Mangalore: Dr. Vinay V. Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology have conferred with degree of FACS (Fellow of American College of Surgeons) in the convocation ceremony recently held at San Francisco, USA on 27th of October 2019. Around 1900 fellows were inducted out of which one third was from countries other than US and Canada and amongst those 46 were from India. He is the second ENT surgeon from Mangalore who has been honored with this degree. American College of Surgeons Society has been in existence for more than 100 years and upholds the highest standard of surgical care in US and it’s a matter of privilege to be inducted in this society.
Congratulatory messages have been poured on Dr Vinay from the Director, FMCI, Rev. Fr Richard A Coelho, Administrator, Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Rev. Fr Rudolph D’Sa, Administrator Father Muller Medical College, Rev. Fr Ajith B Menezes, Dean, Father Muller Medical College, Dr Jayaprakash Alva and the all the faculty and students of FMMC.