Dr. Sundaram Natarajan | |
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| Born | (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (age 68)[1] |
| Alma mater | Madras Medical College, Sankara Nethralaya |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2013) |
| Website | www |
Sundaram Natarajan is an Indianophthalmologist. In 2002, he started a free clinic inDharavi, a slum inMumbai, and treated more than 8,000 people. He has also held free camps in various other suburbs of Mumbai such asMankhurd andGovandi to treat the economically poor. In 2016, he also held a camp inKashmir to operate and cure the victims ofpellet gun firings.[2][3][4]
In 2013, he was awarded withPadma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[1] As of January 2019[update], he is head of the Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital inWadala, Mumbai.[5]
Natarajan graduated from theMadras Medical College in 1980. He completed his Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O) at theUniversity of Madras in 1984 and Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous Surgery (F.R.V.S) atSankara Nethralaya in 1985.
He completed Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in 2012,Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) in Glasgow in 2018, and Fellow of European Latino American Society of Ophthalmology (FELAS) in 2019.[6][7]
He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards, by President of IndiaShri Pranab Mukherjee in 2013.
He holds a formerGuinness World Record for the mostdiabetic eye screenings in 8 hours. This record was achieved when 649 diabetes patients were screened in Dharavi, Mumbai.
He is a "Character Inductee" of the Retina Hall of Fame, being one of two Indians listed in 2017.[8]
He was awarded a State Award for Meritorious Service by the Government ofJammu and Kashmir for creating a record by performing forty-sevenvitreoretinal surgeries in two and a half days while in Jammu and Kashmir.
He holds a National Record in theLimca Book of Records for performing the first completely sutureless sclera bucking as well as a sutureless 23Gvitrectomy.
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| Year | Award | Organization(s) |
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| 1991 | Dr. E. Balakrishnan Memorial Award | Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists, Madras |
| 1995 | Dr. V. K. Chitnis Oration | Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society |
| 1998 | Dr. Joseph Gnanadickam Gold Medal Oration Award | SROC and TNOA |
| Best Researcher Award | Dr. P Siva Reddy Endowment fund, A.P. Akademi of Sciences | |
| C.N. Shroff Award | AIOC, Cochin | |
| 2001 | Senior Honour Award | Vitreous Society, USA |
| Best Video and Poster Award | APAO, Taiwan | |
| 2005 | Innovation Award | Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society |
| Man of the Millennium (Ophthalmology) | International Award Committee of Wisitex Foundation | |
| Dr. Rustom Ranji Oration | 29th AP Ophthalmological Society | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | National & International Compendium, New Delhi | |
| Gusi Peace Prize | Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, Manila | |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | American Biographical Institute |
| Young Achiever Award | ICON | |
| Distinguished Service | Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology | |
| 2009 | Lions Favourite Eye Specialist | Lions Club of Mumbai |
| SSM Oration Award | SSM Eye Research Foundation, Cochin | |
| Achievement Award | American Academy of Ophthalmology | |
| 2010 | Dr. Sandeep Wagh Award | |
| Anita Oration Award | ||
| 2011 | Air Marshal MS Bopari Award | Ocular Trauma Society of India |
| Retina Oration Award 2011 | SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology | |
| Gold Medal | Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, Delhi | |
| Gold Medal | Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association, Mumbai | |
| Retina Foundation Oration Award | Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad | |
| 2012 | Achievement Award | Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology |
| 2018 | Senior Achievement Award | American Academy of Ophthalmology |
| SAO Excellence Award | SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology, Nepal | |
| Prof. B.P.Kashyap Oration Award | Jharkhand Ophthalmological Society (JHOS) | |
| 2019 | The Legends Of Indian Ophthalmology Award | iBeach Film Festival, GOA |
| Dr. Dhanwant Singh Oration Award | Punjab Ophthalmological Society, Punjab |