Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005232 - Pandalai, Krishnan Gopinath (1885 - 1960)
Title:
Pandalai, Krishnan Gopinath (1885 - 1960)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005232
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-04-07
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Pandalai, Krishnan Gopinath (1885 - 1960), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Pandalai, Krishnan Gopinath
Date of Birth:
20 May 1885
Place of Birth:
Travancore
Date of Death:
5 February 1960
Place of Death:
Madras, Madras State, India
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 9 February 1911
FRCS 9 June 1921
MB CM Madras 1909
LRCP 1911
Details:
Born on 20 May 1885 in Travancore he was educated at Madras Medical College, where he qualified in 1909, and at the Middlesex and London Hospitals. He was gazetted a Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 28 January 1911 and took the Conjoint diplomas a fortnight later. He was promoted Captain on 28 Januray 1914, and saw active service in the first world war with the Aden Field Force 1915-17 and in German East Africa 1917-18.
After taking the Fellowship in 1921 he was appointed Professor of Surgery at Madras Medical College and Surgeon Superintendent of the Government General Hospital. He was promoted Major on 28 July 1922 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 July 1930.
He retired from the Government service in 1935 and as a private consultant with a modern nursing home played a leading part in the medical life of Madras for nearly a quarter of a century. He was founder-president of the Indian Association of Surgeons in 1937. Pandalai died at Kilpauk, Madras on 5 February 1960.
Sources:
Crawford's *Roll of the IMS*, general list, No 557
*Brit med J* 1960, 1, 886 with appreciation by ASMN
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/E005000-E005999/E005200-E005299
Media Type:
Unknown
