Yarlagadda Nayudamma
Yarlagadda Nayudamma | |
|---|---|
Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, Republic of India) | |
| Occupation | Paediatric Surgeon |
| Spouse | Krishna Bharati |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
| Website | http://www.drynayudamma.org |
Yarlagadda Nayudamma (born 1 June 1947) is a consultant paediatric surgeon from Guntur, India. Previously, he operated at the Guntur General Hospital where he was the head of the paediatric surgery department.[1][2]
He is the only Indian surgeon to have successfully separated three sets of conjoined twins fused at three different locations - head, thorax-abdomen and pelvis.[3][4][5]
Biography
Yarlagadda Nayudamma was born to parents Yarlagadda Subba Rao and Rangamma in
AIIMS
).
Awards
- Rotary Vocational Excellence Award - 2006 Rovex - 2006[6]
- He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Science by the Acharya Nagarjuna University in March 2008.[7][8]
- ^ "Our experiences with surgeries on Conjoined twins (Siamese twins)" (PDF).
- ^ "Award to Dr. Nayudamma". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Siamese surgery not costly".
- ^ "Conjoined Twins - 1990-1994".
- ^ "A worldwide fund raising campaign to save Indian conjoined twins".
- ^ "Rotary Club awards - 2006". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
- ^ "ANU doctorate for five persons". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
- ^ "ANU Doctor of Science Degree". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.