Achievers & Accolades

GFBJ awards inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ashok Jain

By Staff Report, posted 1 year ago
Photo provided by: Kidzcare Pediatrics.

Receiving the highest praise from multiple members of the community, we are proud to award our inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ashok Jain in recognition of a lifetime of service.

Dr. Ashok Jain, MD, FAAP, MBA, CPE has been making an impact in North Carolina since he opened his first pediatrics practice, Hope Mills Pediatrics, in August of 2003. With only the goal of helping those in need, he made a business decision that would impact the course of his career.

“The day I opened my practice I put it on my website in bold, ‘I will take care of any patient who walks into my office.’ Any child who is sick, I will take care of them. Whether they have money or no money, insurance or no insurance. I don't care, I will take care of a sick child,” shared Jain.

Holding onto that promise for more than 20 years, Dr. Jain has continued to serve and support the need for pediatric care growing from one practice, to over 20 pediatric practices that employ more than 160 people across North Carolina and Georgia. Originally starting in an area with a lack of medical services, Jain has continued to follow that pattern, placing practices where there is a need. 

Today, Jain shares that between four and five percent of NC youth come to his practices for health care. Dr Jain’s impact spreads beyond U.S. borders.

In 2006, Dr. Jain launched the India Foundation, a philanthropic organization. The foundation has raised funds for Project Drishti, which provides eyeglasses or cataract surgery to needy patients in India and is also working to build a school in Rajasthan, India. The foundation has also contributed to many not-for-profit healthcare and educational initiatives for the needy in the US, Nepal and India.

In May 2007, Dr. Jain moved to Bangalore, India, to build and open MedSol (formerly Indus Westside) Hospital. The 200-bed for-profit hospital opened its doors in January 2010 and features state-of-the-art technology, six operating rooms, 45 critical care beds, and serves medical, trauma, surgical, cardiac, pediatric, neonatology and burn patients. Complete cardiac surgery, infertility/IVF, minimal access bariatric surgery and transplant surgery are just a few of the many programs the hospital offers.

In the coming years, Dr. Jain plans to continue the growth of pediatrics practices in North Carolina and neighboring states by building child-friendly infrastructure, enabling and empowering professionals to deliver excellent healthcare services to children, improve access to care, create local employment opportunities, and contribute to the local economy.

The eight other winners of our first ever Health Care Heroes Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Nov. 2. Limited tickets are available and can be purchased here.

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