Background
Rao, Gullapalli Nageswara was born on September 21, 1945 in Chodavaram, India. Son of G. Venkateswara Rao and Venkata Lakshmi Narasamma (Kovelamudi) Rao.
health services administrator ophthalmologist
Rao, Gullapalli Nageswara was born on September 21, 1945 in Chodavaram, India. Son of G. Venkateswara Rao and Venkata Lakshmi Narasamma (Kovelamudi) Rao.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Guntur Medical College, India, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, All India Institute Medical Sciences, 1974.
Instructor, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1974-1975; assistant clinical professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1978-1982; associate clinical professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1982-1986; director, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, since 1986; chairman, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, since 1986; secretary, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, since 1988.
Board directors Castroviejo Cornea Society, 1984-1987. Member International Agency Prevention Blindness (chairman Southeast Asia region 1994-1999, secretary general since 1998), International Association Contact Lens Educators (president Asia Pacific region since 1995), International Federation Eye Banks (international advisory board since 1994), Academia Opthalmologica International, since 1998.
Married Pratibha Pinnamaneni, May 24, 1973. Children: Raghav, Vaidya.