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{{Short description|Indian medical doctor and poet}}
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'''Kadiyala Ramachandra''' (1919-2007) was an Indian medical doctor, poet,<ref name="Poems of Introspection">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/br/2002/07/30/stories/2002073000030300.htm | title=Poems of Introspection | newspaper=The Hindu | date=30 July 2002 | access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> a former superintendent of the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai|Government General Hospital]], Chennai and a former head of the department of medicine at [[Madras Medical College]].<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile ">{{cite web | url=http://www.alumnimmc.com/halloffame-ramachandra.php | title=Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile | publisher=Madras Medical College Alumni Association | date=2015 | access-date=6 June 2015 | archive-date=9 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509041826/http://www.alumnimmc.com/halloffame-ramachandra.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the Department of Oncology & Cancer Chemotherapy and the Rheumatic Care Unit at the General Hospital.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1974.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Ramachandra was born on 6 November 1919 in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and did his early studies at Doveton Corrie Boys School and [[Loyola College, Chennai]] before graduating in medicine from the [[Madras Medical College]] in 1949.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> He worked as the superintendent of the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai|Government General Hospital]] in Chennai and during his tenure there, the hospital started two new departments, the Department of Oncology & Cancer Chemotherapy and the Rheumatic Care Unit. He also worked as a professor and the head of the department of medicine at his alma mater, [[Madras Medical College]], served as a member of the senate and the syndicate of the [[University of Madras]] and headed the committee of post graduate examinations.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> After superannuation, the university appointed him as its Professor Emeritus.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " />

Ramachandra published 52 scientific papers and delivered several lectures of which Curzon Endowment Lectures (1968) and Dr. K. Kudumbiah's Endowment lecture (1971)<ref name="History of medicine relating to kidney and disorders of the urinary tract, (Dr. P. Kutumbiah endowment lectures)">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0006CDGTY | title=History of medicine relating to kidney and disorders of the urinary tract, (Dr. P. Kutumbiah endowment lectures) | publisher=University of Madras | author=Kadiyala Ramachandra | year=1973 | pages=74 | asin=B0006CDGTY}}</ref> were notable. His research on the use of Indian herbs in the treatment of Bronchial Asthma were reported in the Indian news and he delivered a talk series on health issues which was broadcast by the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> He was known to have written a treatise on the History of Medicine which was published by the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> His literary publication, ''Poems of Introspection'' is an anthology of 53 poems which was released in 2003.<ref name="Poems of Introspection" />

Ramachandra was a recipient of Johnstone Gold Medal, T. M. Nair Gold Medal, The Raja of Panagal Prize and the Dr Rangachari Prize in Medicine.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1974.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> He died in February 2007, at the age of 87.<ref name="Professor Dr.K.Ramachandra – A Profile " />

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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=History of medicine relating to kidney and disorders of the urinary tract, (Dr. P. Kutumbiah endowment lectures) | publisher=University of Madras | author=Kadiyala Ramachandra | year=1973 | pages=74 | asin=B0006CDGTY}}

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