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{{short description|Indian medical academic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = S. I. Padmavati
| image = Dr. S. Padmavati.jpg
| alt = A South Asian woman wearing glasses and a sari.
| caption = S. I. Padmavati
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|06|20}}
| birth_place = [[British Burma]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|8|29|1917|6|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| other_names =
| known_for =
| education = F.R.C.P. (London), F.R.C.P.E., F.A.C.C., F.A.M.S., D.Sc. (Hon.)<ref>[http://www.nationalheartinstitute.com/spadma.php Dr. S. Padmavati: Chief Consultant In Cardiology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714155640/http://www.nationalheartinstitute.com/spadma.php |date=14 July 2011 }} NHI website.</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]] ([[Johns Hopkins University]]) <br />[[Harvard Medical School]] ([[Harvard University]])
| years_active = 1953-2020
| occupation = [[cardiologist]], Director National Heart Institute, Delhi<br />Founder-president, All India Heart Foundation
}}
'''Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati''' (20 June 1917{{spnd}}29 August 2020) was an Indian [[cardiologist]]. She was director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi, and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation. The institute collaborates with the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) in training students in preventive cardiology.<ref>[http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/59/S_Padmavati.html Expert Profile: Dr S Padmavati] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162011/http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/59/S_Padmavati.html |date=14 July 2011 }} [[NDTV]].</ref><ref>[http://www.whoindia.org/EN/Section54_880.htm WHO Collaborating Centres in India: Non-Communicable Diseases & Mental Health] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612235352/http://whoindia.org/EN/Section54_880.htm |date=12 June 2010 }} [[WHO]] India.</ref> Padmavati was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1992.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123059/http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Padmavati, an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows — NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows — NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055036/http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> was the first woman cardiologist in India and established the first cardiac clinic and cardiac catheter lab in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expresshealthcare.in/200703/healthcarelife01.shtml|title=Feature — Against the Tide: Been there, done that|date=March 2007|publisher=Express Healthcare ([[Indian Express]])|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-date=22 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122021018/http://expresshealthcare.in/200703/healthcarelife01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati|url=https://www.womenofhopkins.com/padmavati|access-date=31 August 2020|website=the-women-of-hopkins|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901040455/https://www.womenofhopkins.com/padmavati|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Padmavati was born to a barrister in Burma (Myanmar) on 20 June 1917. She had three brothers and two sisters.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=29 September 2002|title=Matters Of Heart|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/matters-of-heart/59293/|access-date=31 August 2020|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901040504/https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/matters-of-heart/59293/|url-status=live}}</ref>

She received a [[MBBS]] degree from Rangoon Medical College, [[Rangoon]] and later moved to London in 1949, where she received a [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]] from [[Royal College of Physicians]], followed by [[FRCPE]] from [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]. In her time in the United Kingdom, she worked at the National Heart Hospital, National Chest Hospital, and the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery|National Hospital]], [[Queen Square, London]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Eminent Cardiologist Dr S Padmavati Dies Of COVID-19 At 103|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/eminent-cardiologist-dr-s-padmavati-dies-of-covid-19-at-103-2287764|access-date=31 August 2020|website=NDTV.com|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831104606/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/eminent-cardiologist-dr-s-padmavati-dies-of-covid-19-at-103-2287764|url-status=live}}</ref>

Subsequently, after finishing her FRCP, she moved to [[Sweden]] for three months, where she took cardiology courses at the Southern Hospital.<ref>[http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=14364&sectionid=17 Prominent doctors honoured with the Wockhardt Medical Excellence Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611010821/http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=14364&sectionid=17 |date=11 June 2015 }} 17 February 2003.</ref> Meanwhile, she applied for fellowship at the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]], Baltimore, part of [[Johns Hopkins University]], and was selected, and went on to study with noted cardiologist [[Helen Taussig]]. In 1952, she joined [[Harvard Medical School]] (Harvard University), where she studied under [[Paul Dudley White]], a pioneer in modern cardiology.<ref name=":3" /><ref>[http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=674ql28x71675375&size=largest Development of Cardiac surgery in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714081133/http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=674ql28x71675375&size=largest |date=14 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Career==
Back in India, she started her career in 1953, as a lecturer at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]], Delhi, where she opened a cardiology clinic. In 1954, she was among the first few women cardiologists in India, later as an examiner with [[Medical Council of India]] she started the first [[Doctor of Medicine|DM]] in cardiology in India.<ref name="pd">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122458220200.htm|title=Awareness on cardiac health vital|date=24 December 2009|access-date=4 August 2010|archive-date=28 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228142235/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/24/stories/2009122458220200.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> She founded the All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) in 1962, with group of physicians and industrialist Ashok Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=31 Aug|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=09:30|title=SI Padmavati: India's 1st female cardiologist dies of Covid at 103 {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-1st-female-cardiologist-dies-of-covid-at-103/articleshow/77841687.cms|access-date=31 August 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831051249/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-1st-female-cardiologist-dies-of-covid-at-103/articleshow/77841687.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=31 Aug|first1=Dr O. P. Yadava / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=06:30|title=The heart doctor with a big heart passes away {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-heart-doctor-with-a-big-heart-passes-away/articleshow/77841582.cms|access-date=31 August 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901040524/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-heart-doctor-with-a-big-heart-passes-away/articleshow/77841582.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

She joined [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], Delhi in 1967, and was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], by [[Government of India]] in the same year. She established one of the first departments of [[cardiology]], at the G. B. Pant Hospital, which is within the college campus. She was the Secretary General of the 5th [[World Congress of Cardiology]], New Delhi in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fifth World Congress of Cardiology|url=https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/29/4/636.full.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426234630/https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/29/4/636.full.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=30 August 2020|website=British Medical Journal}}</ref>

During the 1970s, she was the chief administrator of 3 major institutions at the same time - [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B.Pant hospital. She retired as the Director (Principal) of the Maulana Azad Medical college, in 1978.<ref>[http://www.mamc.ac.in/national_award.html National Award winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721151013/http://www.mamc.ac.in/national_award.html |date=21 July 2011 }} [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] website.</ref>

Post retirement, she set up the National Heart Institute (NHI) under AIHF, in [[South Delhi]], in 1981, which expanded in following years to include tertiary patient care, research and population outreach, and where she continued to work.<ref name=":1" /> She was also an [[Emeritus Professor]] of Medicine and Cardiology of the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="pd" />

Padmavati became a fellow of the [[European Society of Cardiology]], in 2007, at the age of 90, making her the most senior fellow of the ESC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Centenarian Fellow|url=https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Who-we-are/Fellowship/dr-sivaramakrishna-iyer-padmavati-fesc,%20https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Who-we-are/Fellowship/dr-sivaramakrishna-iyer-padmavati-fesc|access-date=31 August 2020|website=www.escardio.org|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901040500/https://www.escardio.org/vgn-ext-templating/404/page-not-found|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

State honors:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
* [[File:IND Padma Bhushan BAR.png|x15px|Padma Bhushan riband]] [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honor (1967)
* [[File:IND Padma Vibhushan BAR.png|x15px|Padma Vibhushan riband]] [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honor (1992)

== Death ==
On 29 August 2020, Padmavati died from complications due to [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] at the National Heart Institute in New Delhi.<ref name=":0" /> She was aged 103 at the time of her death, and was the oldest living doctor in India. Her body was cremated at a special COVID-19 crematorium at Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nationalheartinstitute.com/index.php National Heart Institute, website]

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