G. B. Parulkar Explained

G. B. Parulkar
Birth Date:1931 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation:Cardiothoracic surgeon
Known For:Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Gurukumar Bhalachandra Parulkar (1 December 1931 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor emeritus at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College. He also served as the president of the Association of Surgeons of India in 1984.[1]

Biography

Born on 1 December 1931 at Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra,[2] Parulkar served as an associate of Prafulla Kumar Sen, a pioneer of cardiac surgery in India.[3] A graduate of the University of Mumbai, he did advanced training at Baylor College of Medicine and on his return to India, he introduced the technique of hypothermic circulatory arrest technique of resection of aortic aneurysms in India.[4] He was one of the doctors who attended to the victim in the Aruna Shanbaug case.[5] [6]

Parulkar received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award from the Medical Council of India in 1997.[7] The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 1998.[8] He is also a recipient of the 2009 The Marathon Teacher Award of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences[9] and a number of other honors.

Parulkar died on 4 May 2021, at the age of 89.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India . 2018-06-06 . asiindia.org . en-US . 2018-06-06.
  2. Web site: Tree Of Gratitude - Dr. Parulkar GurukumarBhalchandra . 2018-06-05 . www.cardiacsurgeongandhi.com . 2018-06-05.
  3. Web site: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL . 2018-06-05 . www.kem.edu . en-US . 2018-06-05.
  4. Web site: History of Aortic Surgery in India . Verma . Himanshu . Rai . Kumud . 2015-07-01 . Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery . en . 2018-06-05 . Vallabhaneni . S Rao . Tripathi . Ramesh.
  5. Book: Pinki Virani. Aruna's Story: The True account of a Rape and its Aftermath. 14 October 2000. Penguin Books Limited. 978-93-5118-076-0. 19–.
  6. Web site: Aruna is the bond that unites us: KEM Hospital dean . 2011-03-07 . dna . en-US . 2018-06-05.
  7. Web site: Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery . 2018-06-05 . indiamart.com . en . 2018-06-05.
  8. Web site: Padma Awards . 2018-05-17 . Padma Awards . Government of India . 2018-05-17 . 15 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Dr. G. B. Parulkar awarded The Marathon Teacher Award . Avinash Patwadhan . 2009-04-06 . 2018-06-05.
  10. Web site: In Memoriam: Dr. G.B Parulkar MS, FACS, FIACS (1931–2021) . IACTS . 1 December 2023.

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