Gullapalli Nageswara Rao

Gullapalli Nageswara Rao is an Indian ophthalmologist, the chairman of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)[1] and the founder of the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.[2] 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.[2]

Gullapalli Nagarajawerrao
గుళ్ళపల్లి నాగేశ్వరరావు
Born
Chodavaram, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
AwardsPadma Shri
American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award
International Blindness Prevention Award
AEBA Award
2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame

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[2][3] and the AEBA Award from the Association of Eye Bank of Asia. 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.[2] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[4] He was elected in 2017 to the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.[5]

References
  1. "AOI". AOI. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "University of Melbourne" (PDF). University of Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. "Kammavelugu". Kammavelugu. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. "Gullapalli Nageswara Rao - Eyeing the Fame". Sulabh Swachh Bharat. January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017.
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