Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E000420 - Dholakia, Kandarp T (1921 - 2004)
Title:
Dholakia, Kandarp T (1921 - 2004)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000420
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2007-11-08
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Dholakia, Kandarp T (1921 - 2004), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Dholakia, Kandarp T
Date of Birth:
1921
Date of Death:
17 June 2004
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
Hon FRCS 1983
Details:
K T Dholakia was the doyen of orthopaedic surgery in India. He was the senior orthopaedic surgeon at Breach Candy and P D Hinduja hospitals in Bombay, where he pioneered joint replacement and the fixation of fractures.
In 2003 he won the 20th Rameshwardas Birla National Award for being the “outstanding practising clinician in modern medicine”. He was president of the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) in 1968, and also past president of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Tramatologie (SICOT), the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) and the Association of Spine Surgeons of India (ASSI). In 1986 he started the *Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (India)*. He was made an honorary Fellow of our College in 1983.
In 2002 he underwent open heart surgery with success. He died on 17 June 2004.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000400-E000499
Media Type:
Unknown
