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{{Short description|Indian oncologist (born 1943)}}
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| birth_date = 11 December 1943
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Surgical oncologist
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| spouse = Carmen Mary Julia Saldanha
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| children = Three children
| parents = Luis Jose Juliet Mary
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Qimpro Platinum Standard Fr. Maschio Platinum Jubilee Humanitarian Award [[Vasantrao Naik]] Pratishtan Award Suvidha Trust Award Goa Hindu Association Award Karmayogi Puraskar Ramniklal Kinariwal Cancer Research Award Dr. Manoel Agostinho de Heredia Award Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award NATCON-ISO Award
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'''Luis Jose De Souza''' is an Indian [[surgical oncologist]] and the founder of ''Shanti Avedna Ashram'', a charitable trust which runs a network of hospices in Mumbai and Goa.<ref name="Doctor Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.mydocadvisor.com/DoctorDetail.aspx?Id=1143&HospitalId=206&CId=247 | title=Doctor Profile | publisher=My Doc Advosir | date=2015 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Luis Jose De Souza Oncologist">{{cite web | url=https://www.helpingdoc.com/doctor/luis-jose-de-souza | title=Dr. Luis Jose De Souza Oncologist | publisher=Helping Doc | date=2015 | access-date=16 October 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has also contributed to the establishment of ''Indian Cancer Cell'', an educational program co-sponsored by [[Tata Memorial Centre]], Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and Indian Cancer Society, for creating cancer awareness in schools.<ref name="Doctor Profile" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |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 ==
De Souza was born to Luis Jose and Juliet Mary on 11 December 1943{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=BLP}} in [[Mumbai]], in the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] and graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals]] in 1967.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} His master's degree was also obtained from the same institution in 1970 after which he joined [[Tata Memorial Hospital]], Mumbai and reached the position of the professor and head of the gastroenterology department.<ref name="The Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, the largest cancer hospital in the country in terms of number of patients registered">{{cite journal | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1707/17070730.htm | title=The Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, the largest cancer hospital in the country in terms of number of patients registered | author=T. S. Subramanian | journal=Frontline | date=April 2000 | volume=17 | issue=7}}</ref><ref name="Doctors' directory">{{cite web | url=https://www.aihitdata.com/company/0069EF9E/HINDUJA-HOSPITAL/people | title=Doctors' directory | publisher=Hinduja Hospital | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> Later, he moved to [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] as their consultant oncosurgeon.<ref name="Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile">{{cite journal | url=http://www.hindujahospital.com/mobile/for-patient/doctors-profile.aspx?did=170 | title=Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile | author=Hinduja Hospital | year=2015}}</ref><ref name="Cancer screening saves lives">{{cite web | url=http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/cancer-screening-saves-lives/46823837 | title=Cancer screening saves lives | publisher=Economic Times Health World | date=6 April 2014 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> He has also served as a consultant Oncologist to [[Air India]] and [[Indian Airlines]].<ref name="Doctors' directory" />

In 1986, De Souza founded ''Shanti Avedna Ashram'', a charitable trust, and under the aegis of the trust, set up a network of hospices in Mumbai and Goa, reported to be the first such venture for the care of advanced and terminally ill cancer patients in India.<ref name="Qimpro Platinum Standard 2011">{{cite web | url=http://www.qimpro.com/foundation/drljdesouza.php | title=Qimpro Platinum Standard 2011 | publisher=Qimpro | date=2015 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> Representing Tata Memorial Centre, he associated with [[Union for International Cancer Control]] (UICC) and the Indian Cancer Society in 1993 and founded the ''Indian Cancer Cell'', a national program for promoting cancer education in Indian schools.<ref name="Qimpro Platinum Standard 2011" /> He has served as the associate editor of the ''Indian Journal of Cancer'', editorial consultant of ''[[The Practitioner]]'' and as a consultant editor of ''[[Palliative Medicine (journal)|Palliative Medicine]]''.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} He has written over 70 articles in peer reviewed journals, has delivered keynote addresses in conferences and has organised many medical conferences.<ref name="Qimpro Platinum Standard 2011" /><ref name="Dharamshila organizes National Cancer Congress 2015">{{cite news | url=http://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/dharamshila-organizes-national-cancer-congress-2015/46374694 | title=Dharamshila organizes National Cancer Congress 2015 | newspaper=Economic Times | date=26 February 2015 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
De Souza is a fellow of the [[American College of Surgeons]], [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] and the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] and a life member of the [[Indian Medical Association]], Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian Society of Oncology and the Indian Association of Palliative Care.<ref name="IAPC">{{cite web | url=http://member.palliativecare.in/MemberList.aspx | title=IAPC | publisher=Indian Association of Palliative Care | date=2015 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> He is the vice president of the Ostomy Association of India since 1990 and is the director of the International Psycho-Oncology Society since 1992.<ref name="Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile" /> He is also a member of several medical associations such as Indian Cancer Society and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.<ref name="Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile" />

The Government of India included De Souza in the 1992 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The same year, he received three more awards, Fr. Maschio Platinum Jubilee Humanitarian Award, Vasantrao Naik Pratishtan Award, and the Rotary Club of Mumbai Public Award and was felicitated by the Mumbai chapter of the Indian Medical Association.<ref name="Doctor Profile" /> He received the Suvidha Trust Award in 1993 and Goa Hindu Association made him their honorary member the next year.<ref name="Doctor Profile" /> Ramniklal Kinariwal Cancer Research Award of the Gujarat Cancer Society and the Dr. Manoel Agostinho de Heredia Award reached him in 1996. He received three awards in 1998, Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award, Old Campionites Association Award and Rotary Club of Bombay South Vocational Excellence Award.<ref name="Doctor Profile" /><ref name="Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile" /> Mumbai Medical Aid Association awarded him the ''Karmayogi Puraskar'' in 2010.<ref name="Karmayogi Puraskar">{{cite web | url=http://www.bombaymedicalaid.com/awards.asp | title=Karmayogi Puraskar | publisher=Mumbai Medical Aid Association | date=2010 | access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> The next year, he was selected as the ''QIMPRO Platinum Standard 2011''.<ref name="Qimpro Platinum Standard 2011" /> He is also a recipient of the Scroll of Honour from the Breast Cancer Conference of 2000, NATCON-ISO Award and Appreciation Award for Services to Humanity from St. Elizabeth Hospital.<ref name="Doctor Profile" /><ref name="Hinduja Hospital - Doctor's profile" />

== See also ==
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* [[Goans in science and technology]]
* [[Union for International Cancer Control]]
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{{portal|India|Medicine}}

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