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'''Kookal Ramunni Krishnan''' (KR Krishnan) (1929–28 December 1999) born in [[Kerala]], was an | '''Kookal Ramunni Krishnan''' (KR Krishnan) (1929–28 December 1999) born in [[Kerala]], was an Indian physician. He was the former director of [[Southport Regional Spinal Injuries Centre]] in [[Southport]], [[United Kingdom]], a lecturer in the department of neurological science at [[University of Liverpool]], and visiting professor of rehabilitation at [[University of Salford|the University of Salford]]. He is credited with pioneering the spinal injuries service at Southport. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Krishnan | Krishnan was the son of a High Court judge in Kerala. He received his medical degree [[MBBS]] from [[Chennai]] in 1951. Later, he also received his [[FRCS]]. He first practised medicine in the Indian Army and subsequently trained as a neurosurgeon in England, working for a time with Sir [[Ludwig Guttmann]] and developing his interest in [[spinal cord injury]] (SCI) during this time. | ||
==Career in Southport== | ==Career in Southport== | ||
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* Kookal Ramunni Krishnan Obituary - Spinal Cord: [http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v38/n10/pdf/3101078a.pdf] | * Kookal Ramunni Krishnan Obituary - Spinal Cord: [http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v38/n10/pdf/3101078a.pdf] | ||
* CALIES Network: [http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2000/pr1503en-annex.html] | * CALIES Network: [http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2000/pr1503en-annex.html] | ||
* American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers (AASCIPSW):[http://www.aascipsw.org/documents/DownLoad/ReadingList.pdf | * American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers (AASCIPSW):[https://web.archive.org/web/20040623093224/http://www.aascipsw.org/documents/DownLoad/ReadingList.pdf] | ||
* Gardner BP, Parsons KF, Machin DG, Galloway A, Krishnan KR. The urological management of spinal cord damaged patients: A clinical algorithm. Paraplegia. 1986;24:138–147. | * Gardner BP, Parsons KF, Machin DG, Galloway A, Krishnan KR. The urological management of spinal cord damaged patients: A clinical algorithm. Paraplegia. 1986;24:138–147. | ||
* Quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury-basic issues, assessment, and recommendations- Results of a consensus meeting. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 20 (2002) 135–149 | * Quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury-basic issues, assessment, and recommendations- Results of a consensus meeting. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 20 (2002) 135–149 | ||