Georgia Association
of Physicians
of Indian Heritage

Gen consul of India for Atlanta Hon. Ajit Kumar presents Person of the year -2011 award to Dr Indran Indrakrishnan,behalf of GATS ( Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam).

Dr. Indran Indrakrishnan
A Physician with the zeal and Compassion to help others.

Atlanta’s well respected and highly regarded Dr. Indran Indrakrishnan is a self-effacing multi-dimensional trailblazer with impeccable academic qualifications, professional expertise and social conscience. Dr. Indrakrishnan was born in Sri Lanka, and immigrated to the USA after completing the postgraduate medical education in London, England. Currently he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University Medical School and practices Gastroenterology in Lawrenceville, GA. He is a fellow of Royal college of Physicians of London, U.K, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, American College of Physicians and American College of Gastroenterology. He is also a graduate of Medical Association of Georgia’s Physicians leadership Academy, a division which identifies and trains the physician leaders in Georgia.Dr. Indrakrishnan comes from a family blessed with physicians of various specialties across the world but he chose to move to the Western world, where his both training and career became more intensified. He gained extensive specialty training at various prestigious Health care institutions in the world's foremost countries in health care technology namely, England, Canada and USA. He had the good fortune to study under all- time Gastroenterology icons like Professors Roger Wiiliams, Jamie Barkin, Bruce Bacon and Ivan Beck. He also had the distinction of publishing his several basic and clinical science articles in the peer reviewed medical journals.

Dr. Indrakrishnan is on the Board of directors and a past president of Georgia Gastroenterological and Endoscopic Society. He was on the Board of Directors and currently the treasurer/secretary for Georgia Association of Physicians of Indian heritage (GAPI). He has been very active in several policy making and healthcare advisory committees of Medical Association of Georgia, American College of Physicians, American college of Gastroenterology, Royal college of Physicians of London, UK and Department of Community Health, GA. He was a visiting examiner and international advisor for Royal College of Physicians, London, UK and had participated in the examination activities of American Board of Gastroenterology. Currently he is a peer reviewer for Georgia State composite Board of medical examiners. He is on the Board of Directors for Fight Colorectal Cancer, which is a leading colorectal cancer patient advocacy organization in Washington DC, empowering survivors to raise their voices, training advocates around the country and educating law makers and pushing them for better policies. Recently he set up a program to provide free colonoscopies for high risk, uninsured Georgians, an initiative that is well appreciated by many organizations including Medical Association of Georgia.

He serves on the advisory board for Third Eye Dancers, another nonprofit organization in Georgia which works to communicate & to bring awareness on social issues affecting children and to raise funds for charity through dance. It is befitting, that for all the above contributions, he was recently honored at the Georgia State Assembly by the legislators for his service to Georgian community and the members of the assembly.

Dr. Indrakrishnan has a deep interest in Tamil language and Indian fine arts. He has strived fervently to promote the Tamil language and fine arts through his social activism. He had served on the Board of directors for Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam (GATS). He has been involved in organizing and conducting Continuing Medical Education programs, health fairs/seminars, fundraising events and cultural programs for various Indian organizations including Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA), American Medical Association (ATMA), GATS, International Medical Health Organization ( IMHO), GAPI and BAPS. He also regularly writes health- care related articles to the community magazines.

During his childhood, he attempted to learn Mridangam, but his Radio-Ceylon famed Mridangam teacher gave up on him after a few months. But his quest for Indian fine arts did not end there- later he married Gayathri, a CPA by profession who also a veena player. Their daughter Harini, a sophomore at Woodward Academy recently had her solo dance debut -Bharathanatyam arangetram! Dr. Indrakrishnan is known for his tenacity. When he was a kid, painful batons charge by the police and even death of a few people during the stampede by the mammoth crowd gathered to watch his idol MGR's Ulagam Sutrum Valipan movie on the very first day of release in the theater did not deter him from the scene! Not only did he achieve his goal that day but he continued this routine religiously as he advanced to the high school and now he has a huge collection of all the nostalgic MGR movies which enjoys watching in his own theater at home. He humbly admits that his passion for Tamil language and relentless community service is strongly influenced by his charismatic role model MGR. Following his role model’s footsteps, although born as a Hindu, he believes that God is one and he helps & contributes to worship places of all religions. Ever on the go, Dr. Indrakrishnan spends whatever little leisure time he gets in gardening, reading, watching movies, listening to music and attending cultural programs with his family and friends.

Dr. Indrakrishnan’s purpose-driven life motivated by a fierce endeavor to give back-to the community certainly inspires emulation.