Natesan Rangabashyam
Biography: Added death year for clarity
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Rangabashyam served as an examiner at several medical universities in India and abroad, including the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and was credited with efforts in introducing the FRCS examination of the Edinburgh Royal College in India. He served as the honorary surgeon to [[R. Venkataraman]], the eighth President of India, and as a consultant surgeon at the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]], Pune. He delivered keynote addresses in many international medical conferences{{cite web | url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/128908/1/RC53-17-list%20of%20participants.pdf | title=List of participants | publisher=WHO | date=2016 | access-date=30 May 2016}} and contributed chapters to two medical texts, ''Oxford Textbook of Surgery''{{cite book|author1=Peter J. Morris|author2=William C. Wood|title=Oxford Textbook of Surgery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNeeoAEACAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-262884-8}} and ''Recent Advances in Surgery''.{{cite book|author1=Irving Taylor|author2=Colin D Johnson|title=Recent Advances in Surgery 34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTn8T4qASIIC|date=1 July 2011|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=978-93-5025-355-7}} He was involved with the activities of the Association of Surgeons of India as its secretary and, later, as president and also headed the Indian Society of Gastroenterology as its president in 1983. He was instrumental in establishing the headquarters of ASI in Chennai which was a commendable feat by itself and the ASI continues to be active in spite of the internet era. |
Rangabashyam served as an examiner at several medical universities in India and abroad, including the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and was credited with efforts in introducing the FRCS examination of the Edinburgh Royal College in India. He served as the honorary surgeon to [[R. Venkataraman]], the eighth President of India, and as a consultant surgeon at the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]], Pune. He delivered keynote addresses in many international medical conferences{{cite web | url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/128908/1/RC53-17-list%20of%20participants.pdf | title=List of participants | publisher=WHO | date=2016 | access-date=30 May 2016}} and contributed chapters to two medical texts, ''Oxford Textbook of Surgery''{{cite book|author1=Peter J. Morris|author2=William C. Wood|title=Oxford Textbook of Surgery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNeeoAEACAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-262884-8}} and ''Recent Advances in Surgery''.{{cite book|author1=Irving Taylor|author2=Colin D Johnson|title=Recent Advances in Surgery 34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTn8T4qASIIC|date=1 July 2011|publisher=JP Medical Ltd|isbn=978-93-5025-355-7}} He was involved with the activities of the Association of Surgeons of India as its secretary and, later, as president and also headed the Indian Society of Gastroenterology as its president in 1983. He was instrumental in establishing the headquarters of ASI in Chennai which was a commendable feat by itself and the ASI continues to be active in spite of the internet era. |
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== Awards and honors == |
== Awards and honors == |
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