Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale is a renowned Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, and is the recipient of India's first heart-kidney combination transplant and heart transplant. He has 34 years of experience as a cardiothoracic surgeon and is now the Director of the Heart and Lung Transplantation Programme as well as the Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic and Minimal Access Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.