Dr KLN Rao

Overview

• MBBS, MS (Surgery- PGI, Chandigarh)
• MCh (Pediatric Surgery- PGI, Chandigarh)
• FACS
• FAMS

Dr. KLN Rao is a former Professor Head, Department of Pediatric Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh (tenure 20 years). He has 40 years of clinical, teaching and research experience in Pediatric Surgery / Pediatric Urology and had set up the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Advanced Pediatrics Center at PGI, which serves as a tertiary child care center for the entire North India. Dr. Rao has performed more than 300 pediatric surgeries for portal hypertension (blood vomiting) and 1,050 surgeries for hydronephrosis (kidney swelling), the highest in the world by any surgeon. He is a pioneer in Pediatric Surgery, who has performed more than 800 surgeries of children with urinary tract infection and 550 cases of the posterial urethral valve. He has received three prestigious Oration Awards and seven Awards / Gold Medals from the Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons.

Previous Experience:

• Ex HOD department of  Pediatrics surgery, PGIMER, CHANDIGARH
• Senior Consultant at Chhuttani Medical Centre, Chandigarh
• Senior Consultant at Paras Bliss Hospital, Panchkula
• Visiting consultant at Cloudnine Hospital, Chandigarh

Professional Memberships:

• British Association of Pediatric Surgeons
• National Academy of Medical Sciences
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
• Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
• Associations of Surgeons of India

Awards:

• Merit Certificate for best service in Pediatric Surgery by King Fahad Hospital, Saudi Arabia (1993-94)
• Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) (1993)
• IAPS- ETHICON Visiting Professor Award (2001)
• IAPS Puran Chand Gupta Memorial Award (2004)
• M.S. Ramakrishnan Oration Award (2005)
• Dr. K.C. Sogani Gold Medal for Life Time Achievements (2012)
• Asopa – Wakhlu Oration Award –by U.P.- Uttarakhand Chapter of IAPS (2014)
• Calicut. International Medical Sciences Academy – Dr. K.N. Rao Oration Award (2015)
• Leelawati Upadhyaya Gold Medal of Asian Society for Paediatric Urology, New Delhi (2015)
• Dr. T. Dorairajan Gold Medal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2015 in recognition of Life Time Service in India. (2015)