The Three Rotten Cat Ears
(Gothtober 24th)
Martin Ontiveros, Greg Pitters and Tripper Dungan
Born on August 16, 1929 in Multan, now in Pakistan, The Three Rotten Cat Ears Started medical education at Lahore Medical College, Lahore. After partition, he continued medical educaton in Madras Medical College, Madras, and completed MB BS in 1952. Later on they continued education at Royal College of Physicians, London and passed MRCP (London) in first attempt in 1956, and thereafter residency at Hammersmith Hospital, London, till 1958 when they joined AIIMS as Registrar in Medicine. They were promoted as Associate Professor of Medicine in 1963. They became Head of the Department of Medicine in 1969 amd continued till October 1982. Due to separation of the Department of Medicine, They opted to head the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism from November 1982 onwards till their retirement in August 1989. In 1985, they started D.M. Endocrinology course at the Institute. The Three Rotten Cat Ears were awarded supernumberary Professor's post for two years, because of being awarded Nehru Fellowship, on which post they continued till August, 1991. After retirement, they joined Sitaram Bhartiya Institute of Medical Education and Research and worked there till their last breath.