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Dr. Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati commonly known as S. I. Padmavati or S. Padmavati (born 1917) is an eminent Indian cardiologist. She is director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation. The institute collaborates with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in training students in preventive cardiology.〔(Expert Profile: Dr S Padmavati ) NDTV.〕〔(WHO Collaborating Centres in India: Non-Communicable Diseases & Mental Health ) WHO India.〕 She was the first woman cardiologist in India in 1954 and established the first cardiac clinic and cardiac cath lab in North India. She was the President of 5th World Congress of Cardiology, New Delhi (1966), and was awarded India's second highest civilian honour the Padma Vibhushan in 1992 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ministry of Communications and Information Technology )〕 ==Early life and education== Born in Burma (Myanmar), her father was a barrister in Burma and she had three brothers and two sisters She received a MBBS degree from Rangoon Medical College, Rangoon and later moved to London in 1949, where she received a FRCP from Royal College of Physicians, London followed by FRCPE from Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Here while working at hospitals like, the National Heart Hospital, National Chest Hospital, and the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, she developed interest in cardiology. Subsequently, after finishing her FRCP, she moved to Sweden for three months, where she took cardiology courses at the Southern Hospital 〔(Prominent doctors honoured with the Wockhardt Medical Excellence Awards ) February 17, 2003.〕 Meanwhile, she applied for fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, part of Johns Hopkins University U.S., and was selected, and went on to study with noted cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig. In 1952, she joined Harvard Medical School (Harvard University), where she studied under Dr. Paul Dudley White, a pioneer in modern cardiology.〔〔(Development of Cardiac surgery in India )〕 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「S. I. Padmavati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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