Pratury Trirumala Rao (died 1997) was an Indian pediatrician and a writer of medical and non-fiction literature.
[1][2] He was a professor of pediatrics at the Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad.
[3] He was the author of two books on pediatric medicine in English, The insulin requirements of children with diabetes mellitus maintained in good control[4] and Pediatric Problems in Developing Countries[5]), two books in Telugu Gāndhījītō paricayaṃ[6] and Gadacina Rojulu[7]) and two biographical accounts (Living as a Doctor, published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan)[8] and (Glimpses of American Life, published by the Cultural Renaissance Society of India).
[9] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1988, for his contributions to medical science.
He had a daughter, Lakshmi Pratury, a US-based social worker.