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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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