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{{Infobox person
| name = Bhupathiraju Somaraju
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Akividu]], [[Madras State|Madras Province]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
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| othername = B. Somaraju
| occupation = [[Cardiologist]], teacher
| nationality = Indian
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| known for = Founder of [[Care Hospitals|CARE hospitals]]
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| alma_mater = [[Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[PGIMER]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad|JNTU]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>India’s Most Admired Surgeon 2014<ref>http://pharmaleaders.tv/care-hospital-chief-noted-cardiologist-dr-somaraju-bhupathiraju-to-receive-the-prestigious-indias-most-admired-surgeon-2014-at-indian-affairs-5th-annual-india-leadership-2/</ref>
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'''Bhupathiraju Somaraju''' (born 26 July 1946), shortly '''B. Somaraju''', is an Indian [[cardiologist]] and was the chairman of [[CARE Hospitals]], [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="Dr. B. Somaraju, Care Hospital">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDfB1aMh2O8 | title=Dr. B. Somaraju, Care Hospital | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=1 July 2008 | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Economic Times">{{cite web | url=http://speed.economictimes.indiatimes.com/comments/postid-10797420.cms | title=Economic Times | publisher=Economic Times | date=2012 | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref> Author of many medical articles in peer reviewed journals<ref name="Microsoft Academic Research">{{cite web | url=http://65.54.113.26/Author/10335048/bhupathiraju-soma-raju | title=Microsoft Academic Research | publisher=Microsoft Academic Research | date=2014 | access-date=10 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110162517/http://65.54.113.26/Author/10335048/bhupathiraju-soma-raju | archive-date=10 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PubFacts">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Bhupathiraju+Somaraju | title=PubFacts | publisher=PubFacts | date=2014 | access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref> and an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

He has been in the [[Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences]], Hyderabad, as Professor and Head of the department of Cardiology and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Institution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-Deans |url=https://www.nims.edu.in/Dean?tab=exDean |website=NIMS-Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences |access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>

Dr Somaraju, along with his team of cardiologists from CARE Hospitals, had moved to Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Gachibowli, Hyderabad in the month of October 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaniza Garari |title=Dr. Soma Raju shifts to AIG |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/081119/dr-soma-raju-shifts-to-aig.html |access-date=28 June 2021 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=8 November 2019}}</ref>

In 1998, Somaraju with [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] developed a low cost [[coronary stent]], named the "Kalam-Raju Stent".<ref>{{cite news|title=Story of indigenous stents|url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/15/stories/041567so.htm|newspaper=The Hindu-Businessline|date=15 August 2001|location=India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528085930/http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/15/stories/041567so.htm|archive-date=28 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The stent man|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/dec/19ap.htm|newspaper=Rediff-News|date=19 December 1998|location=India}}</ref> In 2012, the duo designed a rugged tablet computer for health care in rural areas, which was named the "Kalam-Raju Tablet".<ref>{{cite news|title=Now, 'Kalam-Raju tablet' for healthcare workers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3025860.ece|access-date=19 April 2012| work=The Hindu | location = India|first=M. Sai|last=Gopal|date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

[[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–09)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDfB1aMh2O8 | title=Dr. B. Somaraju, Care Hospital | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=1 July 2008 | access-date=10 January 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=http://65.54.113.26/Author/10335048/bhupathiraju-soma-raju | title=Microsoft Academic Research | publisher=Microsoft Academic Research | date=2014 | access-date=10 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110162517/http://65.54.113.26/Author/10335048/bhupathiraju-soma-raju | archive-date=10 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Bhupathiraju+Somaraju | title=PubFacts | publisher=PubFacts | date=2014 | access-date=10 January 2015}}

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