Raghu Ram Pillarisetti
Raghu Ram Pillarisetti | |
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| Born | 22 September 1966 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | Siddhartha Medical College |
| Occupation(s) | Founder, Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation & Director, KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases |
| Known for | Breast Cancer Advocacy, Screening & Breast surgery |
| Awards | 2024 – Honorary Fellowship, International Society of Surgery 2024 – Honorary Fellowship, American Surgical Association 2024 – India-UK Achievers award 2023 – ASI Lifetime Achievement award 2022 - Honorary FRCS (England)
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| Website | breastcancerindia |
Raghu Ram Pillarisetti OBE is an Indian surgeon, and the Founder and Director of KIMS-Ushalakshmi Center for Breast Diseases at KIMS Hospitals. Pillarisetti is the founder of Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, and Pink Connexion, a quarterly newsletter about breast healthcare.
He is the youngest Surgeon of Indian origin to have been conferred Honorary FRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is also the youngest recipient of the Overseas Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and In 2021, he became the first surgeon of Indian origin to be conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. He is one of the youngest Surgeons of Indian origin in over 100 years to be honoured with an OBE – Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire