Ramasamy Thiruvenkatachalam Sugumaran

Dr Ramasamy T. Sugumaran (5/23/1948-9/30/2024) age 76 of Dayton, Ohio passed away peacefully at his home in Coppell, Texas on September 30, 2024. He was born in Chinnakampatti, Tamil Nadu in 1948 to Thiruvenkatachalam and Kaliammal. He grew up with three brothers and four sisters. Dr. R.T. Sugumaran attended Madurai Medical College and graduated with an MD in 1973. He was then married to Manjula on March 10, 1974.

After moving to the US, he completed his internal medicine residency in Newark, New Jersey. He then moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1978 to begin his medical practice and raise his family. He retired from his practice in 2016, and moved to Dallas, Texas to be closer to family.

Dr. RT Sugumaran was preceded in death by his parents Thiruvenkatachalaml and Kaliammal along with his older brothers RT Rajasekaran and RT Padmanabhan. He is survived by his wife Manjula, his daughter Radha (Anand), his sons Rajkumar (Nicole) and Manikandan (Hema), and his eight grandchildren Aishwarya, Rajiv, Milan, Mia, Leela, Marissa, Ethan, and Priya.

Dr Sugumaran lived for his family, his friends, and his patients. He provided help without being asked, and it was impossible to know him and not be his friend. He loved to golf and play tennis, cheer for the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Michigan Wolverines, watch Tamil and American movies, eat foods from around the world, and travel across the globe and specifically to India while in the company of his family and friends.

He was the heart of his family and he will be missed dearly by all those who knew him.