P. Namperumalsamy

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Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy is an Indian ophthalmologist who specializes in diabetic retinopathy. He is also a retina-vitreous expert. Namperumalsamy is currently the chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai.[1] He is known for bringing assembly-line efficiency to eye surgery. In 2010, TIME magazine named Namperumalsamy one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[2]

Under the chairmanship of Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital, received the 2010 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which is awarded annually to an organization that does extraordinary work to alleviate human suffering.[1][3]

Career

A postgraduate fellow of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Namperumalsamy started the India's first Low Vision Aid Centre at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai in 1971. He is currently the chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital.

Namperumalsamy is a recipient of Padma Shri Award from the Government of India.[4]

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