Chennai Jan 8 2005:
Renowned cardio thoracic and vascular surgeon and the Chair-man
of Frontier Life Line, Chennai Dr K M Cherian is selected to
receive VOCK HEART award instituted by Harward Medical
International. This ward is instituted to recognize excellence
in the field of Medical , research and education. The Award will
be given in a function at Mumbai on Feb 6, 2005.
Dr. Cherian began his medical career in 1975 and has held many
remarkable positions during his tenure and authored more than
250 national and international publications. He performed the
first successful coronary artery graft in India during the
mid-’70s. Some of his other pioneering works include, the first
heart transplant in India after the legislation of Brain Death,
the first bilateral lung transplant, the first pediatric heart
transplant, the first auto transplant and the first heart and
lung transplant.
After his MBBS, Dr K. M. Cherian headed for Australia to become
a FRACS (Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons). He
has the rare distinction of having performed the first
successful heart transplant in India in 1975. He has many more
firsts to his name, including the first pediatric heart
transplant and more recently, the first heart and lung
transplant.
He is the recipient of
several honours including the Padmashri in 1991. He has authored
several National and International publications. He was the
founder Director of Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai. He
has performed more than 17,000 operations. He has also held
numerous positions abroad, including Visiting Professor at
University of Oregon, USA; Senior Registrar of Greenlane
Hospital, Royal Alexandria Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital,
Sydney, Australia. He is a Fellow of the American College of
Chest Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Past
President of the Indian Association of Thoracic and Cardio
vascular Surgeons and a member of the International Society of
Heart and Lung Transplantation and the International Society of
Cardio Thoracic Surgeons (ISCTS). He is also a member of the New
York Academy of Sciences and a member of the Australian Society
of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons.
Dr Cherian is the first and only Indian member of the American
Association for Thoracic Surgery. He has also had the privilege
of being the honorary surgeon to the president of India between
1990 and 1993.
( Indian Orthodox Herald
Release, January 8, 2005 )
