Dr (Maj Gen) Devendra Arora is a distinguished clinician, academician, and healthcare administrator with nearly four decades of exemplary service in the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services. Prior to joining NC Medical College, he served as the Commandant of the prestigious Army Institute of Cardiac & Thoracic Sciences (AICTS), Pune, and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Sub-Unit at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) and Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune.

Academic & Clinical Excellence

An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Dr Arora completed his MBBS in 1987 and went on to secure First Rank in the Combined Final MD Examination of Pune University in 1996, earning the Late Dr. Umranikar Award and a Special Certificate of Merit. Driven by a commitment to advancing specialized care, he completed a two-year Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, alongside Overseas Perceptorship Training at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School, USA, on a prestigious National FOGSI Scholarship.

Pioneering Achievements in Medicine

A pioneer in High-Risk Pregnancy management and Fetal Medicine in India, Dr Arora’s clinical milestones include:

• He had pioneered to initiate clinical super speciality of Maternal-Fetal Medicine for the first time in Armed Forces Medical Services and initiated Interventional Fetal Therapy.
• Clinical Innovations: Introduced advanced prenatal invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures—various prenatal fetal screening and prenatal diagnostic procedures including fetal skin biopsies, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, cordocentesis, Intravascular Fetal Blood Transfusions, Shunt procedures, embryo reductions, etc—within the Armed Forces Medical Services.
• National Record Holder: Successfully performed an intravascular blood transfusion in a fetus of just 18 weeks and 5 days gestation—the youngest in India—a feat honored with the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card.
• Saving Lives: Initiated the Intra-Uterine Fetal Blood Transfusion program in the Armed Forces for the first time in the year 2002 and had saved over 312 babies through more than 550 such procedures of fetal blood transfusion.
• Institution Building: Established two state-of-the-art Centers of Excellence in Interventional Fetal Therapy at AFMC Pune and Army Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt where specialists in Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Armed Forces are being trained.

Leadership, Research & Honors

With extensive administrative leadership experience — including serving as Commandant at Military Hospital Jammu and Army Institute of Cardiac Thoracic Sciences, Pune — Dr Arora brings deep operational expertise to hospital management and patient care delivery.

A recognized undergraduate, postgraduate, and super-specialty examiner across leading medical universities and the National Board of Examinations (NBE), he has authored over 27 peer-reviewed scientific publications, contributed chapters to renowned medical textbooks including Ian Donald’s Textbook of Obstetrics, and delivered over 100 guest lectures. His contributions have been recognized with numerous national honors, including the Dr. Jolly Grant Oration Award by the National Academy of Medical Sciences, (NAMS), India; Chief of Air Staff Award, FOGSI National Genetic and Fetal Medicine Award; Chief of Army Staff and GOC-in-C Commendations.