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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| honorific_prefix = Dr.		\| honorific_prefix = Dr.
	\| name = Sundaram Natarajan		\| name = Sundaram Natarajan
	\| image = Dr S Natarajan.png		\| image = Dr S Natarajan.png
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	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|4 September 1957}}<ref name="Good"/>		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|4 September 1957\|df=yes}}<ref name="Good"/>
	\| birth_place = Madurai, Tamil Nadu		\| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(now [[Tamil Nadu]]), [[India]]
	\| alma_mater = Madras Medical College, Sankara Nethralaya		\| alma_mater = Madras Medical College, Sankara Nethralaya
	\| occupation = Ophthalmologist		\| occupation = Ophthalmologist
	\| website = {{~~url~~\|www.adityajyoteyehospital.org}}		\| website = {{URL\|www.adityajyoteyehospital.org}}
	\| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2013)		\| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2013)
	}}		}}
	'''Sundaram Natarajan''' is an Indian [[ophthalmologist]]. In 2002, he started a free clinic in [[Dharavi]], a slum in [[Mumbai]], and treated more than 8,000 people. He has also held free camps in various other suburbs of Mumbai such as [[Mankhurd]] and [[Govandi]] to treat the economically poor. In 2016, he also held a camp in [[Kashmir]] to operate and cure the victims of [[2016–17 Kashmir unrest\|pellet gun firings]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai-s-padma-shri-winning-eye-doctor-treats-pellet-gun-victims-in-kashmir/story-LehL0qlxlrUjyctZPijBQN.html \| title=Mumbai's leading eye doctor treats pellet gun victims in Kashmir \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=30 July 2016 \| access-date=4 February 2019 \| author=Saha, Abhishek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://protectingsight.com/2020/06/02/tear-gases-and-rubber-bullets-can-cause-permanent-eye-damage-eye-injury-loss-of-vision-and-blindness-in-cases-of-chemical-injury-and-eye-trauma-protect-the-eyes-and-seek-medical-attention-immedia/\|title=Tear gases and rubber bullets can cause permanent eye damage, eye injury, loss of vision, and blindness. In cases of chemical injury and eye trauma, protect the eyes and seek medical attention immediately.\|date=3 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000004616540/the-victims-of-indias-pellet-guns.html\|title=The Victims of India's Pellet Guns\|first=Yara\|last=Bishara\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>		'''Sundaram Natarajan''' is an Indian [[ophthalmologist]]. In 2002, he started a free clinic in [[Dharavi]], a slum in [[Mumbai]], and treated more than 8,000 people. He has also held free camps in various other suburbs of Mumbai such as [[Mankhurd]] and [[Govandi]] to treat the economically poor. In 2016, he also held a camp in [[Kashmir]] to operate and cure the victims of [[2016–17 Kashmir unrest\|pellet gun firings]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai-s-padma-shri-winning-eye-doctor-treats-pellet-gun-victims-in-kashmir/story-LehL0qlxlrUjyctZPijBQN.html \| title=Mumbai's leading eye doctor treats pellet gun victims in Kashmir \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=30 July 2016 \| access-date=4 February 2019 \| author=Saha, Abhishek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://protectingsight.com/2020/06/02/tear-gases-and-rubber-bullets-can-cause-permanent-eye-damage-eye-injury-loss-of-vision-and-blindness-in-cases-of-chemical-injury-and-eye-trauma-protect-the-eyes-and-seek-medical-attention-immedia/\|title=Tear gases and rubber bullets can cause permanent eye damage, eye injury, loss of vision, and blindness. In cases of chemical injury and eye trauma, protect the eyes and seek medical attention immediately.\|date=3 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000004616540/the-victims-of-indias-pellet-guns.html\|title=The Victims of India's Pellet Guns\|first=Yara\|last=Bishara\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
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	==Education==		==Education==
	Natarajan graduated from the [[Madras Medical College]]~~, Chennai,~~ in 1980. He completed his Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O) at the [[University of Madras]] in 1984 and Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous Surgery (F.R.V.S) at [[Sankara Nethralaya]] in 1985.		Natarajan graduated from the [[Madras Medical College]] in 1980. He completed his Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O) at the [[University of Madras]] in 1984 and Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous Surgery (F.R.V.S) at [[Sankara Nethralaya]] in 1985.

	He completed Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in 2012, [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons]] (FRCS) in Glasgow in 2018, and Fellow of European Latino American Society of Ophthalmology (FELAS) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.drsnatarajan.com/index.html\|title=Prof.Dr. S.Natarajan\|website=www.drsnatarajan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://healthcareradius.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/dr-s-natarajan-appointed-as-president-of-all-india-opthalmological-society/\|title=Dr S Natarajan appointed as President of All India Opthalmological Society\|date=19 February 2019}}</ref>		He completed Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in 2012, [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons]] (FRCS) in Glasgow in 2018, and Fellow of European Latino American Society of Ophthalmology (FELAS) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.drsnatarajan.com/index.html\|title=Prof.Dr. S.Natarajan\|website=www.drsnatarajan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://healthcareradius.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/dr-s-natarajan-appointed-as-president-of-all-india-opthalmological-society/\|title=Dr S Natarajan appointed as President of All India Opthalmological Society\|date=19 February 2019}}</ref>

			[[File:Dr.Natarajan with Deputy Chief Minister Mr. R.R.Patil Mr. Hyosuke Yasui, Consul General of Japan in Mumbai, Feb, 2006.jpg\|thumb\|Dr.Natarajan with Deputy Chief Minister Mr. R.R.Patil and Mr. Hyosuke Yasui, Consul General of Japan in Mumbai, Feb, 2006]]
	==Awards and records==		==Awards and records==
	He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards, by President of India [[Shri Pranab Mukherjee]] in 2013.		He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards, by President of India [[Shri Pranab Mukherjee]] in 2013.
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	==Organizational awards==		==Organizational awards==
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	\|Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology		\|Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
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	\| rowspan="4" \|2018		\| rowspan="3" \|2018
	\|Senior Achievement Award		\|Senior Achievement Award
	\|American Academy of Ophthalmology		\|American Academy of Ophthalmology
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	\|SAO Excellence Award		\|SAO Excellence Award
	\|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation\|SAARC]] Academy of Ophthalmology, Nepal		\|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation\|SAARC]] Academy of Ophthalmology, Nepal
	\|-
	~~\|Tun Hussein Onn Oration Keshmahinder Singh Award~~
	~~\|Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital, Thoneh~~
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	\|Prof. B.P.Kashyap Oration Award		\|Prof. B.P.Kashyap Oration Award
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	== References ==		== References ==
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			==External links==
			* [https://www.adityajyoteyehospital.org/ Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital]

	{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}		{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
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{{short description|Indian ophthalmologist (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Dr.
| name = Sundaram Natarajan
| image = Dr S Natarajan.png
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|4 September 1957}}<ref name="Good"/>
| birth_place = Madurai, Tamil Nadu
| alma_mater = Madras Medical College, Sankara Nethralaya
| occupation = Ophthalmologist
| website = {{url|www.adityajyoteyehospital.org}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2013)
}}
'''Sundaram Natarajan''' is an Indian [[ophthalmologist]]. In 2002, he started a free clinic in [[Dharavi]], a slum in [[Mumbai]], and treated more than 8,000 people. He has also held free camps in various other suburbs of Mumbai such as [[Mankhurd]] and [[Govandi]] to treat the economically poor. In 2016, he also held a camp in [[Kashmir]] to operate and cure the victims of [[2016–17 Kashmir unrest|pellet gun firings]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai-s-padma-shri-winning-eye-doctor-treats-pellet-gun-victims-in-kashmir/story-LehL0qlxlrUjyctZPijBQN.html | title=Mumbai's leading eye doctor treats pellet gun victims in Kashmir | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=30 July 2016 | access-date=4 February 2019 | author=Saha, Abhishek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protectingsight.com/2020/06/02/tear-gases-and-rubber-bullets-can-cause-permanent-eye-damage-eye-injury-loss-of-vision-and-blindness-in-cases-of-chemical-injury-and-eye-trauma-protect-the-eyes-and-seek-medical-attention-immedia/|title=Tear gases and rubber bullets can cause permanent eye damage, eye injury, loss of vision, and blindness. In cases of chemical injury and eye trauma, protect the eyes and seek medical attention immediately.|date=3 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000004616540/the-victims-of-indias-pellet-guns.html|title=The Victims of India's Pellet Guns|first=Yara|last=Bishara|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

In 2013, he was awarded with [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour.<ref name="Good">{{cite web | url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/cover-story/the-good-doctors/articleshow/31476941.cms | title=The good doctors | publisher=Pune Mirror | date=30 January 2013 | access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> {{As of|January 2019}}, he is head of the Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital in [[Wadala]], Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.adityajyoteyehospital.org/meet-our-doctor.html | title=Meet our doctors - Prof. Dr. S. Natarajan | publisher=Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital | access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
Natarajan graduated from the [[Madras Medical College]], Chennai, in 1980. He completed his Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O) at the [[University of Madras]] in 1984 and Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous Surgery (F.R.V.S) at [[Sankara Nethralaya]] in 1985.

He completed Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in 2012, [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons]] (FRCS) in Glasgow in 2018, and Fellow of European Latino American Society of Ophthalmology (FELAS) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drsnatarajan.com/index.html|title=Prof.Dr. S.Natarajan|website=www.drsnatarajan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://healthcareradius.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/dr-s-natarajan-appointed-as-president-of-all-india-opthalmological-society/|title=Dr S Natarajan appointed as President of All India Opthalmological Society|date=19 February 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and records==
He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards, by President of India [[Shri Pranab Mukherjee]] in 2013.

He holds a former [[Guinness World Record]] for the most [[Diabetic retinopathy#Screening|diabetic eye screenings]] in 8 hours. This record was achieved when 649 diabetes patients were screened in Dharavi, Mumbai.

He is a "Character Inductee" of the Retina Hall of Fame, being one of two Indians listed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retinahalloffame.org/rhof-charter-members|title=RHOF Charter Members|website=www.retinahalloffame.org}}</ref>

He was awarded a State Award for Meritorious Service by the Government of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] for creating a record by performing forty-seven [[Eye surgery#Vitreoretinal surgery|vitreoretinal surgeries]] in two and a half days while in Jammu and Kashmir.

He holds a National Record in the [[Limca Book of Records]] for performing the first completely sutureless sclera bucking as well as a sutureless 23G [[vitrectomy]].

==Organizational awards==
{{BLP sources|section|date=September 2021}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Organization(s)
|-
|1991
|Dr. E. Balakrishnan Memorial Award
|Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists, Madras
|-
|1995
|Dr. V. K. Chitnis Oration
|Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society
|-
| rowspan="3" |1998
|Dr. Joseph Gnanadickam Gold Medal Oration Award
|SROC and TNOA
|-
|Best Researcher Award
|Dr. P Siva Reddy Endowment fund, A.P. Akademi of Sciences
|-
|C.N. Shroff Award
|AIOC, Cochin
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|Senior Honour Award
|Vitreous Society, USA
|-
|Best Video and Poster Award
|APAO, Taiwan
|-
| rowspan="5" |2005
|Innovation Award
|Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society
|-
|Man of the Millennium (Ophthalmology)
|International Award Committee of Wisitex Foundation
|-
|Dr. Rustom Ranji Oration
|29th AP Ophthalmological Society
|-
|[[List of lifetime achievement awards|Lifetime Achievement Award]]
|National & International Compendium, New Delhi
|-
|[[Gusi Peace Prize]]
|Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, Manila
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006
|[[Man Of The Year|Man of the Year]]
|[[American Biographical Institute]]
|-
|Young Achiever Award
|ICON
|-
|Distinguished Service
|Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|Lions Favourite Eye Specialist
|Lions Club of Mumbai
|-
|SSM Oration Award
|SSM Eye Research Foundation, Cochin
|-
|Achievement Award
|[[American Academy of Ophthalmology]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Dr. Sandeep Wagh Award
|
|-
|Anita Oration Award
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2011
|Air Marshal MS Bopari Award
|Ocular Trauma Society of India
|-
|Retina Oration Award 2011
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] Academy of Ophthalmology
|-
|Gold Medal
|Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, Delhi
|-
|Gold Medal
|Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association, Mumbai
|-
|Retina Foundation Oration Award
|Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad
|-
|2012
|Achievement Award
|Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
|-
| rowspan="4" |2018
|Senior Achievement Award
|American Academy of Ophthalmology
|-
|SAO Excellence Award
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] Academy of Ophthalmology, Nepal
|-
|Tun Hussein Onn Oration Keshmahinder Singh Award
|Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital, Thoneh
|-
|Prof. B.P.Kashyap Oration Award
|Jharkhand Ophthalmological Society (JHOS)
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|The Legends Of Indian Ophthalmology Award
|iBeach Film Festival, GOA
|-
|Dr. Dhanwant Singh Oration Award
|Punjab Ophthalmological Society, Punjab
|}
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://healthcare-india.org/miscellaneous/medical-tycoon/dr-s-natrajan/|title=Prof. Dr S Natarajan | Health Care India}}</ref>

==Current academic positions==
*President - Organized Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG)
*Managing Trustee - Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/new-technology-to-reduce-trauma-in-eye-surgeries/article30892063.ece|title=New technology to reduce trauma in eye surgeries|first=Ananya|last=Biswal|date=23 February 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
*Managing Trustee - Aditya Jyot Research Foundation
*Secretary - Aditya Jyot Eye Research Institute
*Chairman - All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Nationwide DR Screening Task Force
*Chairman of the International Committee - All India Ophthalmological Society<ref>{{cite web |title=Governing Council |url=https://aios.org/article-43-governing-council.php |website=All India Ophthalmological Society |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
*Secretary General - Global Eye Genetics Consortium (GEGC)
*Immediate Past President - International Ocular Trauma Society
*Immediate Past President - Ocular Trauma Society of India (OTSI)
*Representative of AIOS ICO General Assembly
*ICO Board of Trustees International Council of Ophthalmology
*President - Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society (APOTS)<ref>{{cite web |title=Society Membership Criteria & Application |url=https://apaophth.org/members/ |website=APAO |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
*Member - Euretina International Advisory Board
*Hon. President - Sankara Nethralaya Alumni Association
*Regional Managing Editor - Eye World Asia Pacific, Indian Edition
*Honorary Director - Indian Eye Injury Registry
*Member - Council of Asia Pacific Intraocular Implant Association, Singapore
*Executive committee member - International Society of Ocular Trauma
*Hon. Secretary, Alumni Association- Sankara Nethralaya
*Vice President - Indo-Japanese Ophthalmic Foundation
*Patron - National Society for Prevention of Blindness, Mumbai Branch

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}

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