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{{short description|Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tehemton Erach Udwadia
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2017.jpg
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| caption = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. Udwadia in 2017.
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Gastroenterologist
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| known for = Gastroenterology
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| parents = Erach Rustomji Perin Erach
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Padma Bhushan]] [[Dr. B. C. Roy Awards|Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] SAGES Millennium Award IAGES Lifetime Achievement Award
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'''Tehemton Erach Udwadia''' (born 15 July 1934) is an Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist,<ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia - Practo">{{cite web | url=https://www.practo.com/mumbai/doctor/dr-tehemton-udwadia-gastroenterologist | title=Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia - Practo | publisher=Practo | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> considered by many as the father of [[laparoscopic surgery]] in India.<ref name="Doctors back surgeon, fear giving advice">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Doctors-back-surgeon-fear-giving-advice/articleshow/16907676.cms | title=Doctors back surgeon, fear giving advice | newspaper=Times of India | date=22 October 2012 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY IN INDIA">{{cite web | url=http://surgerytimes.com/history/modern.html | title=MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY IN INDIA | publisher=Surgery Times | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> He is a general surgeon at two [[Mumbai]] hospitals, [[Breach Candy Hospital]]<ref name="Four Runners profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com/dr-tehemton-erach-udwadia-general-surgeon-mumbai-india.html | title=Four Runners profile | publisher=Four Runners Healthcare | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> and [[Hinduja Hospital]]<ref name="Doctors back surgeon, fear giving advice" /> and is the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons.<ref name="Laparoscopy in India – a personal perspective">{{cite journal | pmc=3004104 | title=Laparoscopy in India – a personal perspective | author=Tehemton E. Udwadia | journal=J Minim Access Surg | date=June 2005 | volume=1 | issue=2 | pages=51–52 | doi=10.4103/0972-9941.16526 | pmid=21206645}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> and the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-mumbai-laparoscopic-surgeon-nominated-for-padma-bhushan-2296269|title=Mumbai: 'Father of laparoscopic surgery in India' nominated for Padma Bhushan {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2017-01-26|newspaper=dna|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en-US}}</ref> in 2017 for his contributions to Indian medicine.

== Biography ==
Born in a Parsi family originating from [[Udvada]] to Erach Rustomji and Perin Erach on 15 July 1934 in [[Mumbai]],{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} the capital city of the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]], Udwadia did his early education at [[St. Mary's School, Mumbai]] and [[Wilson College, Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Neetu Chandra|date=2017-01-26|title=Mumbai: 'Father of laparoscopic surgery in India' nominated for Padma Bhushan|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-mumbai-laparoscopic-surgeon-nominated-for-padma-bhushan-2296269|access-date=2020-10-11|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hernia Society of India CV">{{cite web | url=http://www.hsi-aphs.com/bio/C.V.%20-%20Tehemton%20E%20Udwadia%20%5B2004-2006%5D.doc | title=Hernia Society of India CV | publisher=Hernia Society of India | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> He graduated in medicine from [[Mumbai University]] and started his career as a research fellow at the [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College]] in 1958, where he stayed till 1962. During this period, he studied for the postgraduate degree (MS) at the same institution, securing it in 1960. Moving to [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals]] in 1963, he worked there till 1994 till his superannuation and continued his association with the institution as an emeritus professor.<ref name="Hernia Society of India CV" /> In between, he also worked as a Hunterian Professor of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] during 1984–85 and Sir James Ross Lecturer at the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] in 1992.<ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianmedguru.com/general-surgery-tehemton-erach-udwadia-breachcandy-hospital-india.html | title=Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai) | publisher=Indian Med Guru | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>

Udwadia is the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons and presided over the association from 1993 to 1998.<ref name="Laparoscopy in India – a personal perspective" /> He has served as the president of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, Association of Surgeons of India and the Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia.<ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)" /> He has been the president of the Indian chapter and the World body of the [[International College of Surgeons]].<ref name="Four Runners profile" /> He has published over 90 articles in peer reviewed journals<ref name="Prof. Tehemton E Udwadia Chairman CEMAST">{{cite web | url=http://www.cemast.org/prof-udwadia/ | title=Prof. Tehemton E Udwadia Chairman CEMAST | publisher=CEMAST | date=2015 | access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref>> and is the author of two books, ''Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy''<ref name="Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4101641929&searchurl=isbn%3D9780195629118 | title=Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Udwadia, Tehemton E. | year=1991 | isbn=9780195629118}}</ref> and ''Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries''.<ref name="Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries">{{cite book | title=Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries | publisher=JayPee Medical Publishers | author=Udwadia, Tehemton E. | year=1997 | isbn=9788171794867}}</ref>

Udwadia received the SAGES Millennium Award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons in 2000.<ref name="Four Runners profile" /> The same year, he was awarded the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Awards|Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian award in the medical category, from the [[Medical Council of India]].<ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)" /> The Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In 2006 he was awarded the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] from the Government of India<ref name="Four Runners profile" /><ref name="Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)" />

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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4101641929&searchurl=isbn%3D9780195629118 | title=Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Udwadia, Tehemton E. | year=1991 | isbn=9780195629118}}
* {{cite book | title=Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries | publisher=JayPee Medical Publishers | author=Udwadia, Tehemton E. | year=1997 | isbn=9788171794867}}

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