A. Marthanda Pillai

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A. Marthanda Pillai
Medical career
Profession Neurosurgeon
Awards2010-2011 Padma Shri Award

A. Marthanda Pillai- MS (Neuro), MNAMS (Neuro), FRCS, is an Indian neurosurgeon. [1] In 2011 he was the recipient of a Padma Shri Award for medicine. [2] [3] [4] He is the first former National President and former Vice-President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) [5] in Kerala State to receive this national award. [6] He led the protest against proposed National Medical Commission Bill for IMA. [7] [8]

In the private sector he is currently the Managing Director of Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute in Trivandrum. [9]

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