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Jacob Chandy, was an Indian neurosurgeon and teacher of medical sciences. The first neurosurgeon in India,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Montreal Neuro Institute )〕 he is widely regarded as the father of modern neurosurgery in India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=CMC )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=National Medical Journal of India )〕 In 1964, the Government of India honoured him with their third highest civilian award, Padmabhushan, for his services in the fields of neurosurgery and medical education.〔 ==Biography== Jacob Chandy was born on 23 January 1910, in Kottayam, in the south Indian state of Kerala to an orthodox Christian family.〔 After his early education in Kottayam, he secured his graduate degree, an MBBS in medicine, from Madras Medical College in 1936. He kickstarted his career in 1939 by joining the Mission Hospital in Bahrain, a missionary hospital run by the American Reformed Church, where he stayed until 1944, when he took a hiatus from his practice to complete his MD at the University of Pennsylvania; while there he learned surgery under the guidance of Jonathan Rhoads.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rhoads )〕 In 1945, he received a fellowship from the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and continued to practice surgery till 1948.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Society of Neuro surgeons )〕 After obtaining a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons, Canada (FRCS), also in 1948, Chandy moved to Chicago to take up duties as the chief resident at the University of Chicago. It was during this time that Chandy was invited by Robert Greenhill Cochrane, medical missionary and Leprologist,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Cochrane )〕 to join the Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC), a fledgling medical college at that time.〔 Chandy started the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at CMC, the first of its kind in the country,〔 in 1949. Eight years later, in 1958, CMC started the first training program in India for neurosurgery, followed by a program in neurology in 1962, under Chandy's guidance. Over the years, Chandy helped develop the neurology program into one of the most sought after courses in India.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Neuro course )〕 During his association with CMC, Chandy held various posts such as the professor of neurology and neurosurgery and the medical superintendent; he was the principal when he retired in 1970.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=US National Library of Medicine )〕 Chandy died on 23 June 2007, leaving behind his wife, Accamma, a daughter, also named Accamma, and two sons, Mathew and Varghese, the former a neurosurgeon and MNI fellow, and the latter, a chemical engineer.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob Chandy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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