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'''Santosh Kumar Sen''' (1910–1979) was an Indian surgeon and the president of the Association of Surgeons of India.<ref name="A cut above : the remarkable life of Dr. S.K. Sen, surgeon extraordinaire, 1910-1979">{{Cite book |last=1939- |first=Anand, Ela |date=2007 |title=A cut above : the remarkable life of Dr. S.K. Sen, surgeon extraordinaire, 1910-1979 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Ela Anand & Ketaki Sood |isbn=9788175258914 |oclc=213495610}}</ref> He was the first Indian surgeon to be elected to the [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons|Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England]].<ref name="Sen, Santosh Kumar - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online">{{Cite web |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E006926b.htm |title=Sen, Santosh Kumar - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online |last=Royal College of Surgeons of England |date=2018-05-24 |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |language=en-gb |access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref><br />
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Sen was born on October 21, 1910 in [[Delhi]].<ref name="Sen, Santosh Kumar - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online" /> After early education in Delhi, he graduated in medicine from [[Lahore]] and went to [[Vienna]] where he practiced surgery under many noted surgeons including [[Lorenz Böhler]]. He earned a fellowship of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] and on his return to India in 1938, he joined Irwin Hospital (present-day Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital), New Delhi as its first honorary consultant surgeon. During his years at Irwin Hospital, he contributed to the establishment of [[Maulana Azad Medical College]] where he served as the first honorary faculty surgeon and the head of post graduate studies.<ref name="History MAMC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mamc.ac.in/history_commenc.html |title=History MAMC |date=2018-05-24 |website=www.mamc.ac.in |access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref> He was one of the founder members of Delhi Surgical Society, served as the president of Delhi Medical Association, one of the oldest medical associations in the world,<ref name="Delhi Medical Association">{{Cite web |url=https://delhimedicalassociation.com/about-us.php |title=Delhi Medical Association |date=2018-05-24 |website=delhimedicalassociation.com |access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref> and Thoracic Surgeons Association, and sat in the court of the [[University of Delhi]]. He also served as the president of the Association of Surgeons of India in 1959.<ref name="Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India">{{Cite web |url=http://asiindia.org/past-presidents/ |title=Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India |date=2018-05-24 |website=asiindia.org |language=en-US |access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref><br />
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Sen was married to Sita, a medical practitioner, and the couple had a son and two daughters. He died in 1979, survived by his children; his wife had predeceased him.<ref name="Sen, Santosh Kumar - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online" /><br />
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* [[Thayil John Cherian]]<br />
* [[Shantilal Jamnadas Mehta]]<br />
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