In this episode, we are joined by our esteemed guest Dr. Gullapalli N Rao. This episode is incredibly unique because not only is Dr. Rao our first international guest speaker but also a founder of one of the top eye institutes in India. Dr. Rao is an Indian ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and is the founder and chair of the world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute located in Hyderabad, India. He completed medical schooling at the Guntur Medical College and obtained postgraduate training in ophthalmology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Rao obtained further training at Tufts university and then University of Rochester where he served as a former associate professor.

He returned to India to provide equitable eye care. Dr. Rao is a fellow of the National Academy of Medicines in India. He has been honored by multiple awards such as the Padma Shri (the fourth highest Indian civilian award in the country) and obtaining 5 honorary doctorates from Australia, UK, and India. He was also elected in 2017 to the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Most recently he and his organization have been one of the few recipients of the very prestigious ‘The Greenberg Prize – End Blindness 2020’. Join us in this enriching episode as Dr. Rao teaches us what LVPEI is and how an inspirational model must be built to support our community. 

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