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E007093 - Azariah, Rabindranath Gunasekaran Samuel ( - 1990)
Title:
Azariah, Rabindranath Gunasekaran Samuel ( - 1990)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007093
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-04-17
Description:
Obituary for Azariah, Rabindranath Gunasekaran Samuel ( - 1990), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Azariah, Rabindranath Gunasekaran Samuel
Date of Death:
16 April 1990
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1963

QSM 1988
Details:
Robin Azariah was born in India, the grandson of the first Bishop of the United Church of South India. He received his medical training at the Christian Medical College at Vellore where he graduated in 1955 but he travelled to England for much of his surgical training. His main interests were in orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery. In 1966 he was appointed resident surgeon at Te Kuiti Hospital in New Zealand. He developed a great reputation for his skill in joint replacement and his compassionate nature caused him to develop methods for the relief of pain and it was to the study of chronic pain management that he devoted so much of his boundless energy in recent years. He developed a group therapy team with his wife and the psychologist Pierre Beautrais, teaching patients meditation, relaxation, visualisation and bio-feedback techniques and he became editor of the New Zealand Pain Society newsletter. He was an enthusiastic tennis player. He died on 16 April 1990 aged 58, survived by his wife, Margaret, daughters Sunita and Suzy and stepsons Carne and Alistair.
Sources:
*NZ med J* 1990, 103, 307
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007000-E007099
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