Dr. T. K. Sreepada Rao (born 4 June 1943) is a well known nephrologist of Indian origin in the U.S.[1] His biggest scientific achievement is discovering two new renal diseases namely Nephropathy associated with Intravenous heroin addiction in early 1970s, and Nephropathy associated with HIV infection in early 80's.
[1] His professional achievement was to transport two cadaver donor kidneys from New York to Bombay, and participate in the renal transplantation when such concept was unknown in India.
He graduated from high school in First Class, establishing a record for highest marks scored in Channapatna, and in the top 15 in Karnataka State.
He completed 4 years of Medical Residency at New Jersey College of Medicine hospitals in Newark and East Orange, N.J. From 1971 to 1973, he was a fellow in Renal Medicine at State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospitals.
During his fellowship he published his original work on heroin-associated nephropathy in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
He is the founding member, past president, board of trustees, and CME chairman of the American Association of Physicians of Queens and Long Island chapter.