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C.R. Kannan, M.D

Date of Birth: June 23, 1943
Admitted to Madras Medical College in July 1960
Completed December 1965

Cleared the final year exam in the first attempt and at top of his class
Named the Best Outgoing student of his class

Medals and Prizes won during Medical College

  • The Johnstone gold medal

  • Vasudeva Rao gold medal

  • Lakshmana Swamy Mudaliar gold medal for Midwifery

  • Masilamani memorial medal for Medicine

  • The R.S.R.M gold medal for Midwifery

  • S.V. Ramasamy Mudaliar medal for Pediatrics

  • Govinda Menon Medal for Anatomy

  • Prize for Proficiency in Medicine


Career in the United States

Training

  • Internship in St. John’s Hospital, Yonkers, New York, 1968

  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1969

  • Fellowship in Endocrinology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1971

  • Attending Physician in Endocrinology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1973

  • Chairman of Endocrinology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1981

  • Program Director of Endocrinology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1982

  • Professor of Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, 1990

  • Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2009



Accomplishments as a Teacher

  • Won the “Teacher of the Year” award/medals 10 times during a span of 16 years

  • Trained 22 fellows in Endocrinology to complete fellowship in Endocrinology

  • Recruited residents and students to rotate in Endocrinology

Accomplishments as a Clinician

  • Started and established a Diabetes Center at Cook County Hospital, Chicago

  • Honored by US Business and World News three times for being among the top 50

Accomplishments as an Author of Textbooks

  1. “A clinician’s approach to Endocrine Problems: Case studies”, Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1983

  2. “Essential Endocrinology”, Plenum Publishing, 1986

  3. “Gastroenterology: a problem-oriented approach”, Medical Examiners Publishing Company, 1986

  4. “The Pituitary gland”, Plenum Publishing Company, 1987

  5. “The Adrenal glands”, Plenum Publishing Company, 1988

  • Editor of “The Year Book of Endocrinology – the adrenal section”, Year Book Medical Publishers, 1995–2004

  • Author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals

    Currently retired from active practice but continues to teach and train younger generations of physicians