Local Surgeon, Dr. Subba Rao, Honored
11/6/2019
A lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Maglaore J. Subba Rao, M.D. on October 5, 2019 by the Indian Medical Association of Northwest Indiana. The award was presented in honor of Dr. Subba Rao providing outstanding service in the field of general surgery for the last 25 years and for his service to the Northwest Indiana community.
Dr. Subba Rao, a member of La Porter Physician Network, is on the medical staff of La Porte Hospital. He has the distinction of being a fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as a fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has been a member of the Starke Hospital medical staff for 26 years and is currently the medical staff president.
“The positive impact that Dr. Subba Rao has had on the residents of Starke County and neighboring communities is remarkable.” Said Ashley Dickinson, CEO of Starke Hospital in Knox. “His skills as a surgeon and the compassion he shows his patients certainly contributed to his achieving this honor.”
Born in India, Dr. Subba Rao attended Government Medical College in India where he obtained his M.B.B.S. degree. While there he won intercollegiate championship in wrestling. After graduation, he joined Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and taught Anatomy for the medical and dental students for two years.
He moved to Ireland and joined University of Cork Medical School and taught anatomy to medical and dental students there before joining the residency training program in general surgery and orthopedics in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and London, England. At the end of the residency program, he passed the board examination in surgery and successfully obtained fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons in 1981. He worked in Brook General Hospital as an orthopedic surgeon in Woolwich, London, England, for a brief period of time before moving to the U.S.
Dr. Subba Rao came to New York and joined the residency program in general surgery at Albert Einstein Affiliated Hospitals in Bronx, New York. At the completion of his residency he successfully passed the American Board of Surgery exam, became board certified in surgery and was named a fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
Following his general surgery residency in New York, Dr. Subba Roa relocated to Illinois where he was staff surgeon at the V.A. in Danville, Illinois, and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. While teaching at the University of Illinois, he won the prestigious Raymond B. Allen Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching and Highest Professional Ideals for the 1992-1993 school year. This award was given for his skill in teaching surgery to final year medical students and surgical residents.
In 1993, Dr. Subba Rao started his private practice as a general surgeon at Starke Hospital in Knox, Indiana. He later joined the La Porte Physician Network. In addition to being an active member of the Knox medical community, he has been involved in the Indian American Cultural Center and the Indian Medical Association. Dr. Subba Rao is married to Dr. Pramila, an anesthesiologist and they have two children.
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