Surgeon Vice AdmiralArti Sarin, new DG of ArmedForces Medical Services

 

 

SURGEON Vice Admiral Arti Sarin has been appointed as the Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) on Tuesday, making her the first woman officer to take over the post, according to an official press release. Prior to assuming the position as the 46th DGAFMS, Vice Admiral Sarin held positions as the Director General of Medical Services in the Navy, Director General of Medical Services in the Air Force, as well as the Director and Commandant of Armed Forces (Medical) in Pune.

 

An alumnus of AFMC, Pune, Vice Admiral Sarin was commissioned into the Armed Forces Medical Services in December 1985. She is an MD in Radiodiagnosis from AFMC, Pune and a Diplomate National Board in Radiation Oncology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, complemented with training in Gamma Knife Surgery from the University of Pittsburgh. In her 38 years of career, the Flag Officer has held many academic and administrative appointments, including Professor and Head of Radiation Oncology at Army Hospital (R&R) and Command Hospital (Southern Command)/AFMC Pune, Commanding Officer at INHS Asvini, as well as Command Medical Officer in the Indian Navy's Southern and Western Naval Commands.