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{{Short description|Indian cardiothoracic surgeon}}
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'''Gurukumar Balachandra Parulkar''' is an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor emeritus at [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College]]. He also served as the president of the Association of Surgeons of India in 1984.<ref name="Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India">{{Cite web |url=http://asiindia.org/past-presidents/ |title=Past Presidents & Secretaries – The Association of Surgeons of India |date=2018-06-06 |website=asiindia.org |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-06}}</ref>

Born on 1 December 1931 at [[Mumbai]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]],<ref name="Tree Of Gratitude - Dr. Parulkar GurukumarBhalchandra">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiacsurgeongandhi.com/tog/parulkar.html |title=Tree Of Gratitude - Dr. Parulkar GurukumarBhalchandra |date=2018-06-05 |website=www.cardiacsurgeongandhi.com |access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> Parulkar served as an associate of [[P. K. Sen (surgeon)|Prafulla Kumar Sen]], a pioneer of cardiac surgery in India.<ref name="Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kem.edu/cardiovascular-and-thoracic-surgery/ |title=Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |date=2018-06-05 |website=www.kem.edu |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> A graduate of the [[University of Mumbai]], he did advanced training at [[Baylor College of Medicine]] and on his return to India, he introduced the technique of ''hypothermic circulatory arrest technique of resection of aortic aneurysms'' in India.<ref name="History of Aortic Surgery in India">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2015;volume=2;issue=3;spage=105;epage=111;aulast=Verma |title=History of Aortic Surgery in India |last=Verma |first=Himanshu |last2=Rai |first2=Kumud |date=2015-07-01 |website=Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |language=en |access-date=2018-06-05 |last3=Vallabhaneni |first3=S Rao |last4=Tripathi |first4=Ramesh}}</ref> He was one of the doctors who attended to the victim in the [[Aruna Shanbaug case]].<ref name="Virani2000">{{cite book|author=Pinki Virani|title=Aruna's Story: The True account of a Rape and its Aftermath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AdtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19|date=14 October 2000|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-076-0|pages=19–}}</ref><ref name="Aruna is the bond that unites us: KEM Hospital dean">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-aruna-is-the-bond-that-unites-us-kem-hospital-dean-1516923 |title=Aruna is the bond that unites us: KEM Hospital dean |date=2011-03-07 |website=dna |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref>

Parulkar received the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] from the Medical Council of India in 1997.<ref name="Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery">{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/cardiovascular-and-thoracic-surgery-6984693673.html |title=Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery |date=2018-06-05 |website=indiamart.com |language=en |access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, in 1998.<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}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the 2009 ''The Marathon Teacher Award'' of the [[Maharashtra University of Health Sciences]]<ref name="Dr. G. B. Parulkar awarded The Marathon Teacher Award">{{Cite web |url=https://www.slideshare.net/avinilima/dr-g-b-parulkar-awarded-the-marathon-teacher-award |title=Dr. G. B. Parulkar awarded The Marathon Teacher Award |last=Avinash Patwadhan |date=2009-04-06 |access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> and a number of other honors.<ref name="Tree Of Gratitude - Dr. Parulkar GurukumarBhalchandra" />

==See also==
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* [[Vascular surgery]]
* [[Aneurysm]]
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==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=G. B. Parulkar |year=1983 |title=Growth of vascular surgery in India |journal=Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=36–38|doi=10.1007/BF02664872 }}

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