title: A. G. K. Gokhale
text: # A. G. K. Gokhale
  
  Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale is an Indian cardiac surgeon at Apollo Hospitals.
  
  ## Life
  
  He is known for being the first to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant and first successful lung transplant in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was honored by the Government of India with the Padma Sri award in 2016.
  
  