Background
Sawkar, Laxmidas Anant was born on July 5, 1936 in Chendia, India. Son of Anant Raghunath and Gopika Anant (Kamat) Sawkar. came to the United States, 1967.
Sawkar, Laxmidas Anant was born on July 5, 1936 in Chendia, India. Son of Anant Raghunath and Gopika Anant (Kamat) Sawkar. came to the United States, 1967.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Baroda (India) U., 1963; Doctor of Medicine, Baroda (India) U., 1966.
Intern, SSG Hospital, Baroda, 1961-1962; resident in internal medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital Svc., Elmhurst, New York, 1967; resident in hematology, Mount Sinai Hospital Svc., Elmhurst, New York, 1968; fellow in cardiopulmonary, Grassland Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1968-1969; fellow in medical oncology, U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1973-1974; private practice, Shawnee Mission, since 1974; section chief hematology-oncology, Bethany Medical Center, Kansas City, since 1976; department chairman medicine, Bethany Medical Center, Kansas City, 1993-1994; department chairman medicine, Shawnee-Mission (Kansas) Medical Center, 1979-1980; director, Mid American Hospice Care, Kansas City, 1991-1992; assistant clinical professor medical, U. Kansas, since 1974. President Wyandotte County Medical Society, 1997. President medical and dental staff Bethany Medical Center, 1998.
Member American College of Physicians (chairman finance committee Kansas chapter 1989-1991), American College Chest Physicians, American Society Clinical Oncology, American College International Physicians.
Married Bharati Krishna Gaitonde, December 7, 1966. Children: Vineeta, Ashish.