Dr. Venkataswami R

MBBS
MS
MCh
FRCS

Consultant, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

Staged Island Flap for Loss of tissue at the tip of the thumb, Oblique triangular flap for losses involving the tip of fingers and thumbs, A new type of flap for defect following excision of angular malignant lesions of the mouth, New Operative management of idiopathic chondritis, Bilobed groin flap for skin cover to the hand.

1. The First Indian Plastic Surgeon to get Pioneer of Hand Surgery Award by the International Federation of Hand Societies.
2. First Indian to be invited as Mc Indoe Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London in 1998