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Place of Birth: Kerala, India
About Jose Chacko Periappuram
- Jose Chacko Periappuram (born 28 April 1958) is an Indian cardiac surgeon and medical writer who performed the first successful heart transplant in the state of Kerala, India, as well as the first successful heart retransplant in the country.
- His other achievements include the first beating heart, awake bypass and total arterial revascularization surgeries in the state.
- Credited with the performance of over 25,000 cardiac surgeries, Periappuram is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons of London.
- He is the founder and Chairman of "Heart Care Foundation", a charitable trust that financially assists poor heart patients.
- The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in 2011.
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