PROFESSOR OF PULMONOLOGY

Prof. Dr. P. V. Prabhakar Rao

Pulmonologist · Academician · Researcher · Innovator · Educator · Humanitarian — four decades of scholarship and service in respiratory medicine.

  • MD (Respiratory Medicine)
  • FCCP (USA)
  • FNCCP (India)
  • FAGE (Manipal)
  • Diploma in Yoga
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Career Highlights

A life in respiratory medicine

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47+

Years in Academic Medicine

Continuous teaching and research since 1979 across India and abroad.

Anna Medical College

Professor of Pulmonology

Anna Medical College, Montagne Blanche, Mauritius - current academic seat.

2×

Vice Chancellor

Tanzania (IMTU) and Washington University of Barbados.

40+

Research Publications

National and international indexed journals across five decades.

9

Original Innovations

From the patented TOPS spacer to the Pranavayu oxygen system.

2005

Best Teacher Award

Conferred by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on World Teachers' Day.

Medical Philosophy

“Academics, research, ethical clinical practice and social work — these are not four pursuits, but one continuous duty owed by a physician to the patient, the student and the community.”
— Prof. Dr. P. V. Prabhakar Rao

Recent Scholarship

Featured publications

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2019Geriatrics

Nanomedicine and Geriatrics — Management Issues in Geriatric Care

Rao PVP

Management Issues in Geriatric Care, 1: 172-179

2018Sleep Medicine

Spatial Relationship of Metabolomics, OSA and Diabetes Mellitus

Rao PVP

Journal of Stem Cell Research, 2(1):1-3

2015Bronchoscopy

An Unusual Case of Foreign Body Aspiration Masquerading as Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Nageswara Rao G, Mandava V, Prabhakar Rao P, Kolaparthi L

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 9(6): OD11-OD12

2014Tuberculosis

A Clinical Study of Post-Tubercular Bronchiectasis

Prabhakar Rao PV, Nageshwar Rao et al

Indian Journal of Mednodent and Allied Sciences, 2(1):1-5

Recognition

Best Teacher Award · 2005

Conferred by the Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy, on the occasion of International Teachers' Day — one of many honours marking a lifelong commitment to medical education.

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