The Chairman of the Foundation is Prof. P Krishnam Raju. He is one of the few noted academicians in the field of Technology Applications for cardiac treatment and has more than 3 decades of experience in cardiology with special focus on echocardiography. He has performed more than 150,000 Echocardiographic procedures. He was the Former head of the Department of Cardiology at the Osmania Medical college, Hyderabad. He is the recipient of the Gold medal in DM (Cardiology) from AIIMS, New Delhi. He has authored a number of scientific papers in national and international journals.


The Patron of the Foundation is Prof. B Soma Raju a renowned cardiologist. He headed the department of cardiology at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences during which time he brought modern cardiac care into the country. Prof. B Soma Raju was director of cardiology division at Mediciti Hospitals before starting CARE Hospital. He along with Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam founded the Society for Biomedical Technology (SBMT), which fostered an era of collaborative efforts between medical community and basic scientists in various national laboratories to develop indigenous medical products. The Government of India has honored Dr B Soma Raju with Padmashri for his contribution in the field of Medicine in the year 2000.


The Registrar of CARE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES [ C I M S ] is
Dr B.S.Murthy ,M.Ch.(Cardiothoracic Surgery).He is the first Cardiothoracic M.Ch from University of Delhi(G.B.Pant Hospital) in 1979. He was a faculty at Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre,Trivandrum,India and Al Fatah University Tripoil, Libya. He was Executive Commitee Member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery for 3 years. He was President of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery during 2003-04. He has 30 publications and presentations both national and international. He pioneered and nurtured many new Cardiothoracic Centres including Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital at Hyderabad, Seven Hills Hospital at Visakhapatnam, Aware Hospital at Hyderabad, Frontier Life Line Hospital at Chennai, Narayana Medical College at Nellore, etc.
 


The Vice Chairman of the Foundation is Prof. K Sreenath Reddy. He is a cardiologist and working currently as the Head of department of the Cardiology in All Indian Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS). Prof. K Sreenath Reddy hails from Hyderabad and worked in the Osmania General Hospital. He is consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO).  He is also the Director of the Center for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi. He is involved with many International organizations and is an eminent research worker in the field of preventive cardiology. He has authored a number of scientific papers in national and international journals.
 

 

The Treasurer of the Foundation is Dr D. N Kumar. He is former faculty in the Department of Cardiology at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences. He is currently working as consultant cardiologist at CARE Hospital, Nampally. He has more than 27 years of experience. He is an eminent teacher in cardiology and is involved with running a charitable school in the district of Khammam. He has authored a number of scientific papers in national and international journals.
 

 


The Secretary of the Foundation is Prof. Arun K Tiwari, a missile scientist who has 25 years of experience of technology development and management. He was the first program manager of the Society for Biomedical Technology (SBMT). He came  out of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1997 to establish the Foundation. He is currently the Director of Cardiovascular Technology Institute, a division of the Foundation. He is recipient of the Defence Technology Spin-off award in 1998 for the indigenous development of the coronary stent. He also heads the Telemedicine project which is to make quality healthcare accessible to people living in remote areas.
 


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