- Sudi Devanesen
Sudarshan (Sudi) Devanesen, CM (born 1943), is an
Indian-Canadian familyphysician and educator,public health activist, and member of theOrder of Canada .Devanesen studied at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in
Bangalore ,Madras Christian College of theUniversity of Madras , and theChristian Medical College inVellore , all inIndia . Trained as a surgeon, began his medical practice in remote villages inTamil Nadu andRajasthan .In 1972, he immigrated to Canada. After briefly practicing at
Janeway Children's Hospital atMemorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland, he moved toToronto ,Ontario , and resumed studies to respecialize as a family physician. He began study at St. Michael's Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Toronto in 1973; he would eventually become Chief of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael's, and is today an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. He was medical director of the Broadview Community Health Clinic from 1980 to 1989. He also served as physician for theFred Victor Centre , a downtown Toronto mission serving the homeless, and on the board of directors ofCasey House , a hospice servingHIV /AIDS patients.He earned his
Master of Clinical Science from theUniversity of Western Ontario in 1990, and is a Fellow of theCollege of Family Physicians of Canada .An advocate of
holistic medicine , his practice integrates the medical and biopsychosocial models of health care. Particularly concerned with prevention of disease and interested incardiovascular disease, he became founding president (1994–1997) of a South Asian Community Council of theHeart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, and has both studied and educated on the risks of cardiovascular disease in theSouth Asian community in Canada.He was appointed Member of the
Order of Canada onMay 30 ,2001 and invested with the honour onDecember 4 ,2001 . His citation into the Order called him "a positive role model and mentor to hundreds of medical residents, family physicians and nurse practitioners." [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6180]Devanesen practices family medicine in
Mississauga andToronto ,Ontario . He practices alongside his wife, Asha Devanesen, also a physician. His brother,Dayalan Devanesen , is a primary care physician who has been awarded theOrder of Australia . Their father Chandran Devanesan was the first Indian Principal of Madras Christian College. [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/04/24/stories/2006042400420500.htm]
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