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AKMG Tribute to Dr. Vijayaraghavan

 

Dr. Vijayaraghavan is a legend. He passed away. I am his closest friend. He after retired as a professor from TVM MC he went to UK and Kuwait and finally landed in California with Dr. Praveen Shaw. There he published a book after research the book on Doppler echo. Today they are all life saving. Then he refused to stay in US and returned. Then with Sahadulla he started KIMS. Then he started the first Echo Lab in India. He introduced Doppler. Great help humanity . He deserves all awards. He never sought awards. I miss him. My long time friend. We went to Ponmudi together we climbed the Aruvykkara hill. May his soul rest in peace. 

DR.KRISHNAN NAIR, CARDIOLOGIST, PHILADELPHIA, USA

Vijayaraghavan Sir’s (GVR) passing is a profound loss! 
A cardiologist and teacher par excellence, he belonged to that rare generation for whom clinical medicine was both science and art. We were fortunate to have him during our MD days, after the Gulf War brought him back from Kuwait to Medical College service.I will always remember the clarity of his teaching - and that inimitable, deep, masterly voice! He made us listen, examine, commit - and make the call. He taught us the courage of clinical conviction, grounded in careful observation and sound physiology.A master echocardiographer rooted in bedside medicine, for him echo was truly physiology in motion. Great teachers like him never really leave us - They live on in the way we practice, the way we teach, and in the lessons we pass on to another generation. I will remember GVR Sir with immense gratitude and affection - and miss him dearly.

May his soul rest in eternal peace…
DR. NAJEEB OSMAN, CARDIOLOGIST, CLEVELAND, USA




Great loss to cardiology, medicine community and personally for me. A legend in medicine. He was instrumental in me deciding to choose a career in cardiology. 

I know Vijayaraghavan sir even before I joined mbbs in tvm medical college. His older brother was my father’s best friend. 

Vijayaraghavan Sir was my teacher through my MBBS and MD medicine days in tvm medical college. We trainees loved his icu and ward rounds (though we were scared of him), and his case based teaching sessions. He was an awesome teacher in clinical medicine. 

He was also the head of the department when I was a DM cardiology trainee in Tvm medical college. I trained in his unit for most of my DM cardiology training time. He was kind enough to give me few additional weeks for Cath lab training time in Chennai and for USMLE prep. He supported me in every difficult situations. The last time I spent meaningful time with sir was in Mount Abu Rajasthan world Congress of cardiology meeting at Brahmakumari ashram before covid time. Sir and aunty were there for that meeting, and we visited many local historic temples in Mount Abu together, and they took me out for a great dinner when we were there. 

Sir is one of the few who made me the academic medicine physican that I am now. 

I am eternally grateful to him. True mentor. I know he was a mentor for many. 

DR. SANTHOSH KOSHY, CARDIOLOGIST, USA




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