Vadrevu K. (VK) Raju is a board-certified ophthalmologist. Born Born in Rajumundry, Andra Pradesh, India in 1942. Education and early career Dr. VK Raju earned the following: M.B.B.S. from Andra University D.O. from the University of London F.R.C.S from the University of Edinburgh F.A.C.S. from the American College of Surgeons Board Certified Ophthalmologist- American Board of Ophthalmology Eye Foundation of America In 1977, Dr. VK Raju offered an eye camp near his hometown in rural India; this was the inception of the Eye Foundation of America (EFA). The West Virginia Ophthalmology Foundation was subsequently created in 1982, and became the EFA in 1992. The EFA's mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness under the guiding principles of service, teaching, and research. The EFA helped build two hospitals in rural India: the Srikiran Eye Institute, and the Goutami Eye Institute. Honors Raju has received many honors and awards. Susruta Lecture at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Lifetime Achievement Award, North American Telugu Society, May 2019. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation Certificate of Recognition for Chang Humanitarian Award, 2019. Rangaraya Medical College Certificate of Appreciation on the occasion of Rangaraya Medical College Diamond Jubilee, Kakinada, AP, 2019 Honors by Vice President of India, M. Venkiah Naidu, on the occasion of Rangaraya Medical College Diamond Jubilee, Kakinada, AP, 2019 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation Certificate of Recognition for Chang Humanitarian Award, 2018. Community Service Award from Member of Congress, New York, 2017. Indian American Press Club Humanitarian Award, New York, 2017 Certificate of Recognition from American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Foundation, 2017. Lifetime Achievement Award from West Virginia State Medical Association 2017. The University of Toledo Global Medical Missions Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Inductee; April 1, 2017 The President's Lifetime Achievement Award, from President Barack Obama, 2016. New York State Assembly Citation; December 13, 2016 Pravasi Rattan Award – Gold Medal from NRI Welfare of Society of India; Washington, DC 2015 Presidential Award AAPI (American Physicians of Indian Origin); Orlando, FL 2015 Gold Medal Award International Academy for Advances in Ophthalmology, Bombay Ophthalmologists Association; Mumbai, India 2014 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award for Achievement in Medicine, House of Lords, London; 2014 Paul Harris Society, Rotary International 2014 Gold Medal Oration at Vijayawada Academy of Ophthalmology 2014 Leading Physicians of the World; International Association of Ophthalmologist, 2014 MedScape: Best Doctors in America 2013