Lalit Mohan Banerjee

Lalit Mohan Banerjee was an Indian surgeon, medical academic and the first medical professional to receive the degree of Master of Surgery from the University of Calcutta.[1] He was a professor of surgery at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital of the Calcutta University[2][3] and the personal surgeon to the President of India.[4] He was one of the founders of the Association of Surgeons of India and was its third president (1941–1942).[5] It was during this period, he had an opportunity to operate on Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned poet and Nobel Laureate.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1955, for his contributions to medical science.[6] A road in Sodepur has been named after him as Dr. L. M. Banerjee Road'.[7]

Lalit Mohan Banerjee
Born
West Bengal, India
OccupationSurgeon
Known forMedical academics
AwardsPadma Bhushan

References
  1. "Asoke Kumar Bagchi" (PDF). National Medical Journal of India. 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. Seyed B. Mostofi (17 September 2004). Who's Who in Orthopedics. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-1-85233-786-5.
  3. Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (1999). History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. Science, technology, imperialism and war. Pearson Education India. pp. 503–. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.
  4. Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti; Ramanuj Mukherjee; Samik Kumar Bandyopadhyay; Sasanka Nath; Saibal Kumar Mukherjee (October 2011). "R.G.Kar Medical College, Kolkata—A Premiere Institute of India". Indian J Surg. 73 (5): 390–393. doi:10.1007/s12262-011-0327-1. PMC 3208697. PMID 23024555.
  5. "Past Presidents". Association of Surgeons of India. 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. "Dr. L.M. Banerjee Road". Pinda.in. 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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