Dr. J. Chandra Mouli Sastry M.B.B.S.

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D.M. (10 June 1936 – 20 April 2005) was an Indian

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. He was founding professor of nephrology in Christian Medical College, Vellore.

Early life

He was born to Rao Bahadur Rao Saheb J. S. Swamy Sastry and Lakshmikanthamma in

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as their third son. He was educated at Tenali Taluk High school, Hindu College and Andhra Christian College. He was graduated M.B., B.S. from

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. He completed his M.D. in General Medicine from the

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, New Delhi. He joined the

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, Vellore in 1970 and served until June 1996. He initially worked in the General Medicine department for some time. He moved to the Nephrology Department when it was created in January 1971. When the hospital was recognized for D.M. in nephrology in 1974, he registered for the course and completed it. Sastry traveled extensively in India and abroad. He was the president of the Indian Society of Nephrology and President of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation and Chairman of the Southern Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology. He died on 20 April 2005 in

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. He left his wife Anupama, daughter Shailaja and son Srikanth. The Indian Society of Nephrology has instituted an Oration on his name. It is awarded each year to a senior Indian nephrologist who has contributed significantly to the practice and/or teaching of Nephrology in India.Indian Society of Nephrology Awards.
/ref> He started Department of Nephrology at Kamineni Hospital, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad in year 1997. He trained efficient Nephrologists like, Dr. D.S. Dakshina Murthy, Dr. Rajesh Sherke, Dr. Akhtural Imam, Dr.M.Venkata Ramana, Dr. S.Renuka, Dr. M. Kamal Kiran, Dr. Kiran Fernandez, Dr. Shobhana G. Nayak, Dr. Anil Kumar B.T, Dr.P. Vikranth Reddy. Under his supervision, around 300 live kidney transplantations, 10 cadaver transplantations, and 2 liver transplantations were performed at Kamineni. He treated about 5,000 patients who suffered with various kidney problems.

Publications

* Renal Failure Following Snake Bite. A Clinicopathological Study of Nineteen Patients, J. C. M. Shastry, Anand Date, R. H. Carman and K. V. Johny,

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, 26(5), 1977, pp. 1032–1038.

References

http://medind.nic.in/iav/t05/i2/iavt05i2p1.pdf

External links

JCM Shastry….. A tribute by Chakko Korula Jacob in Indian Journal of Nephrology, vol. 15, 2005.
20th-century Indian medical doctors 1936 births 2005 deaths People from Guntur district Medical doctors from Andhra Pradesh Indian nephrologists {{India-med-bio-stub