Illinois SR 482: MEMORIAL-SRIRAM SONTY, M.D.

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SR0482LRB104 15835 LAW 29047 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Sriram Sonty, M.D., F.A.C.S., who 

4passed away on June 8, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Dr. Sonty was born in Ramachandrapuram, East 

6Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India on July 10, 1946; he 

7studied medicine at Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam 

8from 1963 to 1969, and he interned at King George Hospital in 

9Visakhapatnam; he then completed his post-graduation studies 

10and residency in ophthalmology at the All India Institute of 

11Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India in 1974; he married 

12Susarla Sarada Purna on February 27, 1975; he moved to the 

13United States in May 1975; he obtained further training in 

14ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center, the Boston Children 

15Medical Center of Harvard University, and the University of 

16Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Infirmary; and

17 WHEREAS, Dr. Sonty served on the faculty at Tufts Medical 

18Center; he later moved to Chicago, where he became a faculty 

19member at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Eye Center 

20and a clinical associate professor at the UIC Glaucoma 

21Service; he served as a senior academic consultant at the King 

22Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; he was 

23assistant director of the Department of Ophthalmology at 

SR0482- 2 -LRB104 15835 LAW 29047 r

1Boston Veterans' Hospital from 1978 to 1980; he was 

2founder/director of the glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology 

3sections at the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India 

4from January to December 1989; he served as regional 

5director/chair of the Department of Ophthalmology of 

6Humana/Michael Reese Health plans from 1993