Luis Jose De Souza is an Indian surgical oncologist and the founder of ''Shanti Avedna Ashram'', a charitable trust which runs a network of hospices in Mumbai and Goa. He has also contributed to the establishment of ''Indian Cancer Cell'', an educational program co-sponsored by

Tata Memorial Centre The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai, in India. Also popularly known as TMH. It is a specialist cancer treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer ...

, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and Indian Cancer Society, for creating cancer awareness in schools. The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian honour of the

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in 1992.

Biography

De Souza was born to Luis Jose and Juliet Mary on 11 December 1943 in

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, in the western Indian state of

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and graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the

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in 1967. His master's degree was also obtained from the same institution in 1970 after which he joined

Tata Memorial Hospital The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai, in India. Also popularly known as TMH. It is a specialist cancer treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer ...

, Mumbai and reached the position of the professor and head of the gastroenterology department. Later, he moved to

P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre The P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre is a multi-specialty, tertiary-care hospital in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1951 by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital, the m ...

as their consultant oncosurgeon. He has also served as a consultant Oncologist to

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and

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. In 1986, De Souza founded ''Shanti Avedna Ashram'', a charitable trust, and under the aegis of the trust, set up a network of hospices in Mumbai and Goa, reported to be the first such venture for the care of advanced and terminally ill cancer patients in India. Representing Tata Memorial Centre, he associated with

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(UICC) and the Indian Cancer Society in 1993 and founded the ''Indian Cancer Cell'', a national program for promoting cancer education in Indian schools. He has served as the associate editor of the ''Indian Journal of Cancer'', editorial consultant of '' The Practitioner'' and as a consultant editor of ''

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''. He has written over 70 articles in peer reviewed journals, has delivered keynote addresses in conferences and has organised many medical conferences. De Souza is married to Carmen Mary Julia Saldanha and the couple has three children.

Awards and honours

De Souza is a fellow of the

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and the

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and a life member of the

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, Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian Society of Oncology and the Indian Association of Palliative Care. He is the vice president of the Ostomy Association of India since 1990 and is the director of the International Psycho-Oncology Society since 1992. He is also a member of several medical associations such as Indian Cancer Society and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. The Government of India included De Souza in the 1992 Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri. The same year, he received three more awards, Fr. Maschio Platinum Jubilee Humanitarian Award, Vasantrao Naik Pratishtan Award, and the Rotary Club of Mumbai Public Award and was felicitated by the Mumbai chapter of the Indian Medical Association. He received the Suvidha Trust Award in 1993 and Goa Hindu Association made him their honorary member the next year. Ramniklal Kinariwal Cancer Research Award of the Gujarat Cancer Society and the Dr. Manoel Agostinho de Heredia Award reached him in 1996. He received three awards in 1998, Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award, Old Campionites Association Award and Rotary Club of Bombay South Vocational Excellence Award. Mumbai Medical Aid Association awarded him the ''Karmayogi Puraskar'' in 2010. The next year, he was selected as the ''QIMPRO Platinum Standard 2011''. He is also a recipient of the Scroll of Honour from the Breast Cancer Conference of 2000, NATCON-ISO Award and Appreciation Award for Services to Humanity from St. Elizabeth Hospital.

References

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