| Dr C. Palanivelu | |
| Birth Place: | Avarankattupudur, Paramathi Velur, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma Mater: | Stanley Medical College |
| Occupation: | Gastrosurgeon |
| Parents: | Chinnusamy |
| Website: | Not Available |
| Awards: | Lifetime Achievement Award International congress on cancer 2016 |
Dr. C Palanivelu is a well known surgeon in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Palanivelu was born in a poor farmer family in a small village called Avarankattupudur in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. Because of drought in his village and the resulting poverty, his family emigrated to Malaysia. There he worked as a daily-wage labour in a palm oil estate for 5 years.
After returning to India, he was determined to rejoin school and completed his schooling at 21 years of age. During his young days, his sister died due to pneumonia at the age of 6 years. Due to lack of medical facilities, many villagers were untreated for their diseases and injuries and there were many deaths due to cancer. These painful occurrences forced him to enroll for medicine.
His dream and willpower led him to overcome all the obstacles of life and finally he stepped in for medical studies at Stanley Medical College, Chennai at the age of 28 years in 1971.
After completing his MS degree in Surgery and Mch in Gastroenterology, he began his medical career at the age of 40 years. Then, he joined as a faculty in Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore.
He has been awarded "Life Time achievement"[2] for his contribution in field of cancer.[3] He also the recipient of the highest honour of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom in appreciation of his scientific contribution in the field of minimal access surgery at global level.[4]
Dr.B.C.Roy National Award : Government of India recognised and bestowed upon him Dr BC Roy National Award under the category of development of specialty medicine namely laparoscopic surgery in 2006 & Eminent Medical Person category in 2016.
International Olympic Silver medal winner : First Indian to win International Olympic Silver Medal for surgery which was held at Phoenix US In 2009. Sages and JSES jointly organised international Olympic surgery in MAS which was held at Phoenix Texas first ever in history of surgery.
Best paper award winner : 6 th World congress of Endoscopic surgeons, Rome, Italy 1998. Best paper award for the paper "Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy.
First Indian to win Best Video award in EAES : 16th European Best video award and first prize 2500 Euros in 2007. First Indian and only Indian to win award till now.
Best Technique Award International Society for Diseases of Esophagus : During 10th world congress of ISDE International Society for Diseases of Esophagus, Kagoshima Japan 2010.
Honorary Fellowship - Honorio causa : Recipient of Honorary Fellowship of medicine " Honorary Causa" 2014 by the San American university, Lima PERU, the oldest university in the world formed in the year 1551.
Gold Medal in honor : Kazhaskhan National Association of Medicine "Gold Medal" in honor significant contribution for development of surgery during
Pan Russian countries Medical conference in 2013 at Astana.
Top Two Great Surgeons : First Indian honoured by European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons for Significant contribution to development of Laparoscopic Surgery during World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery at Paris June 2014. 1. Prof Palanivelu India 2. Prof John Hunter US
Not forgotten his background, he goes to villages regularly to organise free camps and select patients for free operations through GEM Medical Foundation a charitable organisation.