Dr Venkataswami R

Plastic Surgeon

MBBS MS (General Surgery) FAMS, MCh (Plastic Surgery) FRCS (Edin) DSc (Hon)

40 years experience overall

Apollo First Med Hospitals 154, P H Road, Chennai 600 010 PH:044-2821 1111/ 2222, Chennai

Info
Location

Specialities

Sclerotherapy
Abdominoplasty

Experience

40 YRS
Working in Apollo Hospitals since last Assignment

Members ship

Started the First Certifficate Course in Hand Surgery Organised the first national Body for the prevention of hand Injuries i.e. “Society for the Care of the Injured Hand”Described a new clinical entity called the “Thumb Web Burst”
Evolved a comprehensive coding for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Problems of the Hand
Founder President-Indian Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Founder President -Brachial Plexus Surgery Group of India
Past President -Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Honorary Fellow-British Association of Plastic Surgeons
Honorary Member -Association of Malaysian Plastic Surgeons
Member-International Society of Microsurgery
Member-Plastic Surgery Speciality, Board, National Academy of Medical Sciences
Member-Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
Member-Association of Surgeons of India
Fellow -Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences
Member-Indian Standards Institute (Medical Instruments & equipments)

Certifications

2005 Pioneer of Hand Surgery Award by the International Federation of Hand Societies.
First Indian Plastic Surgeon to get this award 1999 Invited Visiting Professor Kleinert, Kutz & Associates Hand Care Centre, Louisville, USA.
First Indian to be invited
1998 Mc Indoe Lecturer at the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
First Indian Plastic Surgeon to be invited.
1995 Honorary Doctorate in Medicine
The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University,
1991 Honorary Member
British Association of Plastic Surgeons
Second Indian to be elected
1991 Honorary Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinborough
First Indian Plastic Surgeon to be awarded
1990 For the Sake of Honour Award
Rotary Club of Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India
1988 Honorary Fellow
Association of Plastic Surgeons of Malayasia
1985Vocational Service Award
Rotary Club of South Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
1985 Honorary Fellow (F.A.M.S.)
National Academy of Medical Sciences, India
1983 Pandalai Oration Award
Association of Surgeons of India
1980Honorary Fellow
Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences, Chennai, India
1976 Peet Prize (Best Scientific Paper)
Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, India
1972 Dr. Sadagopan’s Endowment Gold Medal
1956 Dr. Asirvatham’s Memorial Prize (Final MBBS)
University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1974 -Established the 24 Hours Hand Injury Service, first of its kind in India,
1979 -Organised the First Microsurgical center in India
1984 -Started the First Certifficate Course in Hand Surgery
1992 -Founded the Indian Society for Reconstructive Micro Surgery
2004 -Founded the Brachial Plexus Surgery Group of India.

BOOK CHAPTERS
R. Venkataswami
Oblique Triangular Skin Flap to the Fingertip
In Strauch B, Vasconez LO, Hall-Findlay EJ, Ed. Grabb’s Encyclopedia of Flaps. Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1990:822-824
R. Venkataswami
Staged Neurovascular Island Flap from the Middle Finger to the Thumb Tip
In Strauch B, Vasconez LO, Hall-Findlay EJ, Ed. Grabb’s Encyclopedia of Flaps. Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1990:892-894
R. Venkataswami
“Microsurgery in Developing Countries”
Recent Advances in Plastic Surgery, 1992
(First Indian Author to Contribute in Any Recent Advance Series)

Services

Sclerotherapy

Languages spoken

English,Tamil,Telugu

Gender

male

Apollo Firstmed Hospital

Apollo First Med Hospitals 154, P H Road, Chennai 600 010 PH:044-2821 1111/ 2222, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 400010