Background
Balan, Kottekkattu Kunjakkan was born on May 23, 1946 in Trichur, Kerala, India. Son of Kottekkattu Kunjakkan and Kalikutty (Adyara) K. arrived in United Kingdom, 1981.
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Kottekkattu Kunjakkan Balan
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Kottekkattu Kunjakkan Balan, Indian Nuclear medicine physician, gastroenterologist. Achievements include research on radioactive iodine treatment of thyroid cancer, gastric emptying in portal hypertension, gastric functionin cirrhotics and arterial oxygen saturation in lung scanning. Recipient traveling fellowship BNMS, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Kerala, India, 1967; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, U. Kerala, India, 1973; D Tropical Medicine and Health, Liverpool School Tropical Medical, England, 1988; Doctor of Medicine, U. Liverpool, 1995.
Career
House officer, Medical College Calicut, India, 1973; senior house officer, registrar medicine, India/Nigeria/United Kingdom hospitals, 1974-1985; registrar medicine, Barnsley (England) District Hospital, 1986-1987; registrar gastroenterology, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, 1988; registrar nuclear medicine, Royal Liverpool U. Hospital, 1989-1994; senior registrar nuclear medicine, Royal Liverpool U. Hospital, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Member Royal College Physicians (Ireland), British Nuc. Medicine Society, British Medical Association.
Connections
Married Vedavathy, February 9, 1974. Children: Anupama, Anil.
