Abraham Thomas
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Abraham George Thomas is a surgeon
specializing in reconstructive plastic surgery
and microsurgery
. In 1994 in India
, he successfully performed the world’s first full facial and scalp reattachment on a nine-year-old girl, Sandeep Kaur.
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
specializing in reconstructive plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
and microsurgery
Microsurgery
Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope. The most obvious developments have been procedures developed to allow anastomosis of successively smaller blood vessels and nerves which have allowed transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another and...
. In 1994 in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, he successfully performed the world’s first full facial and scalp reattachment on a nine-year-old girl, Sandeep Kaur.
Positions held
He has served as:- Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Punjabi UniversityPunjabi UniversityPunjabi University, located at Patiala, is one of the premier institutions of higher education in Punjab, India. Panjabi University teaches and researches in science, engineering and technology, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports....
in 1999. - Member of the Institute Body, All India Institute of Medical SciencesAll India Institute of Medical SciencesAll India Institute of Medical Sciences is a premier medical college and teaching hospital based in New Delhi, India. The Institute operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ....
, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, December 1999 - December 2004. - Chairman, Boards of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Baba Farid University of Medical Sciences 1999 - 2000.
- Principal of CMCH from Oct 1992 - March 2001.
- Director-Principal of Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences from Jan 2002 - March 2008.
- Director of CMCH since April 2008.