Jose Chacko Periappuram is an Indian cardiac surgeon and medical writer who performed the first successful heart transplant in the state of Kerala, and 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. 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.
Jose Chacko Periappuram was born in South Paravur, a small village in Ernakulam district on April 28, 1958. After completing his matriculation studies at St. Ephraim's High School, Mannanam, he joined St. Thomas College, Palai, from where he earned a BSc. He passed MBBS from Govt. Medical College, Kottayam in 1985, and after a year as senior house surgeon at the Kottayam Medical College, he proceeded to the United Kingdom for post-graduate education and training.
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