Dr.RAJAN SANTOSHAM

Date of Birth :

3rd September 1947

Positions Held :

Formerly Professor and Head,

Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery,

Madras Medical College & Govt. General Hospital,

Chennai.

Present designation :

In active Thoracic Surgical Practice

Chairman

Santosham Chest Hospital,

155, Egmore High Road, Egmore,

Chennai – 600 008.

Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgeon,

Apollo Hospitals,

21, Greams Lane,

Off. Greams Road, Chennai.

Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Cancer Institute, Adyar

Chennai

(Res) :

No. 21, IInd Avenue, Jarret Garden, Egmore,

Chennai – 600 008.

Tamilnadu.

Academic & Professional Qualification

P.U.C- 1963, Madras Christian College,

M.B.B.S.- 1969 Madras University

M.S.(General Surgery) 1974, Madras University

M.Ch.,(Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery) 1977, Madras University

F.I.C.S- Fellow of International College of Surgeons

F.A.C.S- Fellow of American college of Surgeons

F.C.C.P- Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians & past Regent for INDIA

F.R.C.S- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

F.I.A.C.S- Fellow of the IACTS & Past Secretary and President

F.I.C.A- Fellow of the International College of Angiology

F.I.S.T.S- Fellow of the International Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

F.I.A.B- Fellow of the Indian Association of Bronchology

F.A.A.B- Fellow of American Association of Bronchology

F.W.A.B- Fellow of World Association of Bronchology

Schooling & College:

I was born on 3rd September 1947 to Late Dr. Mathuram Santosham and Mrs. Suseela Santosham. My father was a pioneer in surgical treatment of Pulmonary tuberculosis. He started the lung clinic at Egmore, Chennai in 1937 and Santoshapuram T. B Sanatorium in Velachery, Chennai in 1947.

I had my primary schooling in Church of Scotland Mission Bain School from 1951 to 1957 and Madras Christian College High School started by Scottish Missionaries between 1957–1963. From 1963 to 1964 I went to Madras Christian College, Tambaram for my Pre University course. I joined M.B.B.S., in Madras Medical College in 1964 and passed MBBS in 1969. M.S General Surgery in 1974 and M.Ch Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in 1977.

Medical Teacher:

I joined the teaching faculty of the Madras College and worked as an Assistant Professor from 1976 to 1994 and was promoted as a Professor in 1994. In 2003 I have taken over as the Head of the Department. Every year four students join the M.Ch., Thoracic Surgery Course and they are trained in various Cardio Thoracic Surgical Procedures and regular teaching programmes.

Membership of Professional Bodies: -

1. Patron, and Past President, Indian Association for Bronchology.

2. Fellow, American College of Surgeons.

3. REGENT, World Association for Bronchology.

4. Member, International Society of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons.

5. Member, International College of Surgeons.

6. Association of Surgeons of India

7. Indian Medical Association

8. Indian Chest Society

9. Member, Editorial Board of Lung India

10. REGENT, American College of Chest Physicians, INDIA Chapter.

11. Lifetime Achievement Award- Indian Association of Bronchology

12. Fellow, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

13. Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg.

14. Professor Emeritus Tamil Nadu Dr M.G. R University Tamil Nadu.

15. Recipient of Best Doctor Award by the Tamil Nadu Dr M. G. R. University.

16. Lifetime Achievement Award Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons.

17. Past President Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons.

18. President Elect ASCVTS 2018-19,

19. Organizing chairman IACTS ASCVTS Joint conference Feb 21-24, 2019, Chennai, India

20. Co-Patron Indian Missionary Hospital.

21. Regent for India World Association of Bronchology and Interventional pulmonology.

22. President ISTS Indian Society of Thoracic Surgery.

Areas of Interest:-

I have had a passion for General Thoracic Surgery and was the founder President of the Indian Association of Bronchology. I have trained many Surgeons and Pulmonologists and conducted /participated in many workshops in Bronchoscopy.

I have been keenly interested in Tracheal Surgery and had completed 426 cases. On an average I perform one major Thoracic Surgical procedure a day.

Private Practice:-

I am the Chairman and Senior Thoracic Surgeon of the Santosham Chest Hospital founded by my late father and I have two brothers, one is a pulmonary Physician and the other, an Interventional Pulmonary Radiologist. My son, Dr Rajiv Santosham is my partner in my Thoracic Surgical practice, and he has started the VATS lobectomy programme in my practice. I am also a senior consultant in Thoracic Surgery in Apollo Hospital, which is one of the state of the art modern corporate hospitals in India.

Academic Activities:-

1. Training given in Bronchoscopy to many doctors in Tamilnadu, Andhra, Calcutta, Gujarat and U.P

2. Examiner in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery ( M.Ch.,) for,

• The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.

• Pondichery University.

• Bombay University.

• Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences.

• Manipal University

• Kerala University in Trivandrum and Calicut

3. Examiner in Diplomat of National Board (DNB) for DNB Cardio Thoracic Surgery

4. Medical Council of India (MCI) inspector at Mumbai

5. Inspector in National Board at Cochin, Pune , Delhi and Mumbai.

6. Organising Secretary of 2nd National Conference of Flexible Fibre Optic Bronchoscopy in Chennai 1985.

7. Organising Secretary, 48th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgeons, Chennai 2002.

8. Organising Secretary of CT CME-2004 in Chennai Organized by IACTS.

9. Have been actively involved in conducting CME Programmes in Cardio Thoracic Surgery and General Thoracic Surgery over the past 20 years.

10. Have attended more than 180 National Conferences and 36 International Conferences.

11. Teaching faculty of F.R.C.S Thoracic course – Birmingham – 2005.

Hong Kong - 2007

12. Invited Faculty for ESTS, EACTS, and ASCVTS.

13. Organising Chairman ASCVTS & IACTS

Orations:-

1. Godrej S. Karai Orator of the year 1997 of the Indian Association of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeons.

2. M. Santosham Orator of the year 1998 of Indian Association of Bronchology.

3. M.P. Mehta Memorial Lecture of the year 2003 of the Indian Association of Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgeons.

4. Professor S. Vital Oration with Tamil Nadu Pondicherry Chapter of ASI

Awards:

1. Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by Indian Association of Bronchology.

2. Citation Award by Lions Club International District 324 A1.2004

3. Physician of the Year Award by Association of Tamilnadu Medical Graduates in U.S.A (ATMG Award) 2004

4. Conferred FRCS by The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, without Examination 2005

5. Professor Emeritus Tamil Nadu Dr M.G. R University Tamil Nadu.

6. Recipient of Best Doctor Award by the Tamil Nadu Dr M. G. R. University.

7. Lifetime Achievement Award Indian Association Of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons.

8. Melvin Jones Millenium Award - 2019

Research Work carried out: -

1. Tracheal Reconstruction in Dogs.

Conferences: -

1. 284 National Conferences

2. 96 International Conferences

Editorial Board Member & Advisor

1. Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Diseases

2. Lung India

3. Current Medical Trends

4. Indian Journal of Bronchology

5. CHEST (India Edition)

6. Honorary Consultant NIMS – Hyderabad July 2005

Publications: -

1) TEXT BOOK OF THORACIC SURGERGY 2014 volume 1. Coauthored chapter 17.9 chronic pleural empyema: Thoracoplasty.

2) Endobronchial hamartoma with pulmonary tuberculosis masquerading as a foreign body –A case report.

a. Gnana Muthu Birla Roy, Rajan Santosham, Ravi Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Roy Santosham.

b. Indian Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery ;2009 ;25

3) Surgical correction of a rare variant of Cor Triatriatum (Journal of Thoracic and Cardio Vascular Surgery, St. Louis Vol. No.70, Pages 354 – 357, August – 1975)

4) Aberrant Subclavian Ligation (Heart Journal Vol. No.30, November 1978)

5) Written Comments on Surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the 2nd Edition of Thoracic Surgery 2002 Edition – Page 573, Edited by: -

F. Griffith Pearson

Joel D. Cooper

Jean Deslauriers

Robert J. Ginsberg

Clement Hiebert

G. Alexander Patterson

Harold C. Uschel

6) Ortner’s Syndrome Following Intracardiac Repair for Tetralogy of Fallot

(Indian Heart Journal, Vol.30, no 5, 1978)

7) Anterior Mediastinal Teratoma Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade (Indian Heart Journal 2004:56;64-66)

8) Castleman’s Disease: Unusual Mediastinal Mass

(Current Medical Trends 2004; 8:1555-59)

9) Endobronchial Schwannoma (Pulmon 2004,6:1:26-30)

10) Cardiac Varix in Relation to Right Atrial Free Wall Presenting as a Mass Compressing the Right Atrium and Mimicking a Pericardial Cyst. (Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 78:96-97).

11) Wegener’s Granulomatosis (Apollo Hosp Proc, Apr 2004, Vol 2)

12) An Interesting Case of Mediastinal Mass- Dermoid Cyst (Apollo Hosp. Proc. July 2004, Vol 2)

13) Primary Synovial Sarcoma of Lung- a Rare Tumour (Apollo Hosp. Proc. Oct 2004, Vol 2).

14) Surgical Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Indication and Results (Chest/128/4/October, 2005 Supplement).

a. Surgery in Tracheal obstruction – management and results (Chest/128/4/October, 2005 Supplement).

15) Hemangioma of the Pericardium – A Case Report (Indian Heart Journal

2001:53: 91-92).

16) Management of Tracheal Obstruction in Thyroid Malignancy (Apollo Hosp

Proc, Jan 2005, Vol 3).

17) Dysphagia due to tuberculosis Eur J Cardio Thorac Surg 2006; 30: 833-836

18) A Case Report of pleural based Lesion .-unsuspected Diagnosis.

Dr.S. Jayaraman , Dr. Rajiv Santosham , Dr R.K. Sasankh , Prof .Rajan Santosham. Indian Journal of Bronchoscopy. Jan –Apr -2006;1:2

19) Tracheo –innominate Artery Fistula –Surgical Management

Rajan Santosham, Sudhan Nagarajan , Rajiv Santosham ,R.K Sashankh , Vijayshankar Japanese Journal of Thoracic and C ardiovascular surgery,2005:53

20) Rosai Dorfman disease of trachea – an extremely rare benign tracheal tumor, Rajan Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, Sheba SK Jacob, Ashwin Uday Phadke, Trilok Ponduru Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals Volume: 27 issue: 2, page(s): 132-134

21) Tuberculosis and other granulomatous diseases of airway, Pg 155-162, Rajan Santosham, Jean Deslauriers, Fundamentals of airway surgery, 28:2, May 2018