Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy is an Indian gastroenterologist, medical academic and writer and a senior consultant at Apollo Hospital, Chennai.[1][2] He is a former president (2004–05) of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology[3] and a patron its Tamil Nadu chapter.[4] After graduating in medicine from JJM Medical College, Davangere in 1972, he continued his studies to secure an MD in general medicine in 1977 and a DM in gastroenterology in 1981, simultaneously working as a member of faculty. In 1986, while working as an assistant professor, he was deputed to Stanley Medical College, Chennai as a professor where he established the department of gastroenterology.[3]
Palaniswamy, who has written several articles on gastroenterology,[5][6] served as a member of the Academic Boards of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences from 1986 to 1996 and Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in 1997 and was a member of the Indian delegation for the Academic Exchange programs to Germany in 1986 and to USSR in 1987. He chaired the Mid-Term ISG Conference of 2014[7] and serves as a National Faculty of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT).[8] A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in 2014.[9] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to medical science.[10] He is married to Padmini and the family lives in Chennai.[3]
^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
