Born Melur, Madurai, Tamil Nadu State, India 22/3/1940    

Educated in Madurai, at Madras Medical College and at Madurai Medical College

MB BS (Madras) 1965, MS (Delhi) 1971, FRACS 1974

HS, mainly in neurology, neurosurgery and general surgery, Erskine Hospital, Madurai
1965-1967
Postgraduate in general surgery and Registrar, Neurosurgery, Safdarjang Hospital Delhi University, New Delhi 1967-1970
Postgraduate in neurosurgery (part 1 MCh), Madurai Medical College and Erskine Hospital, Madurai 1970-1972

Registrar and Senior Registrar, Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide Children's Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia 1972-1973
Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Adelaide Childfren's Hospital 1973-1977

Locum Senior Neurosurgery Registrar, Wellington Hospital June & July 1976
Senior Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1977
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wellington Hospital 1977-2006
Clinical Leader, Neurosurgery Unit, Wellington Hospital 1996-2005

Foundation Clinical Director, Neurosurgery, Waikato Hospital 2005 - present

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