26/01/2019
Prof. Dr. Ramaswami Venkataswami, has been awarded Padma Shri in the field of Medicine. From playing the role of the nationalist poet, Subrahmanya Bharathi as part of the Stanley Medical College theatre group in 1955 to establishing a world- class centre for hand surgery at his alma mater almost two decades later, it has been a long journey for Prof. Ramaswami Venkataswami.
Professor Ramaswami Venkataswami is a plastic surgeon, founder of the Institute for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and the Department of Plastic Surgery (IRRH and DPS) of Stanley Medical College and Hospital (SMC), Chennai, India. He is an alumnus of SMC and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.
Prof. Venkataswami joined SMC in 1951 for his MBBS and followed it with a postgraduation in general surgery.
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