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{{Short description|Indian Cardiothoracic surgeon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dasari Prasada Rao
| caption = Dasari Prasada Rao in 2009 by [[Studio Harcourt]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|01|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Koppole]], [[Madras State|Madras Province]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| occupation = Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
| years_active = 1950–present
}}

'''Dasari Prasada Rao''' (born 21 January 1950) is an Indian [[Cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic surgeon]]. He was noteworthy for introducing the first open heart surgery to the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and for pioneering advanced medical care at affordable costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epaper.deccanpost.in/details.aspx?boxid=657781&id=401 |title=Detail |publisher=Epaper.deccanpost.in |date=2010-11-06 |access-date=2011-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815182652/http://epaper.deccanpost.in/details.aspx?boxid=657781&id=401 |archive-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Dasari Prasada Rao has won numerous awards including in 2001 the [[Padma Shri]] award, a Civilian award bestowed by the Government of India.<ref name=padmashri>[http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?ID_PK=490 Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729163720/http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=490 |date=2013-07-29 }}</ref>

==Career==
===Education===
Rao was born in the east coast of India in a village with no modern amenities. He studied in the local elementary and high schools to go to college at Vijayawada and Guntur of India.
He started medical school in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.apmedicalcouncil.com/regmain.php?id=AMC13181&name=DASARI+PRASADA+RAO |title=Andhra Pradesh Medical Council |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904052051/http://www.apmedicalcouncil.com/regmain.php?id=AMC13181&name=DASARI+PRASADA+RAO |archive-date=4 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and completed General Surgery Residency in the same medical school. He obtained his M.B.B.S & M.S. from [[Guntur Medical College]]. Attracted by the newly emerging cardiac surgery in India, he went to [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]] as a resident in cardiac surgery and obtained his M.Ch training in cardiothoracic surgery in 1979. Since the training in India at that time did not involve coronary bypass surgery, he travelled to New Zealand and England to have further training in cardiovascular thoracic surgery. In Auckland, New Zealand, he worked closely with Sir Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes (1924–2006), cco-author of textbook of cardiac surgery with Dr. Kirklin and was trained by him in his Greenlane Hospital, Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=2211m7pt1464p625&size=largest |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327044018/http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=2211m7pt1464p625&size=largest |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Cardiac surgery in Andhra Pradesh===
Coming back to India in 1985, he started the coronary bypass surgery programme at [[Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences]], Hyderabad. The programme was nurtured into safe patient surgery in few years. Various modes of cardiac surgery were added into the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences programme. Residents trained at Nizam's Institute of Medical sciences spread over to various parts of Andhra Pradesh to start new programmes.

===Mediciti===
A new hospital by name Mediciti was started by Share foundation, USA. The cardiac surgery programme was started in this hospital in 1994. In 1997, a new company was formed in the name of Quality Care India Ltd with Dr. Dasari Prasada Rao as Director of the company and vice chairman. Cardiac surgery was one of the pillars of this group. Several hospitals were promoted by this company.

===Director of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences===
Since there was a need for developing public enterprise hospitals with similar technology to that currently available internationally, it was felt new hospitals could be developed in the public sector. Rao was offered the post of Director of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nims.ap.nic.in/Cardiothoracic%20Surgery.htm |title=Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823074930/http://nims.ap.nic.in/Cardiothoracic%20Surgery.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As director, he helped develop Nizam's medical campus,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nims.ap.nic.in/news/NIMS_News_Nov_04_Jul_05.pdf |title=NIMS Medical University Campus |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027120756/http://nims.ap.nic.in/news/NIMS_News_Nov_04_Jul_05.pdf |archive-date=27 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at Bibinagar Mandal. Several post graduate courses were added during the tenure up to 2010. The university campus of 160 acres of land is situated about {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} away from this city campus. An accident and emergency hospital and another specialty hospital was developed on the same campus. These projects were added to the overall bed strength of the hospital from 960 beds to 2000 beds.

Rao acted as M.Ch. examiner to many universities including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nims.ap.nic.in/Cardiothoracic%20Surgery.htm |title=NIMS Cardiothoracic Surgery |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823074930/http://nims.ap.nic.in/Cardiothoracic%20Surgery.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Delhi.

===Other work===
He was faculty director of King George Hospital <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kinggeorgehospital.com/index.php/departments/clinical-a-to-f/cardiothoracic-surgery |title=King George Hospital |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803174946/http://www.kinggeorgehospital.com/index.php/departments/clinical-a-to-f/cardiothoracic-surgery |archive-date=3 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. As the director, he inaugurated and conducted sessions in Continued Medical Education Programme.

In 2009, he launched India's first speaking book in any regional language through World Medical Association, Nizam and Pfizer India introduction of the Indian versions of a "Speaking Book in Telugu for clinical trial participation" to increase awareness about participation in clinical research.<ref>[http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/news/clinical_trials.htm Reachout Hyderabad Clinical Trials]</ref>

He was also the President of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 22, Number 2 |publisher=SpringerLink |doi=10.1007/s12055-006-0030-1 |volume=22 |journal=Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |page=157|s2cid=71815648 }}</ref>

===Research===
During the same period, research collaborations to develop stem cell technologies and regenerative medicine were undertaken to have cell based therapy for various diseases.

In addition, he published papers in various journals including ''The Annals of Thoracic Surgery''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/63/1/304 |title=Annals of Thoracic Surgery |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402093104/http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/63/1/304 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the ''Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals.''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/252 |title=Asian Cardiovascular and thoracic annals |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323152240/http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/252 |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Business life==
He was the co-founder of the Quality Care India Ltd and the group of hospitals associated with it. He subsequently founded Nano hospitals Pte Ltd. The theme of advanced medicine at affordable cost especially when practicing in developing countries is something he considers to be a guiding principle. In 2012 he established an 'Indo-Us' Multi Speciality Hospital at Begumpet, Hyderabad to serve the Poor. {{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

==Personal life==
Dasari Prasada Rao was married in 1974 to Professor Vijayalakshmi Kodati, daughter of Health Minister, Rajamallu Kodati. He has two daughters.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

==Honors==
[[Padma Shri Awards (2000–2009)#2001|Awarded Padmasri in 2001, civilian honor award from the Government of India]]<ref name=padmashri/>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.clinicalresearchsociety.org/clinical-research-updates/india's-first-'speaking-book'-on-clinical-trials-in-telugu/{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110803174946/http://www.kinggeorgehospital.com/index.php/departments/clinical-a-to-f/cardiothoracic-surgery
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110815182652/http://epaper.deccanpost.in/details.aspx?boxid=657781&id=401
*http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/news/clinical_trials.htm

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}

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[[Category:Indian cardiac surgeons]]
[[Category:Telugu people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Prakasam district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]
[[Category:Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences faculty]]
[[Category:All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni]]

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