Born Melur, Madurai, Tamil Nadu State, India 22 Mar 1940 ![V Balakrishnan](balakrishnan-small.jpg)
Educated in Madurai, at Madras Medical College and at Madurai Medical College 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 - 2012 photograph courtesy V Balakrishnan |