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DOI: 10.4103/ijps.IJPS_198_17
Prof. Narendra J. Pandya
Publication History
Publication Date:
09 July 2019 (online)
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Prof. Narendra Pandya was a pioneering Aesthetic Surgeon of repute, surgeon par excellence and a teacher, whose career span extended over a half century was globally renowned.
Dr. Narendra Pandya spent his childhood in East Africa, after which he was offered a scholarship from both the British Government and the Indian Government for further education. He chose India. He graduated with his MBBS from G. S. Medical College/KEM Hospital in 1959 and during this time was inspired by Dr. Charles Pinto, a Plastic Surgeon whom he always credited for being his first mentor.
Dr. Pandya subsequently went on to the United Kingdom where he resided from 1959 to 1967 obtaining his Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons from Edinburgh Scotland.