Shyama Prasad Mandal is an Indian orthopedic surgeon and the co-chairperson of
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
After securing his graduate and MS degrees from the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
he continued his education to secure the degree of MCh in orthopedics from Liverpool University.
He is a former president of the Indian Orthopaedic Association as well as the president of its Building Committee
and the incumbent president of Board of Trustees of ''Amarjyoti Charitable Trust'', a not-for-profit organization engaged in educational and rehabilitation service.
He has been involved with the organization of medical conferences,
and was the co-chairman of the organizing committee of ''Knee and Arthroscopy Workshop'' of 2008
and the patron of the ''Lower Limb Symposia'' of 2012, conducted jointly by the Indian Federation of Sports Medicine, Indian Arthroscopy Society and Indian Association of Sports Medicine.
He was in the news when he examined
Sachin Tendulkar
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in 1999 for his recurring back injury.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
, in 2011, for his contributions to medical science.
He is also a recipient of a civilian honor from the Government of Bangladesh.
Indian Orthopedic Association has instituted an award, ''S. P. Mandal Gold Medal'', in his honor.
See also
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
Indian orthopedic surgeons
Indian sports physicians
Indian medical administrators
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Living people
1940 births
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