. He is the creator of the world’s only exclusive anti-tobacco cartoon websites – www.smokitoons.globalink.org with the help of UICC. This is rated as best anti-tobacco website by Tobaccopedia, UICC. He also created a dedicated counter advertising website for the tobacco ads- www. chaturvedi.pankaj.googlepages.com/tobaccokills . He also created a dedicated website for information on Areca nut usage - http://sites.google.com/site/quitnut/ . He is the co-ordinator of the Smoke free Mumbai – www.smokefreemumbai.org campaign.
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