Dr ram nene biography

Born in London, and raised in the United States, Dr. Shriram Nene is the son of Indian immigrants who had left India in 1962. Educated in the United States and he developed a passion for science and technology at an early age, and was inspired by the classical renaissance thinkers and inventors like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Edison, Franklin, Tesla, and Einstein, who could wear many hats and do it well.

During the late 1970’s and early 1980’s when Apple and Microsoft were fledgling start-ups and computers were just coming into homes, Dr. Nene was 13 and he self taught how to program  on an Apple IIe.  He went on to use these skills, to create a computer software company producing products for real estate agents and educational purposes by the age of 15. At the same time, he taught other students how to program as the president of the school computer science club.

He was fortunate enough to be recognized for his hard work and was rewarded with scholarships from Rockwell International, Washington University Scholars Program in Medicine, Fluor Daniels Engineering and University of California Berkeley including an award from the Independent Press Telegram for business entrepreneurship that was presented by Ray Bradbury.

His natural curiosity and quest to be the Renaissance man drove him to the Scholars Program in Medicine at Washington University, St. Louis, a competitive, combined 8 year undergraduate-medical program. He completed his undergraduate studies in 3.5 years and subsequently graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 1993.

His initial journey was a quest to heal with a different kind of steel (not microchips), so he trained in General Surgery and did a Vascular Surgical Research Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. From there he went on to seek training with a fellowship in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Florida.

After completing his training, he was privileged to p