Senior Consultant Pulmonologist, Care Hospitals, Hyderabad
Professor & Head of the department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kamineni
Academy of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, LB Nagar
Hyderabad
Zonal Task Force Chairman for RNTCP Implementation in Medical Colleges,
South Zone, India.
Chair-International council of Global Governors- American College of
Chest Physicians
Educational Qualifications
MD (Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases) – Andhra Medical College Visakhapatnam – NTR Univeristy of Health Sciences – October 1991
MBBS – Guntur Medical College Guntur – Nagarjuna University – October 1983
Additional Qualifications
FCCP – Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians – September 2001 FAGE – Fellow of Academy of General Education – October 1992
FICS- Fellow of Indian Chest Society – November 201
Affiliation to Professional Bodies
- Life member American college of Chest Physicians.
- Life member American Thoracic Society.
- Life member Indian College of Allergy and Applied immunology
- Life member Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Life member Indian Society for Emergency Medicine
- Life member Indian Chest Society.
- Life member Indian Medical Association
- Life member Asian Medical Doctors Association.
- Life member Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
- Life member AP Govt. Doctors Association.
- Life member AP Tuberculosis Association.
- Technical Committee member of TB Association of Andhra Pradesh.
International Awards
- Received Humanitarian International recognition award for 2009 ($5000 US dollars &
Citation) from American College of Chest Physician U.S.A for the service project “Care and Support Foundation for HIV infected children”
- Received an International award for best paper on “Diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions” presented in Chest 2008 Philadelphia -USA
- Received Humanitarian International recognition award for 2005 ($5000 US dollars &
Citation) from American College of Chest Physician U.S.A for the service project “JMJ Balasadan a home away from home”