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[[File:Damodaran M. Vasudevan.jpg|thumb|200px|D M Vasudevan]]
Professor '''Damodaran M Vasudevan''' was the Dean of the College of [[Medicine]] at [[Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham]] and the Principal of the [[Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences|Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research]], [[Kochi, India|Kochi]], [[India]]. After retirement on 31.12.2009, he still continues as the Head of PG Programs and Research, at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi.
He is also the Director of Jubilee Centre for Medical Research at [[Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute]], Thrissur.

After completing his [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery]], he received his [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] in [[Biochemistry]] from [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] in 1971. Subsequently, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1994. He is an authority in [[allergy]] and [[immunology]] and has also worked extensively on cancer too.

He has been the Principal of [[Government Medical College Thrissur]]. After his retirement from there, he joined the [[Kasturba Medical College]], [[Mangalore]] and the [[Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences]] as the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] in 2000. From 2002 he has been in his present position.

Vasudevan, an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref> received the prestigious ''[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]'' of the Medical Council of India from the hands of the then Hon'ble President of India in 1992 for excellence in the medical teaching profession. Dr Vasudevan will be fondly remembered by his students, as a committed teacher, guide and scholar in Biochemistry. He has authored the Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students, first edition was published in 1995, the eight edition in 2016 and the 9th edition will be in the market by the middle of 2019. The book is now well known internationally. The Spanish and Slovak editions are already in print. The textbook is widely circulated in 23 countries of the world. Dr Vasudevan also authored textbooks for Dental students, paramedical students. He has guided 30 students for their PhD work. He has also published more than 230 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&term=%22Vasudevan+DM%22%5BAuthor%5D At Pubmed]
* [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/mistletoe/HealthProfessional/page2 Citation by National Cancer Institute, USA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201753/http://www.kerala.gov.in/keralacallmay04/p06-09.pdf A cover story]
* [http://www.geriatricindia.com/nl-Jan04.pdf Fellow of GSI]
* [http://www.jpbros.20m.com/catalogue-a.html Textbook of Biochemistry]

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