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'''Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan''' is an Indian geriatric physician, considered by many as the ''Father of Geriatric Medicine'' in India and known to be the first Indian Professor in the discipline.<ref name="Books U Know">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/cat_aur.php?t=2&selitem=13&tit=Dr.V.S%20Natarajan | title=Books U Know | publisher=Books U Know | date=2014 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Geriatrics">{{cite web | url=http://www.geriatricsdrvsn.com/about.html | title=Geriatrics | publisher=Geriatrics | date=2014 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="India Medical Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2012/01/25/dr-kantilal-sancheti-dr-suresh-advani-dr-noshir-wadia-dr-devi-shetty-in-padma-honours-list/ | title=India Medical Times | publisher=India Medical Times | date=25 January 2012 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-art-of-ageing/article2924108.ece | title=The Hindu | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 February 2012 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''About 30 to 40 per cent of memory loss is treatable, but many senior citizens suffer its impact without seeking treatment. [[Pneumonia]], which troubles so many elders can be prevented by a vaccine that gives protection for 10 years,''says Natarajan, ''Properly handled, old age can be a good period of life.''<ref name="The Hindu" />}}

Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan was born on 19 June 1939, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Books U Know" /> He graduated in medicine in 1965 and secured a post graduate degree in 1968, both from the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="Geriatrics" /> Subsequently, he went to UK for higher training in [[geriatric medicine]] at the General Hospital, Southampton in 1973<ref name="The Hindu" /> and obtained the degree of MRCP and accreditation as a specialist in geriatric medicine from the Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training,<ref name="JRCPTB">{{cite web | url=http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/ | title=JRCPTB | publisher=JRCPTB | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> UK.<ref name="Geriatrics" /> Later, he also got the Fellowship of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]], (FRCP) in 1987.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" />

Natarajan started his career, in 1974, at the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]].<ref name="Geriatrics" /> In four years, he is reported to have succeeded in opening a dedicated out patient wing at the hospital for geriatric medicine in 1978, which was later expanded into a ward with 10 beds, in 1988.<ref name="Books U Know" /> In 1986, Natarajan shifted to Madras Medical College as the first Professor of geriatric medicine. During his tenure there, he is known to have succeeded in launching a post graduate course (MD) at the institution in 1996.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" />

Natarajan lives in Chennai, pursuing his social activities with ''Senior Citizens Bureau'', delivering keynote addresses at various conferences<ref name="The Hindu" /> and attending to his duties as the honorary Professor of Geratric Medicine at [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]].<ref name="India Medical Times" />

==Achievements and legacy==
Natarajan, considered by many as the physician who popularized [[geriatric medicine]] in India, is reported to be the first Indian to obtain a specialization in the medical branch of geriatric medicine and is the first Professor of the discipline in the country.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" /><ref name="Senior Indian">{{cite web | url=http://www.seniorindian.com/people_behind_this_site.htm | title=Senior Indian | publisher=Senior Indian | date=2014 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> During his tenure at the Government Hospital, Chennai, he was successful in establishing an out patient centre dedicated to geriatric healthcare.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" /><ref name="India Medical Times" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Senior Indian" /> He is also credited with launching a post graduate course (MD) in geriatric medicine during his service as the Professor at the [[Madras Medical College]], Chennai.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" /><ref name="India Medical Times" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Senior Indian" />

On his retirement from Government service, Natarajan joined the ''Senior Citizens Bureau'', a Chennai-based [[non governmental organization]] working for the welfare of the elderly citizens and is its incumbent chairman.<ref name="Geriatrics" /><ref name="India Medical Times" /> Under the aegis of the forum, he has contributed in the setting up a number of programs. ''Adiparashakthi Clinic'', a memory clinic along the Flowers Road on [[Kilpauk]] is one such venture.<ref name="Adiparashakthi Clinic">{{cite web | url=https://www.here.com/india/chennai/hospital-health-care-facility/adhiparasakthi-clinic--356tf346-3d8c853ad93c4ca39d487465ab997eb6?map=13.07981,80.25003,16,normal | title=Adiparashakthi Clinic | publisher=Here.com | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The clinic is known to be the first of its kind in Chennai and has a declared mandate to identify issues related to memory loss of people over 50 years and mapping them to distinguish and segregate the cases into medical and ageing problems.<ref name="Memory Clinic">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/memory-clinic-for-the-aged/article3105442.ece | title=Memory Clinic | newspaper=The Hindu | date=15 July 2006 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The clinic runs free weekly consultations at different villages around Chennai.<ref name="The Hindu" />

The Bureau, under the guidance of Natarajan,<ref name="The Hindu" /> has also launched another initiative, the ''Geriatric Housecall Program'', a comprehensive geriatric care program covering house calls, liaison with academics, lab service, nursing service and issuance of certificates.<ref name="Harmony India">{{cite web | url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=12850 | title=Harmony India | publisher=Harmony India | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The service has been kept open to persons over 70 while people over 60 are also accommodated in case they suffer restricted mobility.<ref name="Madras Musings">{{cite web | url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2016/readerswrite.html | title=Madras Musings | publisher=Madras Musings | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> The plans are afoot to widen the canvass of services to other cities such as [[Madurai]] and [[Tiruchi]].<ref name="The Hindu" />

Natarajan is associated with SeniorIndian.com,<ref name="Senior Indian Home">{{cite web | url=http://www.seniorindian.com/ | title=Senior Indian Home | publisher=Senior Indian | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> a web portal trying to provide information and guidance services to the elderly citizens, working as the chief consultant of their information wing.<ref name="Senior Indian" /> His efforts are also reported in the establishment of a journal for the elderly people under the name, ''Link Age''.<ref name="The Hindu" /> He has assisted in the making of a 1981 documentary, ''Senior Citizens'', produced by the [[Films Division of India]], a production house owned by the [[Government of India]] and has featured in a telefilm, ''Twilight Years'', to propagate his views<ref name="Geriatrics" /> He serves as a member of the ''National Council on Ageing and Older Persons'' (NCOP),<ref name="Geriatrics" /> a Government of India agency operating under the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]].<ref name="Dada Dadi">{{cite web | url=http://dadadadi.org/benefits-concessions-schemes-senior-citizens-policy.html | title=Dada Dadi | publisher=Dada Dadi | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> Natarajan has also authored several books on the topic of geriatric medicine and healthcare for the elderly.<ref name="Books U Know" /><ref name="Geriatrics" /><ref name="DK Agencies">{{cite web | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1023/to/21330/Author/Natarajan,%20V.%20S.%20(Vallalarpuram%20Sennimalai%20Gounder),%201939-/Books-By-Indian-Author.html | title=DK Agencies | publisher=DK Agencies | date=2014 | access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref>
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* After 60<ref name="After 60">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/book.php?bkid=13&bknm=AFTER%2060 | title=After 60 | publisher=Books U Know | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Burden of Love<ref name="Burden of love">{{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK6465233211166741814094751371/details.html | title=Burden of love | publisher=Sakthi Pathippagam | author=V. S. Natarajan | year=2001 | location=Chennai | pages=150}}</ref>
* An Update on Geriatrics<ref name="An Update on Geriatrics">{{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK5546523317627029477231371/details.html | title=An Update on Geriatrics | publisher=Sakthi Pathippagam | author=V.S. Natarajan | year=1998 | location=Chennai | pages=178}}</ref>
* Healthy Nutrition for Healthy Ageing<ref name="Healthy nutrition for the elderly">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/healthy-nutrition-for-the-elderly/oclc/663943343 | title=Healthy nutrition for the elderly | publisher=Oxygen Books | author=V S Natarajan | year=2010 | location=Chennai | pages=127 | isbn=9788184934885| oclc=663943343 }}</ref>
* Marathiku Goodbye (Goodbye to Old Age)<ref name="Good Bye to Old Age">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMTmOwAACAAJ | title=Good Bye to Old Age | publisher=All India Federation of Pensioners' Association | author=Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Gounder Natarajan | year=2003 | pages=125}}</ref>
* Meendum Oru Vasantham (Another Spring)<ref name="Meendum oru Vasantham">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/book.php?bkid=2&bknm=Meendum+Oru+Vasantham | title=Meendum oru Vasantham | publisher=Books U Know | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Mind Your Mind<ref name="Mind Your Mind">{{cite web | url=https://gumroad.com/l/HGah | title=Mind Your Mind | publisher=Gum Road | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Oru Alamarathin Kadhai (The Story of a Banyan Tree)<ref name="Oru Alamarathin Kadhai">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/book.php?bkid=4&bknm=Oru+Alamarathin+Kadai | title=Oru Alamarathin Kadhai | publisher=Books U Know | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Parkinson's syndrome<ref name="Parkinson's Syndrome">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/book.php?bkid=3&bknm=Parkinson's+syndrome | title=Parkinson's Syndrome | publisher=Books U Know | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Play the Innings as you like it<ref name="Play the Innings as you like it ">{{cite web | url=http://booksuknow.com/book.php?bkid=14&bknm=Play+the+Innings+as+you+like+it | title=Play the Innings as you like it | publisher=Books U Know | date=2013 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
* Healthy Ageing: A Guide to Good Health in the Later Years<ref name="Healthy ageing : a guide to good health in the later years">{{cite book | oclc=501578329 | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/healthy-ageing-a-guide-to-good-health-in-the-later-years/oclc/639156366 | title=Healthy ageing : a guide to good health in the later years | publisher=Oxygen Books | author=Natarajan V. S. | year=2010 | location=Chennai}}</ref>
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==Awards and recognitions==
Naarajan is a recipient of the [[B. C. Roy Award|B. C. Roy National Award]] in 1994.<ref name="India Medical Times" /> In 1997, the British Geriatric Society<ref name="BGS">{{cite web | url=http://www.bgs.org.uk/ | title=BGS | publisher=BGS | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> awarded a Gold Medal to Natarajan, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.<ref name="Geriatrics" /> The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] selected him, in 2007, as the ''Best Social Worker''.<ref name="Geriatrics" /> He has also received ''Lifetime Achievement Awards'' from the Indian Academy of Geriatrics<ref name="IAG">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianacademyofgeriatrics.com/ | title=IAG | publisher=IAG | date=2014 | access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> in 2009, from the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]] in 2010 and from the [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]], the same year.<ref name="Geriatrics" /> In 2012, the [[Government of India]] included Natarajan in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Padma Shri" />

==See also==
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* [[Geriatrics]]
* [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]]
* [[Madras Medical College]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/healthy-nutrition-for-the-elderly/oclc/663943343 | title=Healthy nutrition for the elderly | publisher=Oxygen Books | author=V S Natarajan | year=2010 | location=Chennai | pages=127 | isbn=9788184934885| oclc=663943343 }}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMTmOwAACAAJ | title=Good Bye to Old Age | publisher=All India Federation of Pensioners' Association | author=Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Gounder Natarajan | year=2003 | pages=125}}
* {{cite book | oclc=501578329 | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/healthy-ageing-a-guide-to-good-health-in-the-later-years/oclc/639156366 | title=Healthy ageing : a guide to good health in the later years | publisher=Oxygen Books | author=V. S. Natarajan | year=2010 | location=Chennai}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK6465233211166741814094751371/details.html | title=Burden of love | publisher=Sakthi Pathippagam | author=V. S. Natarajan | year=2001 | location=Chennai | pages=150}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK5546523317627029477231371/details.html | title=An Update on Geriatrics | publisher=Sakthi Pathippagam | author=V.S. Natarajan | year=1998 | location=Chennai | pages=178}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuXZTPY_zk | title=Dr. V. S. Natarajan - Geriatric Specialist | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=5 March 2014 | access-date=12 December 2014}}
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