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{{infobox person<br />
|name = Ramamurthi Balasubramaniam<br />
|birth_date = 30 January 1922<br />
|birth_place = Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|13|1922|1|30|df=y}}<br />
|spouse = Indira Ramamurthi<br />
|children = Vijayaraghavan, Ravi<br />
|occupation = neurosurgeon<br />
}}<br />
'''Ramamurthi Balasubramaniam''' (30 January 1922 – 13 December 2003) was an Indian [[neurosurgeon]], author, editor, a pioneer in neurosurgery in India and often recognized as the Father of [[Neurosurgery]] of India.<ref>https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/1950/1/ni04003.pdf</ref> He set up the Department of Neurosurgery at the [[Government General Hospital]], Chennai in 1950,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/13/stories/2003121312621100.htm | title=B. Ramamurthi passes away | date=13 December 2003 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=9 January 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> the Department of Neurosurgery at the [[Madras Medical College]] and founded the Institute of Neurology, Madras in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.societyns.org/society/bio.aspx?MemberID=28339 |title=The Society of Neurological Surgeons |publisher=Societyns.org |access-date=2018-03-27 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212608/http://www.societyns.org/society/bio.aspx?MemberID=28339 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> and the [[Dhanvantari|Dhanvantri Award]] for his contribution to the field of Neurosurgery in India. He is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of Madras Neuro Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 August 2020 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907203315/http://www.madrasneurotrust.org/lifetime-achivement.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
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He was born in [[Sirkazhi]]. His father Captain T. S. Balasubramaniam was an Assistant Surgeon in the Government Hospital then. His grandfather′s brother was Shri [[G. Subramania Iyer]], one of the founders of the English daily [[The Hindu]]. Prof.BRM studied at the ER High School in [[Trichy]]. He completed an MS in General Surgery from the [[Madras Medical College]] and went on to complete FRCS at [[Edinburgh]] in 1947.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1960, Dr. B. Ramamurthi and his team, Drs. V. Balasubramaniam, [[Subramanian Kalyanaraman|S. Kalyanaraman]] and [[T. S. Kanaka]] supported by their neurologist counterparts Drs.G.Arjundas and K.Jagannathan, became the earliest team in India to perform [[Stereotactic surgery]] procedures.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sridhar K |url=http://www.bioline.org.br/request?ni04009 |title=Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) |publisher=Bioline.org.br |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref><br />
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In the early 1970s, Dr. Ramamurthi built the Institute of Neurology, Madras on the lines of the [[Montreal Neurological Institute]] at Canada, with all branches of neurosciences under one roof. He started the Dr. A. Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre at the [[Voluntary Health Services]] (VHS) Hospital at Adyar in 1977-1978, named after his father-in-law, Dr. A. Lakshmipathi. VHS Hospital was the brainchild of Dr. K. S. Sanjivi. Prof. B. Ramamurthi served as the Dean of the Hospital and Principal of the [[Madras Medical College]] and Honorary Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Madras]] during his long and extensive years as a teacher, mentor and guide. He was appointed as the President of the [[World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies]] in 1987 and also served as the former President of the National Board of Medical Examinations in India.<br />
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Amongst the many units of neurosurgery he helped set up, the [[National Brain Research Centre]] ([[Manesar]], near [[New Delhi]]), as an apex body for the coordination of brain research in the country, was his dream come true. He also became a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1962, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences in 1972, Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1981 and Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Medicine]] of London in 1983. He was the Founder Secretary of the [[Neurological Society of India]]. He was awarded the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in the year 1987 by [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]] Chennai. He trained many eminent neurosurgeons including Dr. Raja, who is now known as the father of the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. Dr. Ramamurthi has been himself associated with the Neurosurgery department at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, having first visited the hospital briefly in 1979 and persuaded his student Dr. Raja to join the Neurosurgery department there, and also having inaugurated the use of advanced medical equipment there in 1991.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The Ramamurthi Neurosciences Museum in Chennai is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/01/27/stories/2002012705500400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812023047/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/01/27/stories/2002012705500400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-08-12 |title=Ramamurthi Neurosciences Museum opened |date=2002-01-27 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> His autobiography "Uphill all the way" (Tamil translation - "thadaigal pala thandi") was released by the Chief Minister Karunanidhi in January 2000.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sridhar K |url=http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2004;volume=52;issue=1;spage=27;epage=31;aulast=Sridhar |title=Prof. B. Ramamurthi: The legend and his legacy Sridhar K Neurol India |publisher=Neurologyindia.com |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref><br />
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