Gullapalli Nageswara Rao

Gullapalli Nageswara Rao
Native name గుళ్ళపల్లి నాగేశ్వరరావు
Born Chodavaram , Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh , India
Occupation Ophthalmologist
Known for L V Prasad Eye Institute
Awards Padma Shri
American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award
International Blindness Prevention Award
AEBA Award
2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame

Gullapalli Nageswara Rao is an Indian ophthalmologist,[1] the chairman of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)[2][3] and the founder of the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.[4] A former Associate Professor at the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester, Rao is a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India[4] and has several medical research papers to his credit.[5]

He has received the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from the University of Melbourne, the Honor Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, International Blindness Prevention Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology[4][6] and the AEBA Award from the Association of Eye Bank of Asia.[7] Rao has served the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness as a board member, the secretary general (1998) and the president (2004) on various occasions.[3][4] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[8] He was elected in 2017 to the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Margadarshi Archival - Gullapalli Nageswara Rao". YouTube video. ETV News. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "AOI". AOI. 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kammas World". Kammas World. 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "University of Melbourne" (PDF). University of Melbourne. 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Google Scholar". Google Scholar. 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kammavelugu". Kammavelugu. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "AEBA". Kammas World. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Gullapalli Nageswara Rao - Eyeing the Fame". Sulabh Swachh Bharat. January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017.
  • "Margadarshi Archival - Gullapalli Nageswara Rao". YouTube video. ETV News. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  • "Gullapalli Nageswara Rao". Sulabh Swachh Bharat. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Picture of Gullapalli Nageswara Rao
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