Sundaram Natarajan is an Indian ophthalmologist. In 2002, he started a free clinic in Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, and treated more than 8,000 people. He has also held free camps in various other suburbs of Mumbai such as Mankhurd and Govandi to treat the economically poor. In 2016, he also held a camp in Kashmir to operate and cure the victims of pellet gun firings.
In 2013, he was awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. , he is head of the Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital in Wadala, Mumbai.
Education Natarajan graduated from the Madras Medical College in 1980. He completed his Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O) at the University of Madras in 1984 and Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous Surgery (F.R.V.S) at Sankara Nethralaya in 1985.
He completed Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in 2012, Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) in Glasgow in 2018, and Fellow of European Latino American Society of Ophthalmology (FELAS) in 2019.
Awards and records He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards, by President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2013.
He holds a former Guinness World Record for the most diabetic eye screenings in 8 hours. This record was achieved when 649 diabetes patients were screened in Dharavi, Mumbai.
He is a "Character Inductee" of the Retina Hall of Fame, being one of two Indians listed in 2017.
He was awarded a State Award for Meritorious Service by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir for creating a record by performing forty-seven vitreoretinal surgeries in two and a half days while in Jammu and Kashmir.
He holds a National Record in the Limca Book of Records for performing the first completely sutureless sclera bucking as well as a sutureless 23G vitrectomy.
Organizational awards
+YearAwardOrganization(s)1991Dr. E. Balakrishnan Memorial AwardIndian Association of Biomedical Scientists, Madras1995Dr. V. K. Chitnis OrationMaharashtra Ophthalmological Society1998Dr. Joseph Gnanadickam Gold Medal Oration AwardSROC and TNOABest Researcher AwardDr. P Siva Reddy Endowment fund, A.P. Akademi of SciencesC.N. Shroff AwardAIOC, Cochin2001Senior Honour AwardVitreous Society, USABest Video and Poster AwardAPAO, Taiwan2005Innovation AwardMaharashtra Ophthalmological SocietyMan of the Millennium (Ophthalmology)International Award Committee of Wisitex FoundationDr. Rustom Ranji Oration29th AP Ophthalmological SocietyLifetime Achievement AwardNational & International Compendium, New DelhiGusi Peace PrizeGusi Peace Prize Foundation, Manila2006Man of the YearAmerican Biographical InstituteYoung Achiever AwardICONDistinguished ServiceAsia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology2009Lions Favourite Eye SpecialistLions Club of MumbaiSSM Oration AwardSSM Eye Research Foundation, CochinAchievement AwardAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology2010Dr. Sandeep Wagh AwardAnita Oration Award2011Air Marshal MS Bopari AwardOcular Trauma Society of IndiaRetina Oration Award 2011SAARC Academy of OphthalmologyGold MedalIndian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, DelhiGold MedalBombay Ophthalmologists’ Association, MumbaiRetina Foundation Oration AwardRetina Foundation, Ahmedabad2012Achievement AwardAsia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology2018Senior Achievement AwardAmerican Academy of OphthalmologySAO Excellence AwardSAARC Academy of Ophthalmology, NepalProf. B.P.Kashyap Oration AwardJharkhand Ophthalmological Society (JHOS)2019The Legends Of Indian Ophthalmology AwardiBeach Film Festival, GOADr. Dhanwant Singh Oration AwardPunjab Ophthalmological Society, Punjab
Current academic positions President - Organized Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG) Managing Trustee - Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes Managing Trustee - Aditya Jyot Research Foundation Secretary - Aditya Jyot Eye Research Institute Chairman - All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Nationwide DR Screening Task Force Chairman of the International Committee - All India Ophthalmological Society Secretary General - Global Eye Genetics Consortium (GEGC) Immediate Past President - International Ocular Trauma Society Immediate Past President - Ocular Trauma Society of India (OTSI) Representative of AIOS ICO General Assembly ICO Board of Trustees International Council of Ophthalmology President - Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society (APOTS) Member - Euretina International Advisory Board Hon. President - Sankara Nethralaya Alumni Association Regional Managing Editor - Eye World Asia Pacific, Indian Edition Honorary Director - Indian Eye Injury Registry Member - Council of Asia Pacific Intraocular Implant Association, Singapore Executive committee member - International Society of Ocular Trauma Hon. Secretary, Alumni Association- Sankara Nethralaya Vice President - Indo-Japanese Ophthalmic Foundation Patron - National Society for Prevention of Blindness, Mumbai Branch
References
External links Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital