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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American-Indian orthopedic surgeon}}<br />
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| name = Chitranjan Singh Ranawat<br />
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| birth_date = 1934<br />
| birth_place = Sarwania, [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = 26/09/2025<br />
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| occupation = Orthopedic surgeon<br />
| yearsactive = since 1969<br />
| known_for = development of [[Joint Replacement Surgeries|joint replacement surgical]] techniques<br />
| awards = {{ublist|2001&nbsp;[[Padma Bhushan]] }}<br />
| website = {{url|http://www.ranawatorthopaedics.com/doctor/chitranjan-s-ranawat-m-d/|official website}}<br />
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'''Chitranjan Singh Ranawat''' was an American orthopedic surgeon of Indian origin.<br />
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Ranawat was born in Sarwania, in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and did his early medical education at [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore]]<ref name=rediff>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/sep/12pmus3.htm |title=rediff.com: Reticent Dr Ranawat is a master of his craft |date=September 12, 2000 |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> and his schooling from The Daly College, Indore before moving to the US for advanced training.<ref name="About Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat, MD">{{Cite web |url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/chitranjan-ranawat-66776 |title=About Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat, MD |date=2018-11-24 |website=US News |access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> There, he worked at St. Peters Hospital, Albany and [[Albany Medical Center]] and received certification as an orthopedic surgeon by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in 1969.<ref name="Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indobase.com/indians-abroad/c-s-ranawat.html |title=Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat Biography |date=2018-11-24 |website=www.indobase.com |language=en |access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> Later, he moved to [[Lenox Hill Hospital]] where he became the chairman and director of the Orthopedic department. He has also served as a professor at the [[Weill Medical College]] of [[Cornell University]] and as a visiting faculty at other universities.<ref name="Ranawat, Chitranjan Singh">{{Cite web |url=https://vivo.med.cornell.edu/display/cwid-csr2001 |title=Ranawat, Chitranjan Singh |date=2018-11-24 |website=vivo.med.cornell.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> Ranawat and Albert Burstein of the [[Hospital for Special Surgery]], also in New York City, invented a [[Hip replacement#Implants|hip replacement implant]] marketed by [[Biomet]].<ref name=rediff/><ref>{{cite web |title=Horizon Scan on Hip Replacement Surgery |url=https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coverage/DeterminationProcess/downloads/id44ta.pdf |publisher=AHRQ |date=December 22, 2006}}</ref><br />
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In 1986 he founded the Ranawat Foundation, a philanthropic organization.<ref name="Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat Biography" /> and in 2001 he received the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17 |archive-date=2018-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each year at its annual meeting, the Knee Society presents the "Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD Award" and two other awards for the best research papers that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards |url=http://kneesociety.org/awards/ |publisher=The Knee Society |access-date=25 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301214951/https://www.kneesociety.org/awards |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Death-26/09/2025<br />
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==Writings==<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Chitranjan S. Ranawat|author2=Rock G. Positano|title=Disorders of the Heel, Rearfoot, and Ankle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AahsAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|isbn=978-0-443-07838-5}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India|Medicine}}<br />
* [[Joint replacement]]<br />
* [[Arthroplasty]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–2009}}<br />
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