Born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India; Graduated MBBS in 1958; Master in Surgery (Andhra University, India) in 1963; Resident in Surgery/Urology at CW Long Hosp of Emory Univ. Atlanta, GA, USA in 1968;Hatfield Fellowship in Urodynamics (1969) at Jefferson Med Coll. Philadelphia; Chief Resident in Urology : Graduate Hospital Univ. Penn. Philadelphia 1970; Attending Urologist at Graduate Hospital of Univ. Penn. Phila 1970-1972; Chief of Urology, VA Med Center, West Roxbury 1976-2004; Currently, Professor of Urology/Surgery : Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Honored with Paul Zimskind award 1981 by Urodynamic Society; Sushruta award by the IAUA in 1984; Life time achievement award by SUFU in 1996; Victor Politano award by the AUA in 2012