Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001571 - Pillai, Sivathanu Subramania (1925 - 2009)
Title:
Pillai, Sivathanu Subramania (1925 - 2009)
Author:
Neil Weir
Identifier:
RCS: E001571
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-11-11
2013-11-06
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Pillai, Sivathanu Subramania (1925 - 2009), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Pillai, Sivathanu Subramania
Date of Birth:
30 November 1925
Place of Birth:
Nagercoil, India
Date of Death:
5 January 2009
Place of Death:
Sunderland, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Madras 1950
FRCS Edinburgh 1959
FRCS 1962
Details:
Sivathanu Subramania Pillai was an ENT surgeon in Sunderland. He was born in Nagercoil, India, on 30 November 1925 to Sivathanu Pillai and Marthandalakshmi née Muthukaruppan. He was educated at St Francis Primary School and the Scott Christian College in Nagercoil. Deciding to follow a career in medicine, he entered Madras Medical College, where he won an anatomy prize and qualified in 1950.
He decided to move to the UK, where he elected to pursue a surgical career. He worked at the County Hospital, Colchester, the Ipswich General Hospital, the Shotley Bridge General Hospital, the County and Dryburn hospitals in Durham, and the Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, before being appointed as a consultant ENT surgeon to the Royal Infirmary and General Hospital in Sunderland. He also served the Durham community (child care) clinic.
In 1963 he married Mary, a former nurse. They had three children, two daughters and a son. He died on 5 January 2009, aged 83.
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/E001000-E001999/E001500-E001599
Media Type:
Unknown
