Born Melur, Madurai, Tamil Nadu State, India 22 Mar 1940 
Educated in Madurai, at Madras Medical College and at Madurai Medical College HS, mainly in neurology, neurosurgery and general surgery, Erskine Hospital, Madurai 1965-1967 Postgraduate in general surgery and Registrar, Neurosurgery, Safdarjang Hospital Delhi University, New Delhi 1967-1970 Postgraduate in neurosurgery (part 1 MCh), Madurai Medical College and Erskine Hospital, Madurai 1970-1972 Registrar and Senior Registrar, Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide Children's Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia 1972-1973 Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Adelaide Childfren's Hospital 1973-1977 Locum Senior Neurosurgery Registrar, Wellington Hospital June & July 1976 Senior Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1977 Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wellington Hospital 1977-2006 Clinical Leader, Neurosurgery Unit, Wellington Hospital 1996-2005 Foundation Clinical Director, Neurosurgery, Waikato Hospital 2005 - 2012 photograph courtesy V Balakrishnan | 
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