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Dr Raghu Ram conferred honorary fellow of ASA

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Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti, Founding Director, KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases from Hyderabad and a renowned Surgeon from the Asia Pacific region has been conferred the honorary fellowship of the American Surgical Association (ASA) on Friday at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Washington DC.
This is the highest recognition that the ASA can bestow upon a surgical colleague from a foreign country and Dr Raghu Ram is the third surgeon from South Asia to receive this high honour in the 144 years history of America’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organisation.
Prof. Steven Stain, President of ASA,  said, “Dr Raghu Ram has been a leader in revolutionising breast cancer care in India through a series of innovative initiatives. He has dedicated his professional life through his seminal efforts towards education, advocacy and access to state-of-the-art contemporary breast cancer therapy in the country. In addition, he is an individual of exceptional integrity and professional ethics involved in the restructuring and meritocracy-based direction of surgical leadership in India.
He is also a strong supporter of building international collaborations and shared educational efforts, including with the ASA and other leading surgical societies all over the world.”

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