Thanikachalam Sadagopan

Thanikachalam Sadagopan
Born	(1939-12-13) 13 December 1939 (age 84) Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Cardiologist
Known for	Preventive cardiology
Awards	Padma Shri Dr. B. C. Roy Award
Website	www.urheartourdr.org

Thanikachalam Sadagopan is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic,^[1] and former Vice-Chancellor at the Sri Ramachandra University.^[2] He is the chairman and director of the Cardiac Care Centre at Sri Ramachandra University and an adjunct professor at the Biomedical Engineering Group of the Department of Applied Mechanics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. He is known for research on preventive cardiology and has published several articles on the subject.^[3]^[4] He has been involved in several multinational multicentric drug trials including the PURSE-HIS Epidemiological Study of the Tufts University School of Medicine and the study on Nuna Kadugu, a Siddha medicine used to treat various skin diseases.^[5] He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award of the Medical Council of India, the highest Indian award in the medical category.^[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Medicine.^[6]

References

^ "Dr. S.Thanikachalam on IITM". IIT Madras. 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Speakers". Tufts University School of Medicine. 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Sadagopan Thanikachalam on Sciencescape". Sciencescape. 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ Mohan Thanikachalam; Abirami Swaminathan; Jahnavi Sunderarajan; Vijaykumar Harivanzan; Sadagopan Thanikachalam (2014). "Epidemiology and Prevention of CV Disease: Physiology, Pharmacology and Lifestyle". American Heart Association.
^ Ramaswamy Selvaratnam; Nettam Prathyusha; Ruthiramoorthi Saranya; Haridass Sumathy; Kutuva Tulasi Mohanavalli; Raju Jyothi Priya; Jayakothanda Ramaswamy Venkhatesh; Chidambaram Saravana Babu; Kumarasamy Manickavasakam & Sadagopan Thanikachalam (2012). "Acute toxicity and the 28-day repeated dose study of a Siddha medicine Nuna Kadugu in rats". BMC Complement Altern Med. 12: 190. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-190. PMC 3488310. PMID 23088610.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

External links

"Healthy lifestyle prevent 'Heart disease' 1/2". Interview with Dr S Thanikachalam - YouTube video. News7 Tamil. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
"Healthy lifestyle prevent 'Heart disease' 2/2". Interview with Dr S Thanikachalam - YouTube video. News7 Tamil. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.