Dr.Ratnam V Mullapudi graduated from Andhra Medical College in 1962, went to USA, and took training from Albany medical center, Albany in New York for 10 years. I then started my own practice in Cardiac Surgery, near Chicago. I came back to India in 1995, worked for two years in NIMS hospital, as a consultant Cardiac Surgeon on voluntary basis. Then, I went back to USA. My daughter died at a young age of 18 while trying to save a dog from a speeding train. It is in her fond memories, that we have started Usha Mullapudi Cardiac Center, which is a completely non-profit hospital.