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A. G. K. Gokhale

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A. G. K. Gokhale
Born
EducationGuntur Medical College, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Occupation(s)Physician, Surgeon

A. G. K. Gokhale (also known as Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale; MBBS, M.S. (General Surgery), M.Ch (Cardio-thoracic surgery), DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery), SMP (IIM-C)) is an Indian Cardiac Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals.[citation needed] He is known for being the first to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant and first successful lung transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was honored by the Government of India with the Padma Sri award in 2016.

Early life

Gokhale was born Tamirisa near Gudivada, a small village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[citation needed] He was born in a Telugu family to sri Alla Venkateswara Rao and Smt Jhansi bai in Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.[citation needed]

Education

His primary school education was at Zilla Parishad High School, Tamirisa and passed 10th class in 1974 in First class. The family moved to Guntur in 1974 and he joined J.K.C.College for Intermediate and graduated in 1976 with First Class Distinction. He passed MBBS from Govt. Medical College, Guntur in 1982.[citation needed]

Higher studies and surgical training in India

He completed M.S. General Surgery in 1985 from Guntur Medical College, Guntur. He joined initially as non-PG registrar, then as PG registrar with Prof Stanley John and Prof P.S.Jairaj in the cardiothoracic surgery department of Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore.[citation needed] He completed M.Ch (Cardiothoracic surgery) in 1990 from Dr MGR medical university, Chennai. The same year he completed DNB in Cardiothoracic surgery from National Board of Examinations in New Delhi. He worked for two years till June 1992, as Assistant Professor in Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. He did Senior Management Programme from IIM, Calcutta in 2010.[citation needed]

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