Late DR. VENKATESWARLU THOTA
Dr. Venkateswarlu Thota, who is basically from Chintriala, Khammam Dist, Telangana was born in a family with agriculture as their main occupation, had the zeal to do reach greater heights in life and to become a successful Doctor one day, and toiled to achieve the same.
He focuses on giving the best possible treatment to every one of his patients. His patients always give him a positive review full of praise for his honesty, precision and compassion. He patiently answers all their queries and even addresses their misconceptions. If anyone doesn’t need any procedure or if it not suitable for them, he gives them a straight forward NO. He puts the patient health and outcome above everything. He respects the doctor – patient relationship and strictly adheres to the code of medical ethics:
- Beneficence
- Non-Malfeasance
- Antonomy
- Justice
- Dignity
- Honesty
He being a Gold Medalist in MS General Surgery, opted for Mch in Plastic surgery, further, he completed his Fellowship in Micro Vascular Surgery from Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences. Also, he is an active member of Indian Medical Association & Association of Plastic Surgeons of India and the Secretary of Telangana State Plastic Surgeon’s Association.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and has been fulfilling all his responsibilities very dedicatedly, his experience summary is as follows
- January 2000 – Present (16 years) Hyderabad Area, India.
Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences.
Consultant Plastic Surgeon - September 2002 – Present (13 years)Hyderabad Area, India
Rever’a Cosmetic Surgery & LASER Centre and Recoup Hospitals.
Consultant Plastic Surgeon - January 2000 – August 2002 (2 years 8 months)
Yashoda Hospitals.
Consultant Plastic Surgeon - April 1997 – January 2000 (2 years 10 months)
Nizam’s Institute of medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Assistant Professor & Consultant Plastic Surgeon
His responsibilities included taking care of lower limb trauma, hand surgery (tendon repair, nerve repair). Microvascular surgery like free flaps, replantation of fingers and toes. Cosmetic surgeries: rhinoplasty, body sculpturing, orthognathic surgeries like mandibular/maxillary setbacks/advancements. He solved a good number of hypertelorbitism, trigonocephaly cases in NIMS, Hyderabad.
Dr. Venkat attended many professional meets at national and international level. Some of them include
- ISAPS workshop at Goa 2011
- APSI Annual meets every year since 2000
- APPSA Annual meets every year since 2000
- 5th Chan Gung Aesthetic Conference at Taiwan Oct 2015
Being a person with a good heart, he conducted free plastic surgery in the districts of costal Andhra and Telangana in Government hospitals with the help of the district authorities during 2003 to 2005.
He handled several critical cases which were published in the media too, some of them are as under
- A woman lost her scalp as it got struck in a rotating wheel – Dr.Venkat Performed microvascular surgery to reattach it.
- In an Industrial Accident a Crowbar fell from a height and passed through a person’s head, Dr.Venkat along with his team saved the patient and removed the same
- Venkat reattached the severed fingers of a patient which got cut by a butcher’s knife during assault.
Apart from this he gave many interviews in leading news channels like TV9, TV5, Sakshi TV, Vanita TV. He published many articles on plastic surgery and conducted many Q and A sessions in popular newspapers like Eenadu, Vaartha, Saakshi and many others. Also, he participated in live Radio sessions in AIR.
Check out one of the amazing reviews given to Dr Venkat Thota by a patient for a Rhinoplasty surgery on “Real self” here.
Last but not the least, Dr.Venkat’s life story was featured in the book “Life Savers” by prominent TV personality Madhavi Siddham.