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Chitranjan Singh Ranawat is an American orthopedic surgeon of Indian origin.
Chitranjan Singh Ranawat | |
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Born | Sarwania, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Occupation | Orthopedic surgeon |
Years active | since 1969 |
Known for | development of joint replacement surgical techniques |
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Website | official website |
Ranawat was born in Sarwania, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and did his early medical education at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore[1] and his schooling from The Daly College, Indore before moving to the US for advanced training.[2] There, he worked at St. Peters Hospital, Albany and Albany Medical Center and received certification as an orthopedic surgeon by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in 1969.[3] Later, he moved to Lenox Hill Hospital where he became the chairman and director of the Orthopedic department. He has also served as a professor at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and as a visiting faculty at other universities.[4] Ranawat and Albert Burstein of the Hospital for Special Surgery, also in New York City, invented a hip replacement implant marketed by Biomet.[1][5]
In 1986 he founded the Ranawat Foundation, a philanthropic organization.[3] and in 2001 he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award.[6] Each year at its annual meeting, the Knee Society presents the "Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD Award" and two other awards for the best research papers that year.[7]
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