Obituary of Prof. Nagarur Gopinath, founder & first chief of Cardiothoracic Sciences Center
Prof. Nagarur Gopinath
Prof. Nagarur Gopinath who established the dept of Cardiothoracic surgery at the AIIMS in 1964, passed away on Sunday,3rd june, 2007 at Bangalore. He was 84.
He began open heart surgery at the AIIMS in 1964, and began a training program in CTVS, leading to the M.Ch degree in 1966.He has trained a large number of students including half the faculty at the AIIMS. His students are now heading many of the departments in the country.He received the padma Shri from the govt. of India, and the wockhardt lifetime achievement award in 2004,and the lifetime achievement award from the Indian Association of cardiovascular-Thoracic surgeons in 2000.
Following his retirement in 1982 he continued to serve the AIIMS as Emeritus professor and contributed many monographs and papers on preventive aspects of heart disease. He is survived by Mrs. Gopinath, one daughter and two sons. The cardiothoracic centre will certainly feel the void left behind by Prof.Gopinath which will be difficult to fill.
The Cardio-thoracic Center would like to place on record with gratitude the services of the following who served the center in various capacities with diligence and selfless dedication.
FACULTY
Prof. N. Gopinath
Head of the Deptt. of CTVS and first Chief of C.T. Centre
Prof. M.L. Bhatia
HOD Cardiology and Chief CTC
Prof. Rajendra Tandon
HOD Cardiology and Chief CTC
Prof. A.Sampath Kumar
Prof. Balram Airan
Cardiology
Late Prof. HS Wasir
Prof. S.C. Manchanda
Prof. Savitri Srivastava
Prof. U Kaul
Dr. JPS Narula
Dr. Vishwadev
Dr. RS Vasan
Dr. Krishna Kumar
Dr. SCB Reddy
Dr. Atul Mathur
Dr. Rajiv Agarwal
Dr. Arun Chopra
Dr. Pradeep Jain
Dr. Bhaskar Rao
Dr. Deepak Thatai
Dr. Balbir Singh
CTVS
Prof. I.M. Rao
Prof. M.L. Sharma
Dr. Babanandan Das
Dr. KS Iyer
Dr. (Mrs.) Parvathi Iyer
Dr. Rajesh Sharma
Dr. Anil Bhan
Dr. Hemant Trehan
Dr. Sushant Srivastava
Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath
Cardiac Anaesthesia
Prof. Nita Saxena
Dr. Shilaja Kale
Dr. Dilip Saxena
Dr. Pravin Saxena
Dr. A. Dhir
Dr. Anand Gore
Dr. Praveen Kalia
Dr. Manoranjan Sahoo
Dr. Manoj Sahoo
Cardiac Radiology
Prof. Meera Rajani
Dr. Karuna Taneja
Cardiac Pathology
Prof. Prem Chopra
Blood Bank
Dr. N Taneja
Mrs. Manju Kirtani
Physiotherapy
Dr. T.D. Chawla
Dr. A. Bishnoi
Dr. NK Gupta
Perfusionists
Mr. V. Singh
Mr. BK Saxena
Mr. N.C. Joshi
Mr. Santosh Kumar
Mr. Vatsala
Mr. Surender Pal Singh
Mr. Nagendra Singh
Mr. Ravindra Pal Singh
Mr. RK Nair
Mr. Sandeep Khanranga
Mr. Rohit Srivastava
Nursing Staff
Sr. C.K. Kapur
NS
Sr. K. Bhatia
DNS
Sr. Porter
DNS
Sr. T Sainudeen
DNS
Sr. RJ Hitter
DNS
Sr. Prem Lata Joseph
DNS
Sr. Kanta Sobti
ANS
Sr. Chander Kanta
ANS
Sr. Daya Arora
ANS
Sr. Marykutty Varghese
ANS
And many other individuals who made important contributions to improve quality of patient care in the C.T. Centre.
The Cardio-thoracic Centre would like to place on record with gratitude the services of the following who served the centre in various capacities with diligence and selfless dedication.
FACULTY
Prof. N. Gopinath
Head of the Deptt. of CTVS and first Chief of C.T. Centre
Prof. M.L. Bhatia
HOD Cardiology and Chief CTC
Prof. Rajendra Tandon
HOD Cardiology and Chief CTC
Cardiology
Late Prof. HS Wasir
Prof. S.C. Manchanda
Prof. Savitri Srivastava
Prof. U Kaul
Dr. JPS Narula
Dr. Vishwadev
Dr. RS Vasan
Dr. Krishna Kumar
Dr. SCB Reddy
Dr. Atul Mathur
Dr. Rajiv Agarwal
Dr. Arun Chopra
Dr. Pradeep Jain
Dr. Bhaskar Rao
Dr. Deepak Thatai
Dr. Balbir Singh
CTVS
Prof. I.M. Rao
Prof. M.L. Sharma
Dr. Babanandan Das
Dr. KS Iyer
Dr. (Mrs.) Parvathi Iyer
Dr. Rajesh Sharma
Dr. Anil Bhan
Dr. Hemant Trehan
Dr. Sushant Srivastava
Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath
Cardiac Anaesthesia
Prof. Nita Saxena
Dr. Shilaja Kale
Dr. Dilip Saxena
Dr. Pravin Saxena
Dr. A. Dhir
Dr. Anand Gore
Dr. Praveen Kalia
Dr. Manoranjan Sahoo
Dr. Manoj Sahoo
Cardiac Radiology
Prof. Meera Rajani
Dr. Karuna Taneja
Cardiac Pathology
Prof. Prem Chopra
Blood Bank
Dr. N Taneja
Mrs. Manju Kirtani
Physiotherapy
Dr. T.D. Chawla
Dr. A. Bishnoi
Dr. NK Gupta
Perfusionists
Mr. V. Singh
Mr. BK Saxena
Mr. N.C. Joshi
Mr. Santosh Kumar
Mr. Vatsala
Mr. Surender Pal Singh
Mr. Nagendra Singh
Mr. Ravindra Pal Singh
Mr. RK Nair
Mr. Sandeep Khanranga
Mr. Rohit Srivastava
Nursing Staff
Sr. C.K. Kapur
NS
Sr. K. Bhatia
DNS
Sr. Porter
DNS
Sr. T Sainudeen
DNS
Sr. RJ Hitter
DNS
Sr. Prem Lata Joseph
DNS
Sr. Kanta Sobti
ANS
Sr. Chander Kanta
ANS
Sr. Daya Arora
ANS
Sr. Marykutty Varghese
ANS
And many other individuals who made important contributions to improve quality of patient care in the C.T. Centre.
Newsletter
CENTRE NEWS
CARDIO THORACIC & NEURO SCIENCES CENTRE
Dr. Ashish Suri & Dr. Manmohan Singh, Deptt. Of Neurosurgery initiated and took interest in completing the task of renovation &restructuring of Doctors’ Duty Room in OT Complex.
2.Ms. Meenu Marwaha, MSSO, NS Centre has been awarded awarded Rashtriya Shram Award on the eve of International May Day2007 by Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.K. Sharma, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 1st May 2007.
Sh. OP Saini seen here being felicitated by both Chiefs. Sh. OP Saini worked as Accounts Officer at CN Centre for last 5 years and reverted to his parent department. Sh. NK Bajaj has taken over charge from Sh. OP Saini on 30th April, 2007.
Employee of the month
Patients coming to the Cardiothoracic and Cardiology OPDs were benefited from Sh. Piar Singh’s plan to improve patient registration. This has abolished the long queue that were a normal feature for many years. The benefit has been enormous for patients who do not have to suffer by standing for many hours in all weather conditions.
