Thoguluva Shesadri Chandrasekar (born 1956) is an Indian

gastroenterologist Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- "belly", -énteron "intestine", and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract, sometime ...

and the founder chairman of Medindia Hospitals, a healthcare facility based in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

. He is credited with the performance of over 23,000

endoscopy An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are insert ...

procedures and is known for the ''Braille chart on personal hygiene'' he prepared in 2015 for the visually impaired people. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

, in 2016, for his contributions to medicine.

Biography

T. S. Chandrasekar, born on 14 July 1956, graduated in medicine in 1977 from

Madurai Medical College Madurai Medical College is a medical school attached to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The hospital provides tertiary care to more than twenty million people in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. The hospital was es ...

winning the gold medal for the best outgoing student and followed it up with the degrees of MD and DM from

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a public medical university in Chandigarh, India. It is an 'Institute of National Importance'. It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its studen ...

, Chandigarh. He started his career as a member of faculty at

Coimbatore Medical College The Coimbatore Medical College is a government medical school, medical college recognized by the Medical Council of India. It is located in the city of Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu, India. History The college was established in 1966 after G D ...

where he established the department of medical gastroenterology. Later, he founded Medindia Hospitals at

Nungambakkam Nungambakkam is a locality in downtown Chennai, India. The neighborhood abounds with multinational commercial establishments, important government offices, foreign consulates, educational institutions, shopping malls, sporting facilities, tou ...

which has since grown to become a super-specialty healthcare centre for gastro-intestinal diseases. Chandrasekar is the founder of Medindia Charitable Trust, which is involved in healthcare services to the poor people through free medical camps, health awareness programs, and concessional treatment. He is a former president of the Society of GastroIntestinal Endoscopy of India (2007–08) where he sits in the advisory board of its journal. The incumbent national president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, he is credited with the performance of over 23000 endoscopy procedures. He prepared a ''braille chart for personal hygiene'' in 2015, for use by the visually impaired people and has prepared fourteen CD-ROMs for teaching endoscopic surgical procedures. He is one of the pioneers of ''Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy'' in India, an endoscopic surgical technique involving the insertion of a knife into the

oesophagus The esophagus (American English), oesophagus (British English), or œsophagus ( archaic spelling) ( see spelling difference) all ; : ((o)e)(œ)sophagi or ((o)e)(œ)sophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, ...

to remove the blockages in the food pipe. He has published several articles on the subject, many of them published in international referred journals. He is a recipient of the Best Doctor Award of the

Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University ( TNMGRMU) is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the premier medical universities in India, named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. ...

and serves as an adjunct professor at the university. The

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a global community of over 15,000 Members working together to develop skills, knowledge and leadership to drive the highest standards in healthcare. For 425 years, the Royal College of ...

honored him with their fellowship in 2009 and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the

in 2016.

References

External links

* *

Biography

References

External links

Further reading