Prof. Dr. D. L. N. Prasad
- Born to an agricultural family in the year 1935, Tenali, Guntur
- Finished schooling and finished SSLC in Adyar Besant Theosophical Higher Secondary School in Madras.
- Joined B.A. Mathematics in Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras in 1952 due to familial pressures despite having a keen interest in life sciences.
- Later convinced his family and completed BSc, Biology in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras in 1955.
- Around this time the erstwhile Madras Province got separated into Andhra Pradesh, Madras State, Mysore State and Kerala in the year 1953.
- At that time, Andhra Medical College, Vizag was the only fully fledged medical college in the state of Andhra Pradesh and hence joined Medicine there in the year 1955 right after his marriage.
- Completed MBBS in 1961 and MS General Surgery in 1964 from AMC, Vizag.
Family Life
- Married Mrs. Indira in the year 1955 who was a three times MLA for Tenali constituency.
- Has two daughters.
- Eldest daughter is a Gynaecologist practising in Tenali and also was MLA there
- Younger daughter is a homemaker based in Hyderabad.
- Currently staying with the younger daughter in MLA Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Early Professional Life
- Joined Department of General Surgery, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad in the year 1964.
- Worked until 1969 as Assistant Professor in the department of General Surgery.
- Later joined MCh. Plastic Surgery in Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi under the Delhi University in the year 1969. Worked under Dr. J.L. Gupta.
The Birth Of Plastic Surgery in AP/Telangana
- Inspired by Dr. C. Balakrishnan who started the Department of Plastic Surgery at Nagpur (first ever in India) and Later at PGI, Chandigarh.
- He conceived the thought of starting the Department of Plastic Surgery in Osmania Medical College and Hospital and due to his political contacts and continuous pursuance became successful in the year 1972. Around this time he was instrumental in creating the department of Plastic Surgery in Guntur Medical College and Kurnool Medical College.
- The unit in OGH was the first ever Unit in Plastic Surgery in the erstwhile combined state of Andhra Pradesh.
- Initially started with a capacity of 34 Burns beds and 18 beds for Plastic Surgery cases.
- He was single to start the department and was later joined by Dr. Thakur Hameer Singh and Dr. Raghava Reddy.
- There were no separate Ots,Wards or staff at the hospital for the plastic surgery department.
- Had to share everything with other established super-specialities like neurosurgery and CT Surgery and basic specialities like General Surgery.
- Had to face intense opposition from other departments such as General Surgery, Anaesthesia etc. while conducting surgeries such as Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, Burns, Post-burns Sequalae etc.
- Had to face a lot of adversities to build up this department during those times.
- It was literally a hard time to even take cases inside the designated Operation theatres.
- All variety of cases were done at this department ranging from Clefts, Post Burns Sequelae Surgery, Reconstructive surgeries following Trauma, Head and Neck tumours, etc.
- The main motto of the department and the concerned surgeons was to do as many cases as possible and at the same time help the less fortunate people with high quality healthcare.
- He was also instrumental in starting the departments in Kurnool, Vizag, Warangal, Gandhi Medical College and MNJ Oncology Institute.
- Documentation of Cases with case sheets and photographs were maintained properly.
- Lot of hard work and pain had to be undertaken to maintain them in a pristine manner.
- Despite all the adversities, he could bring up this great Department and Unit from scratch with the help of Dr Raghava Reddy.
- Dr. Raghava Reddy and Dr. D.L.N. Prasad were like twin plastic surgeons and shared a great bond where in they complemented each other in their academic and surgical qualities and made everything successful with their teamwork.
- After developing the department, sent the proposal for starting Post graduation in Plastic Surgery in 1986.
- Finally MCh Plastic Surgery was started in 1986 after 15 years of conception of the department; Dr. Sudarshan (Retd. Prof and HOD of Plastic Surgery, Kurnool) was the first post graduate followed by Dr. Mohan Krishna (Retd. Prof and HOD of Plastic Surgery, Gandhi Medical College) further followed by 4 batches of post graduates.
Contemporaries and Colleagues
- Plastic Surgery help was extended to Ots like General Surgery, Neurosurgery, ENT, Ophthalmology and MNJ Cancer Research Hospital to help them in reconstruction.
- He used to go along with his team and instruments and extend the plastic surgery services to other departments.
- The importance of Plastic surgery was thus known to all other departments.
Other Achievements
- Conducted an ASICON successfully in Hyderabad.
- Was the treasurer for ASI State Chapter and ASICON when held at Hyderabad.
- Acquired the office space in IMA Building, Hyderabad for the state chapter of ASI.
- Conducted All India conference for plastic surgeons at Hyderabad.
Other Interests
- Sir’s main principle is to do medical service and at the time of relaxing we should have some kind of healthy hobbies without wasting time or creating health hazards.
- Thus sir developed a Keen interest in the living art- ‘BONSAI’
- Around 1964, he and his wife came across an article by Agnihotri who is a collector of Bonsai and also considered to be the pioneer to get this concept into the country.
- Later a phase came in his life which made him tilt to this art. He credits his wife whose curiosity made them buy their first bonsai in 1967.
- He is the first to start bonsai cultivation in Hyderabad.
- Over 200 Bonsais at present in his mini forest.
- Credited to be the person who developed the Bonsai Garden in Ramoji Film City.
BOABOB BONSAI 45 Years old
BARBADOS CHERRY BONSAI
