Fellow
Valiathan Martanda Varma Sankaran
Nationality
India
Last country of residence
India
Biodata
Valiathan is national research professor at the Manipal University. After obtaining surgical training (Univ. of Liverpool), a master's (surgery), and fellowship (Royal College of Surgeons, England), he specialized in cardiac surgery (Johns Hopkins and Georgetown), and became fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Canada. He was faculty member at Georgetown Univ. Hospital, Postgrad. Medical Inst. (Chandigarh), Indian Inst. of Tech. (Chennai), Sree Chitra Tirunal Inst. (Trivandrum) and was past pres. of the Indian Natl. Science Academy. His awards include Hunterian professorship, Royal College of Surgeons of England; fellowship, Royal College of Physicians, London; Chevalier, order of palmes academiques, French Govt.; Samuel P.Asper Award of the Johns Hopkins Medical School; and 7 doctorates (h.c.). He is member of the Natl. Academies for Science, Med. and Eng. (India) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA.
ELECTED
1998
YEAR OF DEATH
2024
Section
03. Medical & Health Sciences
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
India
Last updated on 25/07/2024