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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Gullapalli Nagarajawerrao
|native_name = గుళ్ళపల్లి నాగేశ్వరరావు
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|birth_place = Chodavaram, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
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|occupation = [[Ophthalmology|Ophthalmologist]]
|known for = [[L V Prasad Eye Institute]]
|awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award<br>International Blindness Prevention Award<br>AEBA Award<br>2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame
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'''Gullapalli Nageswara Rao''' is an Indian [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]], the chairman of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.a-o-int.org/officers-of-the-aoi.html|title=AOI|publisher=AOI|access-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> and the founder of the [[L. V. Prasad Eye Institute]], [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="University of Melbourne">{{cite web|url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/citation/rao.pdf|title=University of Melbourne|publisher=University of Melbourne|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405110455/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/calendar/honcausa/citation/rao.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A former Associate Professor at the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the [[University of Rochester]], Rao is a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]], India.<ref name="University of Melbourne"/> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|publisher=Padma Awards|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
He was elected in 2017 to the [[Ophthalmology Hall of Fame]] instituted by the [[American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gullapalli Nageswara Rao - Eyeing the Fame|date=January 2017|newspaper=Sulabh Swachh Bharat|url=http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/en/posts/span-style-font-size-15px-b-gullapalli-nageswara-rao-b-span-br-eyeing-the-fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514175002/http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/en/posts/span-style-font-size-15px-b-gullapalli-nageswara-rao-b-span-br-eyeing-the-fame|archive-date=14 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
At the age of three he was sent to his maternal uncle living in Edupagallu village near to [[Vijayawada]].<ref name="Forbes"/> He studied there until his class 8 at a Telugu school.<ref name="Forbes"/> Following his father, who lived in Chennai near famous ophthalmologist [[Govindappa Venkataswamy]] (the founder of Aravind Eye Hospital) Rao decided to become an Ophthalmologist.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |title=Dr Gullapalli Rao - The Power Of Vision |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/zen-garden/dr-gullapalli-rao-the-power-of-vision/33194/1 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref>
==Education and Career==
After completing his basic medical education in [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], Rao completed his postgraduate residency training in Ophthalmology at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]].<ref name="BI">{{cite web |title=Hyderabad Doc Who Returned From US to Help the Blind Wins $3 Million Global Prize |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/244433/lv-prasad-eye-institute-blindness-greenberg-prize-outstanding-achievement-award-ophthalmologist-ros174/ |website=The Better India |date=9 December 2020}}</ref> He has received the degree of ''Doctor of Science'' (Honoris Causa) from the [[University of Melbourne]], the Honor Award of the [[American Academy of Ophthalmology]], International Blindness Prevention Award from the [[American Academy of Ophthalmology]]<ref name="University of Melbourne"/><ref name="Kammavelugu">{{cite web|url=http://www.kammavelugu.org/us-award-for-ophthalmologist-gullapalli-nageswara-rao/|title=Kammavelugu|publisher=Kammavelugu|date=30 December 2013|access-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> and the AEBA Award from the Association of Eye Bank of Asia. Rao has served the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness as a board member, the secretary general (1998) and the president (2004) on various occasions.<ref name="University of Melbourne"/> Apart from training abroad, he is also serving as visiting professor at several universities in the [[USA]], [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[Asia]].<ref name="BI"/> As of 2020, Rao has published more than 300 papers in peer reviewed national and international journals and has served on the editorial boards of several journals.<ref name="BI"/> He has five honorary doctorates from Australia, [[United Kingdom]] and India.<ref name="IAPB"/>

==Awards and Honors==
* 2012: Padma Shree
* 2017: Included in the Ophthalmology Hall of Fame at the meeting of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) , Los Angeles.<ref name="BI"/>
* Vision Excellence Award- [[The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness]] (IAPB)<ref name="IAPB">{{cite web |title=Vision Excellence Awards: Gullapalli Nageswara Rao |url=https://www.iapb.org/connect/members/vision-excellence-awards/vision-excellence-awards-gullapalli-nageswara-rao/ |website=The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness}}</ref>
* World Cornea Congress Medal from International Cornea Society for outstanding contribution to the field of cornea<ref name="IAPB"/>
* Invited Editorial for the 100th year issue of [[British Journal of Ophthalmology]]<ref name="IAPB"/>
* He was honored with the institution of ‘Gullapalli N Rao – AIOS Endowment Lecture’ by the [[All India Ophthalmological Society]]<ref name="IAPB"/>
* 1983: Honor Award of [[American Academy of Ophthalmology]]<ref name="Melbourne">{{cite web |title=PROPOSAL FOR AWARD OF HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DR GULLAPALLI NAGESWARA (NAG) RAO |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/file/0019/15751/rao.pdf |publisher=University of Melbourne}}</ref>
* 1996: Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India<ref name="Melbourne"/>
* 2006: International Blindness Prevention Award, by the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology<ref name="Melbourne"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k02BQjcM3o|title=Margadarshi Archival - Gullapalli Nageswara Rao|publisher=ETV News|work=YouTube video|date=12 April 2013|access-date=13 January 2015}}
*{{cite web|title=Gullapalli Nagaraja Rao|work=Sulabh Swachh Bharat|url=http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/system/photos/photos/000/001/151/original/gn.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514174718/http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/system/photos/photos/000/001/151/original/gn.jpg|archive-date=14 May 2017|url-status=dead}} Picture of Gullapalli Nageswara Rao
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