K. P. Haridas is an Indian surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgeries,
and the founder of Chairman of Lords Hospital, a super-specialty healthcare centre.
in Thiruvananthapuram.
He is credited with the first successful liver resection, which he performed at the
Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Thiruvananthapuram Medical College or Trivandrum Medical College) is in Thiruvananthapuram (the capital of Kerala), India. Founded in 1951, it was inaugurated by Prime Minister J ...
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He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British South India Council of Commerce (2014)
and the Dr. Balsalam Memorial Award.
He was honoured by the
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
in 2015 with
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
, the fourth-highest civilian Indian award.
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Minimally invasive surgery
Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and risk of infection. Surgery by definition ...
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
Medical doctors from Kerala
Indian surgeons
Living people
Malayali people
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century surgeons
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