Early Life and Education
He was born to Marthanda and Janaki Varma in 1934. His early education was at a government school in Mavelikara and then at University College, Trivandrum. Valiathan's medical education began at the University of Kerala, Trivandrum, where he studied from 1951 to 1956. He later went to University of Liverpool in Liverpool, England as a surgical trainee and received his fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England in 1960. After a brief stint as a faculty member at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh he underwent further training in cardiac surgery at the Johns Hopkins, George Washington, and Georgetown University Hospitals, USA. There he worked with fellow doctors Vincent Gott and Charles A. Hufnagel who strongly influenced him and instilled a lifelong interest in biomedical innovation.
. He was also granted a fellowship at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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