Background
Chandra-Sekhar, Hosakere Kapinipathi was born on March 28, 1932 in Narasimharajapura, Karnataka, India. Son of Hosakere C. Kapinipathi and Geethamma K. (Subbarao) Bhatta. came to the United States, 1969.
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Hosakere Kapinipathi Chandra-Sekhar
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Mysore U., Karnataka, India, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Mysore U., Karnataka, India, 1957; diploma in Laryngo-Otology, London U., 1963.
Career
Intern, house officer, Bangalore (India) Medical College Hospital, 1957-1958; lecturer in anatomy, Bangalore (India) Medical College, 1960-1962, 66-69; industrial medical officer, Bangalore, 1958-1960; house officer, registrar, British Hospitals, England, 1962-1966; rotating intern, Suburban Hosp, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1970; otolaryngology resident, New York University Medical Center, New York City, 1970-1973; assistant professor otolaryngology, New York University, 1973-1978; associate professor, New York University, since 1978. Director otolaryngology Cabrini Medical Center, New York City, since 1974.
Achievements
Membership
President Federation Indian Assns., New York City, 1982-1983. Member mayor's ethnic advisory county, New York City, 1983-1988. Member of advisory county on Asian affairs, Governor New York, 1988-1994.
Initiator, overseer installation Mahatma Gandhi Statue, New York City, 1986. Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, American College Surgeons, American College of Otolaryngol. and Head and Neck Surgery (member temp bone pathology committee).
Interests
Connections
Married Sredevi T. N. Iyengar, February 5, 1961. Children: Sujana, Sumana, Sucharita.
