Legends of Indian Orthopedics Prof. M. Natarajan

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Profile Legends of Indian Orthopedics Prof. M. Natarajan

Mayil Vahanan Natarajan

rof. M. Natarajan was born on March 18, 1920, at Kamuthi the erstwhile Madras State. After graduating Pas a B.A, he entered Stanley Medical College, Madras. He had a brilliant academic career winning medals and prizes including university and college blue ribbons earning the sobriquet, “Medal” Natarajan. Prof. M. Natarajan (1920–2005) He joined Armed Forces Medical Service during the Second World War and then underwent training in orthopedics in the of Tuberculosis” of Spine with Medical Research Council of United Kingdom where he completed FRCS and MCh (Orth) Great Britain and Tuberculosis Research Centre of Indian in Liverpool with ease. On return, he became an orthopedic Council of Medical Research, with US agency for rehabilitation surgeon in Stanley Medical College and Hospital and a and WHO has contributed vastly for better management of the visiting surgeon in Government Tuberculosis Sanatorium common orthopedic problems of the developing countries. for few years. His contributions for the Medical Education in General and Orthopedic Surgery, Traumatology, and He was conferred Honorary Fellowship of Royal College Rehabilitation in particular began during his tenure as a of England, Honorary D. Litt of Annamalai University, Professor and Head of department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and many more. He was a Founder Member of Indian Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Orthopaedic Association (IOA), World Orthopaedic Concern, when he held for 19 years (1957–1976) in Madras. He and Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association. He retired as was mainly responsible for the holistic development of the Principal of Madras Medical College and was made the the specialty with starting of diploma and master’s degree Emeritus Professor of Orthopedic Surgery of the college. courses in orthopedics, a school of physiotherapy, a school of prosthesis and orthotics, drawing the plan for Government He lived to see his eldest son Dr. Mayil Vahanan Natarajan Institute of Rehabilitation and Artificial Limb Centre at achieving laurels such as First Director of Institute of Madras and blueprint for accident services for Tamil Nadu. Orthopaedics and Traumatology and President of IOA. He passed away at the age of 85 years in 2005. He has certainly His widely acclaimed textbook for undergraduates has seen made an indelible mark in the history of Tamil Nadu seven editions since 1982; his collaboration for “Madras Study Orthopaedics, Indian Orthopaedics.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Madras Medical College and Financial support and sponsorship Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Nil. Address for correspondence: Prof. Mayil Vahanan Natarajan, 4, Lakshmi Street, Kilpauk, Chennai ‑ 600 010, Tamil Nadu, India. Conflicts of interest E‑mail: [email protected] There are no conflicts of interest. Access this article online This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Quick Response Code: Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows Website: others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non‑commercially, as long as the www.ijoonline.com author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. For reprints contact: [email protected]

DOI: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_162_17 How to cite this article: Natarajan MV. Legends of Indian Orthopedics: Prof. M. Natarajan. Indian J Orthop 2017;51:354.