Kadiyala Ramachandra was an Indian medical doctor, poet, a former superintendent of the Government General Hospital, Chennai and a former head of the department of medicine at Madras Medical College.
His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the Department of Oncology & Cancer Chemotherapy and the Rheumatic Care Unit at the General Hospital.
He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1974.