Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Apollo Hospitals Launches Lung Transplant Care CME in Visakhapatnam
Apollo Hospitals held a medical education programme in Visakhapatnam.
It focused on how doctors can care for people who may need lung transplants.
The programme said this kind of specialised care is needed in the region.
The service will support patients in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh and nearby areas.
Dr. Chetan Rao Vaddepally will lead the clinic.
He is a specialist in interventional and transplant pulmonology.
He will visit the hospital once every month.
During these visits, he will evaluate patients, provide medical care and complete transplant assessments.
Apollo Hospitals organised a high-level CME programme in Visakhapatnam on lung transplant care.
The programme was titled “Lung transplant care: the need of the hour.”
The initiative aims to bring specialised quaternary lung transplant care to patients in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
Senior consultant pulmonologist Chetan Rao Vaddepally will lead the clinic.
Vaddepally will visit the hospital monthly for evaluations, medical management and transplant workups.
- Who
- Apollo Hospitals and senior consultant interventional and transplant pulmonologist Chetan Rao Vaddepally.
- What
- A continuing medical education programme and a specialised lung transplant care clinic were organised.
- When
- The report does not specify when the programme was held; the specialist will visit once every month.
- Where
- Apollo Hospitals in Visakhapatnam, serving North Coastal Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring regions.
- Why
- To provide specialised lung transplant evaluations, advanced medical management and comprehensive transplant workups closer to patients in the region.
- Organiser
- Apollo Hospitals
- Location
- Visakhapatnam
- Programme
- Continuing medical education programme on “Lung transplant care: the need of the hour”
- Service area
- North Coastal Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring regions
- Clinic lead
- Chetan Rao Vaddepally
- Visit schedule
- Once every month
- Services
- Specialised evaluations, advanced medical management and comprehensive transplant workups