S. S. Badrinath

Medical career Badrinath graduated from the Madras Medical College, Chennai, in 1963. He did his internship and a year of internal medicine residency at the Glasslands Hospital, New York. Following his studies of Basic Sciences in Ophthalmology at the New York University Medical School, he did his residency in Ophthalmology at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, and a fellowship with Charles Schepens at the Retina Service of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Badrinath with Prof. Mori, after MoU Signing with NCRM in Chennai, February, 2004. On average, 1200 patients are seen, and 100 surgeries are performed every day. From its inception in 1978, Sankara Nethralaya has offered fellowship programmes in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery, Cornea, Oculoplasty, Glaucoma, Uvea, and General Ophthalmology to holders of postgraduate degrees and diplomas in Ophthalmology. Among their involvement in cutting edge research, corneal limbal stem cell regeneration jointly with NCRM was awarded a patent in 2010, based on a MoU signed in February 2004. The institute also offers training programmes for graduates in Ophthalmology.

Personal life and death Badrinath married Vasanthi Badrinath in 1967, whom he met in Brooklyn, New York. Vasanthi was a pediatrician and hematologist. The couple later settled in Chennai. They have two sons, Ananth Badrinath and Seshu Badrinath.

S. S. Badrinath died on 21 November 2023, at the age of 83.

Vasanthi died in August 2021. 1983: Padma Shri 2009: V. Krishnamurthy Award for Excellence 2009: The Madras City Ophthalmological Association Lifetime Achievement Award