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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Dr. T K Sreepada Rao
|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|4 June 1944}}
|birth_place = [[Kolar]], [[India]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
|field = [[Medicine]]
|alma_mater = [[Bangalore Medical College]], [[Bangalore]]
|work_institution = [[State University of New York]] (SUNY)<br>[[Downstate Medical Center]]
|known_for = Drug related [[Nephropathy]]
|prizes =
|religion = [[Hindu]]
|footnotes =
}}

Dr. '''T. K. Sreepada Rao''' (born 4 June 1943) is a well known nephrologist of Indian origin in the U.S.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/Feb212006/spectrum1051522006220.asp|title=From a small town to Downtown|accessdate=29 November 2007|publisher=The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd|author=Deccan Herald|author-link=Deccan Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219224706/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/Feb212006/spectrum1051522006220.asp|archive-date=19 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His biggest scientific achievement is discovering two new renal diseases namely [[Nephropathy]] associated with Intravenous heroin addiction in early 1970s, and Nephropathy associated with HIV infection in early 80's.<ref name="bio"/> His professional achievement was to transport two cadaver donor kidneys from New York to [[Bombay]], and participate in the renal transplantation when such concept was unknown in India. He has more than 130 scientific publications to his credit. He is one of the few International Medical Graduates who has a Tenured Professorship in a Medical School in the United States.

==Early life==
Rao was born in a Madhwa family in Kolar, Karnataka, India. He was the 5th child of T.K. Krishnamurthy Rao and Nagamma. His father was Railway Station master who died of a Heart attack when Sreepad was 6 year old.

==Education==
His early schooling was in Channapatna, Karnataka. He graduated from high school in First Class, establishing a record for highest marks scored in Channapatna, and in the top 15 in Karnataka State. He graduated in First Class in Pre-University studies at National College in Bangalore, and was admitted to Bangalore Medical College. He stayed in Ramakrishna Vidhyarthi Mandiram throughout his student career. He completed his Medical degree from Bangalore Medical College as the top student with 5 gold medals. After completing one year of House Surgeoncy, he left for United States in June 1967. He completed 4 years of Medical Residency at New Jersey College of Medicine hospitals in Newark and East Orange, N.J. From 1971 to 1973, he was a fellow in Renal Medicine at State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospitals. After passing the American Board of Internal Medicine, he was awarded a fellowship from the American College of Physicians. Subsequently, he was also board certified in the sub-specialty of Nephrology. During his fellowship he published his original work on heroin-associated nephropathy in the prestigious ''New England Journal of Medicine''. In 1984, he described for the first time renal disease in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). His original work AIDS Associated Nephropathy was published in the ''New England Journal of Medicine'' in 1984.

==Career==
Rao started working at SUNY Downstate Medical Center as a nephrologist, and because of his extensive contribution to medical literature, and services to the university, he was promoted as professor of medicine, and associate director of renal diseases. he was also the director of hemodialysis services at Kings County Hospital, and a consultant in nephrology at Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital. He has published more than 130 scientific articles and chapters in text books. He is the founding member, past president, board of trustees, and CME chairman of the American Association of Physicians of Queens and Long Island chapter.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

Rao was the nephrologist who cared for Jayaprakash Narayan when he visited the United States. He was also nephrologist in charge of Honorable M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and Honorable Chenna Reddy, Chief Minister of Andrapradesh, both of whom underwent renal [[Organ transplantation]] at Downstate Medical Center in United States. He was also consultant for the Governor of Pondicherry who suffered renal insufficiency.<ref name="bio"/>

For his achievements he has been awarded honorary degrees from Madras University, and Manipal University. He is also honorary visiting professor at Rajiv Gandhi University in Karnataka state.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}.y of Nephrology, Indian Association of Long Island, and Bangalore Medical College Alumni Association. He has delivered scientific lectures in Japan, Israel, Paris, Holland, India and other countries.

He has been honored by Indian Society of Nephrology, American Nephrologists of Indian Origin, Nassau County of NY,

==Personal life==
Rao is married to Pushpa, and has two children. He lives in [[Long Island]], New York.

==Selected publications==
*{{cite book|last=Rao|first=TK Sreepada|title=Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis|editor=Hörl, Walter H |editor2=Koch, K M |editor3=Lindsay, Robert M |editor4=Ronco, Claudio |editor5=Winchester, J F |publisher=Springer|year=2004|chapter=Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease|isbn=978-1-4020-0083-6|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ju4kbVpkvY4C&pg=RA1-PA1363|accessdate=2009-01-13}}

==References==
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