Abraham Gracefield Thomas (born 26 July 1950) is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, specializing in

microsurgery Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope. The most obvious developments have been procedures developed to allow anastomosis of successively smaller blood vessels and nerves (typically 1 mm in diameter) which ...

, from India.

Career

Dr Abraham Thomas, born in Thamarasserry, Calicut, Kerala, had all his medical education at Christian Medical College Ludhiana. He trained in surgery under Dr Eggleston and plastic surgery under Dr Feierabend and Dr Bindra. He was trained in microvascular surgery by

Marko Godina Marko Godina (15 April 1943, Ljubljana − 7 February 1986) was a Slovenian plastic surgeon and reconstructive microsurgery pioneer, son of the writer Ferdo Godina. He studied medicine in Zagreb (Croatia), in Great Britain and in the United States ...

, a famous microsurgeon from Yugoslavia. In 1994 in

Christian Medical College Ludhiana The Christian Medical College and Hospital is a private, minority-run teaching hospital in Ludhiana, India. Founded in 1894, it was then the first medical school for women in Asia. History Medical missionary work in Ludhiana was begun in 188 ...

, he successfully reattached the avulsed face and scalp of a nine-year-old girl, Sandeep Kaur. This achievement has recently been recognised by American College of Surgeons by incorporating Thomas in their 100 years timeline for achievements in surgery. Thomas attached the arteries, veins and nerves successfully and almost the entire face and scalp survived. The girl had near-complete recovery of the muscles of her face. Sandeep continued her studies after recovery and she is an accomplished registered nurse at the hospital. Thomas is a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award in ''Development of Specialities'' category for the year 2002. He is presently working as vice chairman of Malabar Medical College and Research Center, Calicut.

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