Goyal was the honorary dean and chief cardiologist at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and was a former Director-Professor of cardiology of JJ Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai.[2]
He was born in the town of Sambhar Lake, Jaipur district. Goyal was a visiting professor of cardiology at the University of Alabama in the USA and a visiting cardiologist to the Oschner Heart Institute, New Orleans. The State Government also honoured him by appointing him as the Professor Emeritus of Cardiology at the Grant Medical College. He served as a member of the Executive Council and Senate of the University of Bombay for several years. He was a member of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India and also the Medical Council of India. Goyal has also written a book, Heart Talk. He was a former chairman of the Haffkins Institute.[4]
He was proposed for the post of Vice President of India in July 2007[4] and was the Sheriff of Mumbai in 1980.[5] B.K. Goyal published over 50 works in various recognized Indian and global journals. He authored a book titled Heart Talk. In 2012, the All India Medical Council proposed his name for the position of President of India.[6]
^"List of Fellows"(PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. pp. 75, 88, 129. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
