Mohammed Illias Sahadulla

Mohammed Illias Sahadulla was born in 1945 in the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram from the state of Kerala. He did his MBBS in 1968 and completed his MD in General Medicine in 1973 from Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum. Subsequently, he became a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Ireland and London in 1999 and 2006 respectively. He has also acquired MBA from University of Hull, UK.[2]

Sahadulla started his career as an assistant professor of Internal Medicine at Medical College Hospital, Calicut, Kerala and later worked as Registrar in General Medicine in Colchester and Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. In the year 1975, he joined the medical department of Saudi Arabian American Oil Company as a physician and held the position of Senior Consultant Physician for more than a decade.[2]

Sahadulla has been nominated for the Padma Shri Awards in 2016.[3] He received the title of National Ambassador by the Anti-Narcotics Council of India (a branch of UN India) for their campaign 'No-drugs Communities'.[4] In 2013, he received the Lions Club Excellence Award[5] and Business Excellence Award from Chamber of Commerce in the year 2010. He is the recipient of CSR award from Trivandrum Management Association 2012.[6] He also received the Management Leadership Award from Trivandrum Management Association in the year 2008.[7]

• National Health Review Committee constituted by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) & Indian Healthcare Foundation (IHCF).
• President of Association of Advanced Specialty Healthcare Institutions (AASHI).
• Founder member of Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC)
• Board Advisor to Hemas Group of Hospitals, Sri Lanka.
• British Medical Association - Member
• Indian Medical Association - Member
• Royal College of Physicians of Ireland – Member
• Royal College of Physicians of London – Member and MRCP Examiner
• Theosophical Society of England – Member
• High Level CII Delegation to Improve Bilateral Relations – Member and Speaker
• Association of Physicians of India – Life Member
• Critical Care Association of India – Life Member
• Kerala International Centre – Life Member
• Chamber of Commerce – Executive Committee Member
• Trivandrum Management Association – Executive Committee Member
• Aramco Employees Association - President for two years
• Aramco Tennis Association, Rastanura - President for two years
• Aramco Badminton Association - President for several years
• Trivandrum Medical Association - President and subsequently Executive Committee member
• Trivandrum District Badminton Association - President[8]
• Hospital Management Asia Speaker
• AHPI (Kerala Chapter) - President
• FICCI Steering Committee member

He initiated KIMS Charitable Trust through which to date approx. INR 30 Crores have been discounted for the needy and poor patients. The "Hrudaya Spandanam", scheme for 150 economically backward heart patients, the "Guruvandanam" scheme for 100 retired school teachers, the "Touch a life Foundation" for poor cancer patients, the Cancer Prevention Group, Satellite Clinics in peripheral areas, over 600 medical camps, health talks, continuing medical education programs, training programs and environmental friendly practices at KIMS, are some of his contributions to society.[9] As the current President of the Trivandrum Medical College Alumni Association (TMCA) he has taken initiatives in improving the infrastructure and academic quality of the college and hospital to help the patients and medical students.[10]