Pradyut WaghrayPulmonologist, Kunal Institute Of Medical Specialities, Hyderabad, India
Biography
Prof. DR PRADYUT WAGHRAY
HAILING FROM A FAMILY OF PHYSICIANS, DR. PRADYUT WAGHRAY IS HAVING THE NATURAL APTITUDE AND THE INITIATIVE, SPURRED ON BY THE ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT AT HOME, TO ESPOUSE THE NOBLE CALLING OF MEDICINE. HIS GRANDFATHER DR LT COL KAILASHNATH WAGHRAY, WHO WAS THE PERSONAL PHYSICIAN OF THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD, WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES OF ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT. HIS FATHER LATE R. N. WAGHRAY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN HYDERABAD.
UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF SUCH EXEMPLARY STALWARTS, DR. PRADYUT WAGHRAY BLOSSOMED INTO A PHYSICIAN PAR EXCELLENCE AND NOW AT THE PINNACLE OF HIS CAREER, CONTINUES TO RENDER YEOMAN SERVICE AND ALSO SERVES AS AN INSPIRATIONAL BEACON FOR THE ENTIRE MEDICAL PROFESSION
DR PRADYUT WAGHRAY IS AN EMINENT PULMONOLOGIST OF TWIN CITIES.
HE WAS CONFERRED WITH THE TITLE OF ?LEGEND IN PULMONORY MEDICINE? BY THE TIMES GROUP IN MARCH 2017
HE WAS ALSO AWARDED WITH BEST FACULTY AWARD BY EET CRS 2ND FACULTY BRANDING AWARDS-2014 IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE TEACHING FRATERNITY IN MEDICINE.
HE IS THE ONLY DOCTOR FROM TELANGANA STATE TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
HE WAS GIVEN DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) IN PULMONARY MEDICINE FROM RIVER BANKS UNIVERSITY (USA) FOR HIS WORK ON STEM CELLS IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS, WHICH IS AN INCURABLE AND DEVASTATING DISEASE OF THE LUNGS.
HE WAS EARLIER HONORED WITH DOCTOR OF SCIENCE (D.SC) IN PULMONARY MEDICINE BY ROCHVILLE UNIVERSITY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) IN AUGUST 2006.
HE IS THE ONLY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN INDIA TO BE CONFERRED WITH THESE PRESTIGIOUS HONOURS.
Research Interest
Pulmonary medicine, stem cells in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.