Wockhardt Medical Excellence Award in 2005 Kotturathu Mammen Cherian[1][2] (8 March 1942 – 25 January 2025) was an Indian heart surgeon.

After his studies, he got the splendid opportunity to work as a Special Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Birmingham, Alabama under Dr. John W. Kirklin and in the University of Oregon under Dr. Albert Starr.

As a young migrant in Australia, he had the opportunity to work at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.

[6] He performed India's first coronary artery bypass surgery in 1975 at Southern Railway Headquarters hospital, Perambur, Chennai.

[7] He was the founder of Frontier Lifeline Hospital, where he performed India's second heart transplant surgery in 1995.

[8] The Indian Association of Physician Assistants celebrates Dr.K.M.Cherian as the father of the PA profession in India.