Nadagouda honoured with Glasgow fellowship

Senior physician Vithalrao Gururao Nadagouda from Hubballi who has been conferred with the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Scotland.

Senior physician Vithalrao Gururao Nadagouda, who has over five decades of experience in the medical field, has been conferred the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCP Glasgow), Scotland.

Announcing this at a press conference here recently, doctors K.R. Kulkarni and Srikrishna Nadagouda said that Dr. Nadagouda was inducted as a physician fellow on October 7, 2026, in recognition of his contributions, professional achievements and service to medicine.

They said that the honour has come to a specialist physician from North Karnataka after nearly four decades.

About 40 years ago, the former director of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubballi, N.K. Chennappa received the distinction.

Dr. Nadagouda has over 51 years of experience in nuclear medicine, renal dialysis, internal medicine, cardiology and diabetes management.

He has also obtained advanced medical education and postgraduate qualifications from the University of South Wales, the U.K.

Speaking about his professional service , Dr. Nadagouda said that he has served as president of several medical organisations, including the Association of Physicians of India (Karnataka), the Cardiological Society of India (Karnataka) and the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, and that he has received 20 fellowships at the national and international levels, besides an honorary doctorate.

He said that he has organised over 400 health camps, providing free medical consultations, health check-ups and medicine to more than one lakh patients.

Doctors Kishor Bagalkoti, Prabhuraj Aparanji, Eshwar Laddad, Govind Mysore, Pandurang Gandamali and Manohar Kulkarni, among others, were present.