Ramamurthi Balasubramaniam was an Indian neurosurgeon, author, editor, a pioneer in neurosurgery in India and often recognized as the Father of Neurosurgery of India.
12 Facts About Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi set up the Department of Neurosurgery at the Government General Hospital, Chennai in 1950, the Department of Neurosurgery at the Madras Medical College and founded the Institute of Neurology, Madras in the 1970s.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Dhanvantri Award for his contribution to the field of Neurosurgery in India.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi's father Captain T S Balasubramaniam was an Assistant Surgeon in the Government Hospital then.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi completed an MS in General Surgery from the Madras Medical College and went on to complete FRCS at Edinburgh in 1947.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi was appointed as the President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies in 1987 and served as the former President of the National Board of Medical Examinations in India.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi became a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1962, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences in 1972, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1981 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine of London in 1983.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi was the Founder Secretary of the Neurological Society of India.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi was awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Award in the year 1987 by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation Chennai.
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Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi trained many eminent neurosurgeons including Dr Raja, who is known as the father of the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
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Dr Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi has been himself associated with the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, having first visited the hospital briefly in 1979 and persuaded his student Dr Raja to join the Neurosurgery department there, and having inaugurated the use of advanced medical equipment there in 1991.