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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian American neuroanatomist (1932–2020)}}<br />
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| image = Deepak Pandya.jpg<br />
| birth_name = Deepak Narmadashankar Pandya <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|06|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jhulasan]], Baroda State, British India<br />
|alma_mater = [[B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]]<br>[[Gujarat University]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|04|1932|12|06|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Venice, Florida]], US<br />
| occupation = [[Neuroanatomist]]<br />
| spouse = Ursuline Bonnie Zalokar<br />
| children = [[Sunita Williams]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Deepak Narmadashankar Pandya'''{{efn|{{langx|gu|દીપક નર્મદાશઙ્કર પણ્ડ્યા}}}} (6 December 1932 – 4 October 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/deepak-pandya-obituary?pid=196979268|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627101143/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/deepak-pandya-obituary?pid=196979268|archive-date=2021-06-27 |title=MOHAN YADAV Obituary (2020) - Needham, MA - Boston Globe|publisher=legacy.com |access-date=2021-06-27}}</ref>) was an [[Indian American]] [[neuroanatomist]] who is best known for his contributions to the understanding of cortical and subcortical brain connectivity in the [[macaque]] using tract-tracing methods. He is the father of [[NASA]] astronaut [[Sunita Williams]].<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Deepak Narmadashankar Pandya was born on December 6, 1932 in [[Jhulasan]], [[Mehsana District]], [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. He was orphaned and completed his I.S. in 1953 from [[Gujarat University]] in India. After obtaining his M.D. degree from Gujarat University in 1957 (and interning in V.S. Hospital in [[Junagadh]] till 1958), he went to the [[United States]] and did his internship and residency training in Medicine in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]].{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}<br />
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In 1964, Pandya joined the Department of [[Anatomy]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]], as a postdoctoral [[fellow]]. He moved to Boston in 1966 and joined the [[Aphasia]] Research Center at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Departments of [[Anatomy]] and [[Neurology]] at [[Boston University]] School of Medicine as an Assistant [[Professor]]. During his [[postdoctoral]] [[Fellowship (medicine)|fellowship]] and subsequent period in Boston, Pandya focused his research investigations on cortico-[[Cerebral cortex|cortical]] connections. In 1969 his laboratory moved to Boston City Hospital. During this time he was appointed a lecturer in Experimental [[Neuropathology]] at Harvard Medical School, and he participated in teaching the [[Neuroscience]] course at both schools. In 1973, Pandya joined the Veterans Administration Medical Center in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]], as a staff internist. He practiced clinical medicine while continuing his research studies and teaching, until his retirement in 1995. After this, Pandya moved his office to the Department of [[Anatomy]] & [[Neurobiology]] at Boston University School of Medicine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bumc.bu.edu/anatneuro/our-people/faculty/pandya/|title=Deepak Pandya, M.D. » Anatomy & Neurobiology {{!}} Boston University|website=www.bumc.bu.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-03-31|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331025337/http://www.bumc.bu.edu/anatneuro/our-people/faculty/pandya/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Contributions and research ==<br />
Pandya, along with many colleagues, made significant contributions in the field of connectivity of [[cerebral cortex]]. Several postdoctoral and Ph.D. students received training under Pandya. His research works have been internationally recognized and he presented his work at conferences in North America and Europe. Prior to his death, he had continued his research studies on comparative brain [[wikt:Special:Search/architectonic|architectonics]] in [[monkey]]s and humans, as well as connectional studies in monkeys.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He married [[Slovene Americans|Slovene American]] Ursuline Bonnie Zalokar, who resides in [[Falmouth, Massachusetts]]. They are the parents of [[NASA]] astronaut [[Sunita Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/21/dad_proud_as_shuttle_heads_home/|title=Local dad proud as space shuttle heads home - The Boston Globe|website=www.boston.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref> He is a relative of [[Haren Pandya]].<ref>https://english.varthabharati.in/india/congress-revives-haren-pandya-murder-case-as-sunita-williams-returns-to-earth#google_vignette</ref><br />
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