Lall Ramnath Sawh CMT, FRCS, FACS was born on 1 June 1951 and is a Trinidadian urologist in the Caribbean and Latin America.
13 Facts About Lall Sawh
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Lall Sawh was born in a Couva, Trinidad and Tobago where most of his time was spent selling produce in a local market.
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Lall Sawh held the position of "Head Prefect" and subsequently entered medical school at the University of the West Indies - Jamaica, when he was just seventeen years old.
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Lall Sawh completed further training at the Urology Department at Washington University School of Medicine.
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Dr Lall Sawh was therefore left as the sole urologist, giving him the opportunity to pioneer several urological procedures at the San Fernando General Hospital.
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On 27 January 1988, Lall Sawh was the lead Urologist who performed the first set of kidney transplants in the country.
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Lall Sawh is acknowledged for introducing renal hypothermic surgery on the island and is credited as the first surgeon in the Caribbean to perform a phalloplasty.
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Lall Sawh was awarded the post of senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies - Mt.
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Lall Sawh was a senior examiner for the final year surgery examinations.
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In December 2015, Dr Lall Sawh made history again when he removed the second largest renal tumor in the western hemisphere.
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On June 1,2017, Dr Lall Sawh introduced the Aries system by Dornier MedTech.
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In 2009, Lall Sawh was named a "National Icon" by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and was furthered honoured by the Society of Surgeons in Trinidad and Tobago when he was featured in their publication Trinidad and Tobago Icons in Science and Technology - Volume II.
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In 2018, Lall Sawh was named one of twelve people who helped transform Trinidad and Tobago.