# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/panangipalli-venugopal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:05:29.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/panangipalli-venugopal"
name: "Panangipalli Venugopal"
slug: "panangipalli-venugopal"
description: "Panangipalli Venugopal was an Indian cardiovascular surgeon and hospital administrator from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India who is widely regarded as a pioneer in cardiac surgery. The Government of India honored him, in 1998, with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the field of Medicine."
tagline: "Cardiac surgeon"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Director_of_AIIMS%2C_Dr._Venugopal_in_New_Delhi_on_February_9%2C_2005_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1942-07-06"
deathDate: "2024-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           4.222932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump