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{{Short description|Canadian physician}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2020}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Canada|CM]]
| name = Sudarshan Devanesen
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| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| citizenship = Canadian
| alma_mater = [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]], [[Madras Christian College]], [[Christian Medical College]]
| father = Dr C D S Devanesen Padma Shree, Founder & Vice Chancellor of NEHU, India. Principal of Madres Christian College, Chennai, India.
| mother = Savitri Norma Devanesen, Founder of Roofs for the Roofless, building 700 homes for the homeless in the villages of Chennai, India
| relatives = Dr Dayalan Devanesen, Recipient of Order of Australia Grandfather Dr D W Devanesen research in Pearl Culture [[Leslie Goonewardene]] (uncle)
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| occupation = Associate Professor University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, St Michael Hospital Toronto for 10 years member of the [[Order of Canada]], educator and Public Health Activist. Private Medical Practice in Mississauga, Ontario Canada
| known_for = Inner City Medicine, On the Board of Directors of Heart and Stroke Foundation, Founded a Chapter for prevention of Heart Disease in the Heart and Stroke Foundation, called South Asian Community Council for prevention of Heart Disease amongst South Asians. Co Founder of The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization 2009 for promotion of wellness in the Community, and in India -Seniors Day Care under the auspices of Roof for The Roofless Chennai India
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'''Sudarshan (Sudi) Devanesen''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], is a [[family medicine]] physician and educator, [[public health]] activist, and member of the [[Order of Canada]]. An order of which he was initiated into for his role in preventing [[Heart disease]] affecting [[South Asians]] in Canada.

Devanesen was founding president (1994–1997) of a South Asian Community Council of the [[Heart and Stroke Foundation]] of Ontario, and has both studied and educated on the risks of cardiovascular disease in the South Asian community in Canada.

== Early life and education ==
Devanesen is of Sri Lankan-Indian descent, born in Sri Lanka to a [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] mother, and [[Tamils|Tamil]] father. Devanesen's father, Chandran Devanesen, was the first Indian Principal of Madras Christian College while his mother, Savithri (Norma Amybelle) was a sister of [[Leslie Goonewardene]], who founded [[Sri Lanka|Sri-Lanka's]] first political party, the [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]], and played an instrumental role in both the [[Indian independence movement]] and the [[Sri Lankan independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Alexander|first=Robert Jackson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_eUtQjseKaIC&q=Leslie+Goonewardene&pg=PA168|title=International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement|date=1991|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-1066-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jiggins|first=Janice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8ip5NofD98C&q=Leslie+Goonewardene&pg=PA83|title=Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976|date=1979-06-07|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-22069-9|language=en}}</ref>

Devanesen studied at [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] in [[Bangalore]], [[Madras Christian College]] of the [[University of Madras]], and the [[Christian Medical College]] in [[Vellore]], all in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=LLC|first1=Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK6TSQAACAAJ&q=Sudi+Devanesen|title=University of Madras: Madras Christian College, University of Madras, the New College, Chennai, Loyola College, Chennai, Stella Maris College|last2=LLC|first2=General Books|date=May 2010|publisher=General Books|isbn=978-1-156-62907-9|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Devanesen began his medical practice in remote villages in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rahim|first=Abdur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUGtBAAAQBAJ&q=Sudi+Devanesen&pg=PA325|title= India and immigrated to Canada in 1972 and South Asian Immigrants|date=2014|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4990-5874-1|language=en}}</ref>

In 1972, he [[immigration to Canada|immigrated to Canada]]. After briefly training at [[Janeway Children's Hospital]] at [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], he moved to [[Toronto]] He joined the Post Graduate programme in Family Medicine at St Michael's Hospital..<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kidd|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4SKDQAAQBAJ&q=Sudi+Devanesen&pg=PT263|title=Family Medicine: The Classic Papers|last2=Heath|first2=Iona|last3=Howe|first3=Amanda|date=2016-09-19|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-315-34953-4|language=en}}</ref> He began study at [[St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)|St. Michael's Hospital]] and the [[Faculty of Medicine, U of T|Faculty of Medicine]] of the [[University of Toronto]] in 1973; he would eventually become chief of family and community medicine at St. Michael's Hospital from 1988 to 1998 and is today an Associate professor at the University of Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profs Win GG Awards|url=https://magazine.utoronto.ca/people/faculty-staff/u-of-t-professors-governor-generals-award/|access-date=2020-06-12|website=University of Toronto Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhatnagar|first=Rakesh|date=2009-05-05|title=Help treat Sen, apex court tells MP govt|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-help-treat-sen-apex-court-tells-mp-govt-1252962|access-date=2020-06-12|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> He was medical director of the [[Broadview]] Community Health Clinic from 1980 to 1989. He also served as physician for the [[Fred Victor Centre]], a downtown Toronto mission serving the [[homelessness|homeless]], and on the board of directors of [[Casey House (Toronto, Ontario)|Casey House]], a [[Hospice care|hospice]] serving [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] patients.

He earned his Master of Clinical Science degree from the [[University of Western Ontario]] in 1990, and is a Fellow of [[The College of Family Physicians Canada]].

== Medical beliefs ==
An advocate of [[holistic health|holistic medicine]], Devanesen's practice integrates the [[medical model|medical]] and [[biopsychosocial model|biopsychosocial]] models of health care. Particularly concerned with prevention of disease and interested in cardiovascular disease, he became founding president (1994–1997) of a South Asian Community Council of the [[Heart and Stroke Foundation]] of Ontario, and has studied and educated the Canadian Community on the risks of cardiovascular disease amongst the South Asians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization {{!}} Founders & Advisory Board|url=https://www.trewo.org/founders-advisory-board|access-date=2020-06-12|website=TREWO|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Devanesen was appointed Member of the [[Order of Canada]] on May 30, 2001, and invested with the honour on December 4, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First Eelam- Canadian Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada - InfoLanka Forum|url=http://www.infolanka.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/004071.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.infolanka.com}}</ref> His citation into the Order called him "a positive role model and mentor to hundreds of medical residents, family physicians and nurse practitioners."<ref>{{OCC|6180}}</ref>

Devanesen practices family medicine in [[Mississauga]] since 1999. He practiced alongside his wife, Dr Asha Devanesen, Emeritus from the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario.

== References ==
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