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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
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{{Infobox person
|name =Perugu Siva Reddy
|image =PeruguSivaReddyPic.jpg
|birth_date =September 12, 1920
|death_date ={{death date and age|2005|9|6|1920|9|12}}
|occupation =eye surgeon
}}
'''Perugu Siva Reddy''' (12 September 1920 – 6 September 2005) was a renowned [[ophthalmology|eye surgeon]] from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].

He completed his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|M.B.B.S.]] degree in 1946 from [[Madras University]] and specialised as an [[ophthalmologist]] by obtaining his [[Master of Surgery|M.S.]] degree in Ophthalmology in 1952 from [[Andhra University]]. He started practising soon after and joined the ''Osmania Medical College,'' [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. He was the director of ''Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital'' in Hyderabad until his death caused due to [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].

He established ''T. L. Kapadia Eye Bank,'' the first eye bank in India in 1964. He presented about 200 papers in international conferences. He held more than 500 eye camps to provide medical help to the poor and needy, especially those in the [[rural]] areas. He was known for his skill, speed and dexterity in performing [[cataract operation]]s; he holds the world record for the highest number of cataract operations by an individual doctor by completing more than 250,000 such operations.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} He received the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]],<ref name="Dr. B. C. Roy Award Recipients">{{cite web | url=http://www.gkgenie.com/india/dr-b-c-roy-award-recipients | title=Dr. B. C. Roy Award Recipients | publisher=Genie GK | date=2015 | access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> [[Padma Shri]] and the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1982, 1971 and 1977 respectively.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref> The government eye hospital established in [[Kurnool]] in 1990 was named after him. The famous [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Film actor|actor]] [[Chiranjeevi]] sought his advice and assistance in the establishment and operations of the ''Chiranjeevi Eye Bank.''

==References==
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*[[Obituary]] in [[Indian Journal of Ophthalmology]] [http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2006;volume=54;issue=2;spage=143;epage=143;aulast=Reddy]
* [[Obituary]] in the [[Eenadu]] dated 7 September 2005.

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1970–79}}
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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian ophthalmologists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]
[[Category:People from Kurnool district]]
[[Category:Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners]]
[[Category:Andhra University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:20th-century surgeons]]

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