# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balaji-sadasivan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:30:50.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balaji-sadasivan"
name: "Balaji Sadasivan"
slug: "balaji-sadasivan"
description: "Balaji Sadasivan was a Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon. He attended Raffles Institution, Siglap Secondary School and National Junior College, and studied medicine at the University of Singapore. After graduating in 1979, he continued his education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in 1984. He also trained at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, from 1985 to 1989, and became a Fellow of Harvard University in 1990. He worked as a neurosurgeon until 2001, publishing over 50 book chapters and journal articles."
tagline: "Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (1955-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balaji_Sadasivan_at_the_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia%2C_Ho_Chi_Minh_City%2C_Vietnam_-_20100606.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-07-11"
deathDate: "2010-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.477430666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sadasivan"
    title: "Balaji Sadasivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بالاجي ساداسيفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بالاجى ساداسيفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sadasivan"
    title: "Balaji Sadasivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sadasivan"
    title: "Balaji Sadasivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sadasivan"
    title: "Balaji Sadasivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849852"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump