VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Dr. Attaluri Vishnuvardhan as the new Director of Medical Education (DME). Concurrently, the administration has issued postings to 15 newly promoted Additional Directors of Medical Education (ADME), four medical college principals, and nine superintendents across various government medical colleges and hospitals.
Dr. Vishnuvardhan, who was serving as the Principal of Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada, has been elevated to head the state's medical education system.
He succeeds Dr. Raghunandan, who has stepped down from the DME post and will now transition to serve as the Superintendent of the Vijayawada Government General Hospital.
Additionally, in Visakhapatnam, Dr. V Manmadharao, Professor of General Surgery at Andhra Medical College, has been named the Director of the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS).