Kotrapu Retires after 33 Years of Pediatric Care
Posted on 3/24/2006
Niran Kotrapu, MD, is retiring from medicine after 33 years of service as a pediatrician and pediatric cardiologist. The media, as well as the public, is invited to attend a retirement party in his honor on Thursday, March 30. This day is also fittingly observed as National Doctors’ Day. The party will be held in the Pediatric Department of Mid Dakota Clinic, 9th Street and Rosser Avenue location.
A very special gift will be presented to Dr. Kotrapu between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. by Antoinette Plante of Cannonball. Over the years, Dr. Kotrapu has cared for Antoinette’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!
Dr. Kotrapu joined Mid Dakota Clinic PrimeCare in August 1973. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Canadian Board of Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Kotrapu practices the specialty of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, including heart catheterizations, normal and high-risk newborns.
He received his medical degree from University of Medical Sciences, Thailand, and took eight years of post-graduate training which includes his pediatric residency at Germantown Hospital, Temple University Affiliate, Philadelphia, and his fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Temple University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kotrapu completed an additional teaching fellowship in pediatric cardiology and neonatal cardiology at Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
A Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Kotrapu is licensed to practice his specialty in North Dakota and California. He serves as a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics for the UND School of Medicine and Director of Pediatric ICU, St. Alexius Medical Center.