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'''Gopi Chand Mannam''' is an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon and the chief cardothoracic surgeon at Star Hospitals, [[Hyderabad]], known for the performance of over 3,000 pediatric heart surgeries.<ref name="Laxma Goud gets long-overdue Padma">{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/current-affairs/260116/laxma-goud-gets-long-overdue-padma.html | title=Laxma Goud gets long-overdue Padma | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> After graduating from [[Guntur Medical College]] in 1981, he worked in Jamaica for two years at Victoria Jubilee Hospital, [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] and Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, [[Westmoreland, Jamaica|Westmoreland]],<ref name="Gopichand Mannam on Practo">{{cite web | url=https://www.practo.com/hyderabad/doctor/dr-gopichand-mannam-general-surgeon | title=Gopichand Mannam on Practo | publisher=Practo | date=2016 | access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> before moving to UK where he secured Fellowship from the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] in 1986, followed by another Fellowship from the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow]] in 1987.<ref name="Dr Gopichand Mannam">{{cite web | url=http://www.hydbest.org/health/doctors/drgopichandmann.php | title=Dr Gopichand Mannam | publisher=Hydbest | date=2016 | access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> He worked in the UK for five years at the end of which he secured the fellowship of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of London]] before returning to India 1994 to join the [[Apollo Hospital]], Hyderabad as a senior consultant in cardiothoracic surgery.<ref name="Dr Gopichand Mannam" /><br />
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Mannam is credited with the second heart transplant surgery in [[Andhra Pradesh]] which he performed with a team of 25 doctors on 9 May 2004 at [[Care Hospitals]], Hyderabad.<ref name="Specialist clears the air on organ donation">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/22/stories/2004052211860500.htm | title=Specialist clears the air on organ donation | date=22 May 2004 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=26 July 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="CARE conducts heart transplant operation">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/care-conducts-heart-transplant-operation-104052201055_1.html | title=CARE conducts heart transplant operation | publisher=Business Standard | date=22 May 2004 | access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> He is reported to have performed over 10,000 heart surgeries of which over 3,000 were pediatric surgeries.<ref name="Laxma Goud gets long-overdue Padma" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His daughter, Nikitha Mannam, is a filmmaker, known for her short films.<ref name="‘Broken Wings’ gets animation touch">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/broken-wings-gets-animation-touch/article4709330.ece | title=‘Broken Wings’ gets animation touch | publisher=The Hindu | date=13 May 2013 | access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Guntur Medical College]]<br />
* [[Care Hospitals]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite AV media | url=http://www.ap7am.com/lv-228449-open-heart-with-rk-dr-mannam-gopichand-about-govt-health-policies-and-nims.html | title=Open Heart With RK | publisher=ABN Andhrajyothy | date=20 July 2016 | people=Vemuri Radha Krishna with Dr. Mannam Gopi Chand | medium=Television interview}}<br />
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