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'''Venkatesan Sundarajan''' '''Rajan''' (1934 – 15 July 1983) was a Singaporean dermatologist and the medical superintendent of the [[Middle Road Hospital]]. He was especially known for his teaching, research, and public health organizational work in venereal disease, especially gonorrhea, as well as dermatology.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 1983 |title=Professor V S Rajan, Md, FRCP(Ed) |journal=British Journal of Venereal Diseases |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=411 |issn=0007-134X |pmc=1046257 |author1=RSM }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Rajan studied at the [[Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya]]. He graduated from the university with a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]].<ref name = "ST">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 16 July 1983|title= Director of hospital dies of virus infection|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830716-1.2.32|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 10 December 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
From 1972 to 1983, Rajan served as the medical superintendent of the [[Middle Road Hospital]]. As the superintendent of the hospital, he was instrumental in the establishment of facilities and services for [[mycology]], [[dermatopathology]] and [[immunodermatology]], which advanced the field of dematology in Singapore.<ref name = "TM">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 10 November 2023|title= NSC names auditorium after Prof Rajan|url= https://www.tamilmurasu.com.sg/tabla/nsc-names-auditorium-after-prof-rajan|work= [[tabla!]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 10 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goh |first=Chee-Leok |date=August 1993 |title=History of Dermatology and Venereology in Singapore |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-4362.1993.tb05045.x |journal=International Journal of Dermatology |language=en |volume=32 |issue=8 |pages=613–617 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-4362.1993.tb05045.x |pmid=8407084 |issn=0011-9059|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Pingat Pentadbiran Awam]] (Gold) in 1980. In 1982, he became an associate professor of dermatology and venereal diseases at the [[National University of Singapore]]. He also served as the chairman of the [[Dermatological Society of Singapore]].<ref name = "ST"/><br />
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From 1970 to 1983, he served on the management committee of the [[Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society]]. He was also a member of the [[Hindu Advisory Board]] and the [[Tamil Language Cultural Society]]. He served as the vice-president of the [[Indian Education Trust]].<ref name = "TM"/><br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Rajan was married and had a son. He died of a viral infection on 15 July 1983.<ref name = "ST"/> He was 49.<ref name="TM" /><br />
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Following his death, the Dr V. S. Rajan Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 13 August 1983|title= Scholarship fund in memory of Dr Rajan|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830814-1.2.33|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 10 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 12 August 1983|title= Appeal for donations to Dr V S Rajan's scholarship fund|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19830812-2.2.5.15|work= The Singapore Monitor|location= Singapore|access-date= 10 December 2023}}</ref> On the first anniversary of his death, the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society staged a musical recital in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 13 July 1984|title= Concert in memory of Dr Rajan|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19840713-1.2.109.11|work= [[The Straits Times]]|location= Singapore|access-date= 10 December 2023}}</ref> In 2023, the [[National Skin Centre]] named an auditorium after him.<ref name = "TM"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Rajan+VS&cauthor_id=5111698 PubMed search for VS Rajan]<br />
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[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:1983 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:University of Malaya alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]<br />
[[Category:Singaporean dermatologists]]<br />
[[Category:Venereologists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Singaporean medical doctors]]<br />
[[Category:Singaporean healthcare managers]]<br />
[[Category:Academic staff of the National University of Singapore]]</div>AlvaJustice117