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Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurti He obtained his early medical education from the T.N. Medical College and
B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Bombay. During his academic career, he was
awarded many gold medals, scholarships
and prizes. After completing his M.S. in general surgery and serving
as lecturer at the University of Bombay, Dr. Krishnamurti obtained
his andrological knowledge abroad - in the United States of America,
Belgium, the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands.
Dr. Krishnamurti is credited with many all
India firsts in the areas of investigative and operative
andrology. He is the first Indian to start penile duplex doppler
evaluation, Rigiscan monitoring and phalloarteriography for
impotence. He has performed the first microsurgical varicocelectomy
and the first microsurgical revascularization (bypass) operation for
impotence. Many of his operative series for impotence and
infertility are India's largest. In recognition of these, the
Urological Society of India has conferred on him the `Innovations in
Urology' award and the `State-of-the-Art Lecture' award.
Dr. Krishnamurti is an active member of several academic associations and
has presented and published several papers at national and
international fora. He has been invited to lecture and / or operate in
Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Turkey, Nepal, Muscat, China, France,
Egypt, Taiwan, the Philippines, the Czech Republic, Japan, and
Indonesia.
Dr. Krishnamurti is the only Asian to have ever received the prestigious Herbert Newman award for original clinical research in the field of impotence. He was awarded this at the 6th World Impotence Meeting for having described a new penile dermal flap operation for Peyronie's disease - a disease which can cause impotence. Dr. Krishnamurti is also the only Indian twice appointed on the W.H.O.'s panel of impotence experts. He was a committee member at both the 1st and 2nd International Consultation(s) on Erectile Dysfunction, which were held in Paris in 1999 and 2003. He has co-authored, in two consecutive editions, the W.H.O. Erectile Dysfunction handbook's chapter on `Surgical Treatment and Mechanical Devices'. His other appointments include:
Dr. Krishnamurti is also a writer, columnist and men's health advisor and contributes regularly to many newspapers, magazines and health portals, including his own website, www.andrology.com. His contributions to andrology have also been recognised by many lay fora and he has featured in the Limca Book of Records, Biography International, and many other newspapers, magazines, radio and television shows. You may reach him anytime at doctor@andrology.com
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