Seshagiri Mallampati, an Indian anesthesiologist best known for proposing the Mallampati score, died on February 9, 2026.
He was 85. Mallampati introduced the eponymous score in 1985 as a non-invasive method to assess the ease of endotracheal intubation.
Born in 1941 in Madras Province, British India, he studied medicine at Andhra Medical College in 1968 and later trained in anesthesiology at the Lahey Clinic in Boston after moving to the United States in 1971.
Seshagiri Rao Mallampati (Telugu: మల్లంపాటి శేషగిరిరావు, ISO: Mallampāṭi Śēṣagirirāvu, Telugu: [malːampaːʈi çeːʂagiɾiɾaːʋu]; 1941 – 9 February 2026) was an Indian anesthesiologist. He was best known for proposing the eponymous Mallampati score in 1985, a non-invasive method to assess the ease of endotracheal intubation.