Yarlagadda Nayudamma

Yarlagadda Nayudamma
Nayudamma at the Acharya Nagarjuna University Convocation where he was conferred the Doctor of Science degree in March 2008.
Born (1947-06-01) 1 June 1947 (age 77)
Karamchedu, Madras Presidency, British India
(now Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, Republic of India)
OccupationPaediatric Surgeon
SpouseKrishna Bharati
AwardsPadma Shri
Websitehttp://www.drynayudamma.org

Yarlagadda Nayudamma (born 1 June 1947) is a consultant paediatric surgeon from Guntur, India. Previously, he operated at the Guntur General Hospital where he was the head of the paediatric surgery department.[1][2]

He is the only Indian surgeon to have successfully separated three sets of conjoined twins fused at three different locations - head, thorax-abdomen and pelvis.[3][4][5]

Biography

Yarlagadda Nayudamma was born to parents Yarlagadda Subba Rao and Rangamma in Karamchedu of Prakasam District (then part of Guntur district), A.P. He graduated in medicine in 1970 from Guntur Medical College, acquired the degree of Master of Surgery in General Surgery in 1974 from Rohtak Medical College, specialized in Paediatric Surgery and obtained the degree of M.Ch. in 1977 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS).

Awards

  • Rotary Vocational Excellence Award - 2006 Rovex - 2006[6]
  • He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Science by the Acharya Nagarjuna University in March 2008.[7][8]
  1. ^ "Our experiences with surgeries on Conjoined twins (Siamese twins)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Award to Dr. Nayudamma". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Siamese surgery not costly".
  4. ^ "Conjoined Twins - 1990-1994".
  5. ^ "A worldwide fund raising campaign to save Indian conjoined twins".
  6. ^ "Rotary Club awards - 2006". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
  7. ^ "ANU doctorate for five persons". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  8. ^ "ANU Doctor of Science Degree". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.