Padma Vattikuti

Padma Vattikuti, who was born in India, is co-founder of the Vattikuti Foundation, which serves communities in southeastern Michigan, as well as causes in India and other parts of the world. The foundation established the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospitals, the Vattikuti Digital Breast Diagnostic Center at Beaumont Hospitals in 2007, and more recently the Women's Health Care Center with Providence Hospitals. The foundation also creates infrastructure to reach people in poverty through the Poverty Alleviation Initiative Program in India. Vattikuti has an undergraduate degree in sciences from RA University in Hyderabad, India and a master’s degree in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition from Venkateswara University, India. Vattikuti has served on the boards of Wayne State University’s Merrill Palmer Institute, Red Cross Southeastern Michigan Chapter, Michigan Asian Business Council, Pérez Art Museum Miami and as a member of the DIA auxiliary group Asian and Islamic Art Forum, now known as the Friends of Asian Arts and Culture. Vattikuti is an avid art collector, with a special interest in Indian, Southeast Asian and contemporary art. The Vattikutis reside in Bloomfield Hills and Miami Beach.