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{{Short description|Indian gastroenterologist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = T. S. Chandrasekar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|07|14}}
| birth_place = Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| occupation = Gastroenterologist<br>Medical administrator
| yearsactive = Since 1977
| known for = [[Endoscopy]]<br>Medindia Hospitals
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| website = {{URL|http://www.drtschandrasekar.com|drtschandrasekar.com}}
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University|TNMGRMU]] Best Doctor Award
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'''Thoguluva Shesadri Chandrasekar''' (born 1956){{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=BLP}} is an Indian [[gastroenterologist]] and the founder chairman of Medindia Hospitals, a healthcare facility based in [[Chennai]].<ref name="Endoscopy cancer unit launched">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/endoscopy-cancer-unit-launched/article934067.ece | title=Endoscopy cancer unit launched | work=The Hindu | date=6 December 2010 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> He is credited with the performance of over 23,000 [[endoscopy]] procedures<ref name="Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar awarded with Padma Shri Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.chennaisonline.com/padma-shri-award/ | title=Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar awarded with Padma Shri Award | publisher=Chennaisonline | date=15 February 2016 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> and is known for the ''Braille chart on personal hygiene'' he prepared in 2015 for the visually impaired people.<ref name="Meet the Padma awardees from Tamilnadu">{{cite web | url=http://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/01/26223952/Meet-the-Padma-awardees-from-Tamilnadu.vpf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826112537/http://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/01/26223952/Meet-the-Padma-awardees-from-Tamilnadu.vpf | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 August 2016 | title=Meet the Padma awardees from Tamilnadu | publisher=DTnext | date=27 January 2016 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf |title=Padma Awards |date=2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf |archive-date=3 August 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Biography ==
T. S. Chandrasekar, born on 14 July 1956, graduated in medicine in 1977 from [[Madurai Medical College]]<ref name="Padma League Comprises 112 Achievers, Including Rajinikanth, Saina, Others">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Padma-League-Comprises-112-Achievers-Including-Rajinikanth-Saina-Others/2016/01/26/article3245486.ece1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127094833/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Padma-League-Comprises-112-Achievers-Including-Rajinikanth-Saina-Others/2016/01/26/article3245486.ece1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=27 January 2016 | title=Padma League Comprises 112 Achievers, Including Rajinikanth, Saina, Others | publisher=Indian Express | date=16 August 2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> winning the gold medal for the best outgoing student and followed it up with the degrees of MD and DM from [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]], Chandigarh.<ref name=" Padma Shri Award for Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar">{{cite web | url=http://livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=24132 | title=Padma Shri Award for Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar | publisher=Live Chennai | date=30 January 2016 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Highlights of Biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindiahospitals.com/profile.shtml | title=Highlights of Biography | publisher=Medindia | date=2016 | access-date=15 August 2016 | archive-date=30 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030002912/http://www.medindiahospitals.com/profile.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref> He started his career as a member of faculty at [[Coimbatore Medical College]] where he established the department of medical gastroenterology.<ref name="Awardees happy, vow to rededicate">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/awardees-happy-vow-to-rededicate/article8153522.ece | title=Awardees happy, vow to rededicate | work=The Hindu | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> Later, he founded Medindia Hospitals at [[Nungambakkam]] which has since grown to become a super-specialty healthcare centre for gastro-intestinal diseases.<ref name="Services">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindiahospitals.com/services.shtml | title=Services | publisher=Medindia Hospitals | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016 | archive-date=30 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030070109/http://www.medindiahospitals.com/services.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chandrasekar is the founder of Medindia Charitable Trust, which is involved in healthcare services to the poor people through free medical camps, health awareness programs, and concessional treatment.<ref name="MedIndia Charitable Trust">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindiahospitals.com/charitable_trust.shtml | title=MedIndia Charitable Trust | publisher=MedIndia Hospitals | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016 | archive-date=18 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018104948/http://www.medindiahospitals.com/charitable_trust.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a former president of the Society of GastroIntestinal Endoscopy of India (2007–08) where he sits in the advisory board of its journal.<ref name="National Advisory Board">{{cite web | url=http://www.sgei.co.in/about-journal.php | title=National Advisory Board | publisher=Society of GastroIntestinal Endoscopy of India | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> The incumbent national president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology,<ref name="Office bearers">{{cite web | url=http://www.isg.org.in/indexmain.php?do=menu3&lmid=1&lm2id=4 | title=Office bearers | publisher=Indian Society of Gastroenterology | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> he is credited with the performance of over 23000 endoscopy procedures.<ref name=" Padma Shri Award for Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar" /> He prepared a ''braille chart for personal hygiene'' in 2015, for use by the visually impaired people and has prepared fourteen CD-ROMs for teaching endoscopic surgical procedures. He is one of the pioneers of ''Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy'' in India, an endoscopic surgical technique involving the insertion of a knife into the [[oesophagus]] to remove the blockages in the food pipe.<ref name="City doctor prescribes POEM to help swallow food">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/City-doctor-prescribes-POEM-to-help-swallow-food/2014/07/21/article2340679.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121115644/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/City-doctor-prescribes-POEM-to-help-swallow-food/2014/07/21/article2340679.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 January 2016 | title=City doctor prescribes POEM to help swallow food | publisher=Indian Express | date=21 July 2014 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> He has published several articles on the subject, many of them published in international referred journals.<ref name="Publications authored by T S Chadrasekar">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Thoguluva+Seshadri+Chandrasekar | title=Publications authored by T S Chadrasekar | publisher=PubFacts | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the Best Doctor Award of the [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]]<ref name="Padma League Comprises 112 Achievers, Including Rajinikanth, Saina, Others" /> and serves as an adjunct professor at the university. The [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow]] honored him with their fellowship in 2009<ref name="Chairman Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.medindiahospitals.com/ | title=Chairman Profile | publisher=Medindia Hospitals | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016.<ref name="Dr V Shanta gets Padma Vibhushan; Padma Bhushan for Dr D Nageshwar Reddy">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2016/01/25/dr-v-shanta-gets-padma-vibhushan-padma-bhushan-for-dr-d-nageshwar-reddy/ | title=Dr V Shanta gets Padma Vibhushan; Padma Bhushan for Dr D Nageshwar Reddy | publisher=India Medical Times | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/30-per-cent-of-Chennaiites-suffering-from-constipation/2013/07/29/article1706432.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801063347/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/30-per-cent-of-Chennaiites-suffering-from-constipation/2013/07/29/article1706432.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 August 2013 | title=30 per cent of Chennaiites suffering from constipation | publisher=Indian Express | work=News report | date=29 July 2013 | access-date=16 August 2016 | author=Express News Service}}
* {{cite web | url=http://vidsshare.com/watch/Padmashri-Dr-TS-Chandrasekar-Interview-in-Sourashtra-Voice-TV-VideoDownload_ZC1DdDRCMHVRN2s.html | title=Dr. T. S. Chandrasekar | publisher=Saurashtra TV | work=Interview | date=2016 | access-date=16 August 2016}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/viewFile/748/556 | title=Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography under Ultrasound Guidance without Fluoroscopy in a pregnant woman | author=T. S. Chandrasekar, R. Ravi Kumar, Y. Satish Kumar, M. Murugesh, M. A. C. Hameed Hussain | journal=Annals of Gastroenterology | year=2009 | volume=22 | issue=3 | pages=194–196}}
* {{cite journal|pmid=23408259|title=Novel predictors for immediate puncture site bleed during endoscopic glue injection for gastric varices without using lipiodol|vauthors=Chandrasekar TS, Menachery J, Gokul BJ, Murugesh M, Vivek Sandeep TC|journal=Indian J Gastroenterol|date=May 2013|volume=32|issue=3|pages=200–203|doi=10.1007/s12664-012-0301-2|s2cid=5516473}}

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