S. I. Padmavati
S. I. Padmavati | |
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Born | (1917-06-20)20 June 1917 British Burma |
Died | 29 August 2020(2020-08-29) (aged 103) New Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | F.R.C.P. (London), F.R.C.P.E., F.A.C.C., F.A.M.S., D.Sc. (Hon.)[1] |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins Hospital (Johns Hopkins University) Harvard Medical School (Harvard University) |
Occupation(s) | cardiologist, Director National Heart Institute, Delhi Founder-president, All India Heart Foundation |
Years active | 1953–2020 |
Scientific career | |
Academic advisors | Paul Dudley White Helen B. Taussig |
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati (20 June 1917 – 29 August 2020) was an Indian cardiologist. She was director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi, and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation. The institute collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) in training students in preventive cardiology.[2][3] Padmavati was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1992.[4] Padmavati, an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[5] was the first woman cardiologist in India and established the first cardiac clinic and cardiac catheter lab in India.[6][7]
Early life and education
Padmavati was born to a barrister in Burma (now Myanmar) on 20 June 1917. She had three brothers and two sisters.[8]
Hers was the story of an indomitable spirit, cultivated during the gory days of the Second World War. Japan's invasion of Myanmar in 1942 forced Padmavati, her mother and sisters to flee Myanmar for Coimbatore, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving their male relatives behind. The family was only reunited once the war ended in 1945.
She received an MBBS degree from Rangoon Medical College, Rangoon and later moved to London in 1949, where she received a FRCP from Royal College of Physicians, followed by FRCPE from Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In her time in the United Kingdom, she worked at the National Heart Hospital, National Chest Hospital, and the National Hospital, Queen Square, London.[9]
Subsequently, after finishing her FRCP, she moved to Sweden for three months, where she took cardiology courses at the Southern Hospital.[10] Meanwhile, she applied for fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, part of Johns Hopkins University, and was selected, and went on to study with noted cardiologist Helen Taussig. In 1952, she joined Harvard Medical School (Harvard University), where she studied under Paul Dudley White, a pioneer in modern cardiology.[8][11]
Career
Back in India, she started her career in 1953, as a lecturer at Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, where she opened a cardiology clinic. In 1954, she was among the first few women cardiologists in India, later as an examiner with Medical Council of India she started the first DM in cardiology in India.[12] She founded the All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) in 1962, with group of physicians and industrialist Ashok Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.[13][14]
She joined Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in 1967, and was awarded the Padma Bhushan, by Government of India in the same year. She established one of the first departments of cardiology, at the G. B. Pant Hospital, which is within the college campus. She was the Secretary General of the 5th World Congress of Cardiology, New Delhi in 1966.[15]
During the 1970s, she was the chief administrator of 3 major institutions at the same time - Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B.Pant hospital. She retired as the Director (Principal) of the Maulana Azad Medical college, in 1978.[16]
Post retirement, she set up the National Heart Institute (NHI) under AIHF, in South Delhi, in 1981, which expanded in following years to include tertiary patient care, research and population outreach, and where she continued to work.[13] She was also an Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Cardiology of the University of Delhi.[12]
Padmavati became a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, in 2007, at the age of 90, making her the most senior fellow of the ESC.[17]
Awards and honors
- Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor (1967)
- Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor (1992)
Death
On 29 August 2020, Padmavati died from complications due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India at the National Heart Institute in New Delhi.[9] She was aged 103 at the time of her death, and was the oldest living doctor in India. Her body was cremated at a special COVID-19 crematorium at Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi.
References
- ^ Dr. S. Padmavati: Chief Consultant In Cardiology Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine NHI website.
- ^ Expert Profile: Dr S Padmavati Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine NDTV.
- ^ WHO Collaborating Centres in India: Non-Communicable Diseases & Mental Health Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine WHO India.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "List of Fellows — NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Feature — Against the Tide: Been there, done that". Express Healthcare (Indian Express). March 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati". the-women-of-hopkins. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Matters Of Heart". The Financial Express. 29 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Eminent Cardiologist Dr S Padmavati Dies Of COVID-19 At 103". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Prominent doctors honoured with the Wockhardt Medical Excellence Awards Archived 11 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine 17 February 2003.
- ^ Development of Cardiac surgery in India Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Awareness on cardiac health vital". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ a b "SI Padmavati: India's 1st female cardiologist dies of Covid at 103 | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Dr O. P. Yadava (31 August 2020). "The heart doctor with a big heart passes away | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Fifth World Congress of Cardiology" (PDF). British Medical Journal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ National Award winners Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Maulana Azad Medical College website.
- ^ "A Centenarian Fellow". www.escardio.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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