Sree Bhushan Raju  Sree Bhushan Raju M.D., D.M., Diplomate of National Board, (Telugu: శ్రీ భూషణ్ రాజు) is a nephrologist from Telangana, India. He is currently Professor and Head, Dept of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences Panjagutta, Hyderabad. Which is largest teaching Department in India having eight DM seats. He is one of the principal investigators of CKD task force by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to evaluate the prevalence of CKD in adult urban population in India. Doctor Sree Bhushan Raju was born in Vanaparthi village in a lower-middle-class background family. This village is located at Bhongir mandal of Nalgonda district of Telangana. After primary school education, he pursued medical education (MBBS) in Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad and completed the course in 1993. He was awarded various gold medals for his academic excellence during the MBBS curriculum. He secured a top rank in All India competitive examination and joined the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad for his post-graduation. He completed the M.D (General Medicine) at NIMS in 1998. Later he joined the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and completed the D.M. in nephrology. He scored highest marks and earned a gold medal in the D.N.B examination held in September 2002. He is one of the very few specialists with MBA in health care management in the country. Main areas of interest are clinical nephrology, CAPD, and CRRT. He was also served as elected NIMS faculty association President. He has written more than 100 publications in various national and international journals and has attended conferences and workshops abroad both as a delegate and speaker/moderator since the last 15 years. He is a regular writer in popular print media and educates the public on various Kidney diseases through electronic media. Along with seeing patients daily, he specializes in kidney transplantation and Peritoneal dialysis (PD). He is known for his minimal use of immunosuppressive drugs without induction agents in organ transplantation. He has performed more than 250 kidney transplantations, 5000 renal biopsies, and 700 CAPD patients, since 2011. under his leadership and commitment, the department became one of the largest in the country with 8 faculty and 18 fellows.