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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Dr Sandra Desa Souza''' is an ENT Head, Neck and Cochlea Implant Surgeon. She is the first Indian Fellow of the American Otological Society. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] India's fourth-highest civilian award in 2020. She is the first woman surgeon in the world to pioneer the Cochlear implant surgery in India and Asia in 1987.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.biospectrumasia.com/news/27/1891/cochlear-implantation-a-boon-for-the-deaf.html | title=Cochlear implantation, a boon for the deaf | publisher=[[BioSpectrum]] | date=28 August 2014 | access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/JJ-performs-its-1st-cochlear-implant/articleshow/3374946.cms | title=JJ performs its 1st cochlear implant | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=18 August 2008 | access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jaslokhospital.net/find-doctor/sandra-desa-souza/144 | title=Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | publisher=[[Jaslok Hospital]] | access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-ministers-arun-jaitley-sushma-swaraj-and-george-fernandes-given-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/73617205.cms | title=Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=26 January 2020 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> Dr. Souza was one of the first ENT surgeons in the country to perform artificial ear operations, is credited to have given the gift of hearing to thousands of patients.<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Doctor's Day: The Medical Heroes Who Won a Padma Award in 2020 |work=News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/national-doctors-day-the-medical-heroes-who-won-a-padma-award-in-2020-2694113.html |access-date=2021-09-01}}</ref><br />
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