Work Experience

• 1986 - 1994 Various training posts in the UK leading to the award of FRCS and the certification in plastic surgery by BAPS and the RCS England
• Microsurgeon - Northwick Park London Microsurgery course
• Travels to Paris, France with Dr Danial Marchac, for Craniofacial and Cosmetic surgery, Professor Joseph MacCarthy at the New York University, New York, USA, Professor Jatin Shah at the Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and Professor Michal Poole at Oxford Royal Infirmary, Oxford, England, for advanced craniofacial and research techniques

Professional Membership & Certifications

• Executive Member of the Indian Society for the Surgery of the hands and Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai
• Life Member, Association of Surgeons of India
• Life Associate member, Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
• President Diabetic Foot Society of India
• Life Member, Indian Medical Association
• Life Member, Madras Chapter of Otorhinolaryngologists
• Life Member, Chennai chapter of Plastic Surgeons

Research & Publications

• PCT application Co-inventor Pedo-Powergraph Jointly with IIT Madras and Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai
• Patent for healing footwear in Diabetic foot
• Patent for the prevention of ulcers in Diabetic foot
• Patent for the Design of the Footwear
• Co-inventor – Rubber compound for diabetic footwear
• Patented Isobaric isometric aesthesiometer with IIT Madras
• Patent for Ambulatory pressure measurement system
• Patent for Ezclamp – A novel microsurgery clamp for easy anastomosis
• Founding member of the Hyperbaric Society of India

Awards & Achievements

• Old students' prize for Proficiency in Microbiology
• Old students' prize for proficiency in Pathology
• Prize Memorial Prize for Medicine
• AKN Menon Gold Medal for Radiology
• Tamil Nadu State prize for Tuberculosis
• Prize for Leprosy – First prize
• Surgical Clinical Award
• Dr Deivanayagam Oration
• Combined Medical and Surgical Association Oration
• Prof Sam C Bose Plastic Surgery Oration.Madurai. TN
• Sushratha Oration at the American society of Plastic Surgeons in San diego, USA. 2019