October 12, 2020
Mudigonda, Dr. Krishna M.
Dr. Krishamoorthy D. Mudigonda, MD FRCS was born December 10, 1935 and sadly passed away on October 9. 2020 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He was a long time resident of New Hartford and lived at 22 Oakwood Dr. New Hartford, New York. He was the adopted son of the late Mudigonda Janakamma and the late Mudigonda Purshottam Rao. Dr. Mudigonda, one of 5 children, was raised in India and graduated from Osmania Medical College in 1960 in Hyderabad, India. He trained as a surgeon and worked on the faculty of Osmania Medical College teaching anatomy to medical students. He immigrated to England in 1969 with just 3 Pounds in his pocket and achieved his lifelong dream of FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) in 1971. He worked in the National Health Service for many years as an attending Orthopedic Surgeon. He came to the United States in 1977 and settled in New Hartford, New York. He spent most of his life in New Hartford working as an Emergency Department Physician at Faxton, St. Elizabeth, and Ilion Hospitals. He deeply cared about his patients and worked a long career as a Medical Specialist at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center. In addition to Medicine he was also a lover of Urdu Poetry and published a book translating the major works Mirza Ghalib. Once retired, he spent time on his hobbies of writing poetry, reading, traveling, watching tennis and CNN. He is survived by his wife Shakunthala, sons Ravi and Sanjay (Priyamvada), and his grandchildren Aarav, Neela and Rohin. He cherished his brother Ramesh, his nieces and nephews, and the many friends he had made over the years in India, England and the United States. A Funeral Service in memory of Dr. Mudigonda will be held on Tuesday, October 13 2020 at 12:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s 500 Canterbury St, Boston, MA 02131