EXPERIENCE IN BRIEF:

I had joined the M.B.B.S in Dec, 1981 at G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur and completed in April 1987 with passing all professional examinations in first attempt. General Surgery training started in May 1998 at G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur. During three year of residency period, I had assisted / performed all major Gastrointestinal (including Hepato-biliary), Urological procedures and also had specialty postings viz. Neurosurgery, Plastic surgery, surgical Oncology & colorectal surgery.
Cardiothoracic experience started with senior Residency in Thoracic Surgery Unit at
G.S.V.M. Medical college, Kanpur from May 1991-Feb 1992. In March 1992, I had joined M.Ch. program in cardiothoracic surgery at L.P.S. Institute of Cardiology Kanpur During two years of Residency training, I had assisted / performed various cardiac (open heart & closed heart), Thoracic, Vascular & Oesophageal surgical procedures. During M.Ch. training, I had spent one month as Observer at Institute of Cardio Vasuclar Disease, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai under guidance of Prof. K.M. Cherian.
I am working with Apollo Hospital from March 1994, Hyderabad after completing M.Ch in various positions viz. Senior Registrar (2 years) Junior Consultant (4 years), Consultant (5 years) & Senior Consultant (12 years). I had worked as observer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney in 1997. During last 25 years, I had have the experience of 20,000 cardiothoracic procedures which includes wide spectrum of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular & Esophageal Surgery.
The Individual surgical experience(>7000) includes wide range of coronary, vascular & congential heart surgeries. I have special inclination for
 Off pump Coronary Surgery
 Mitral , Aortic & Tricuspid valve repair
 Tissue value replacement including Stentless Valve
 Aortic Surgery including Endovascular Surgery
 Redo Cardiac surgery
 Minimally invasivse cardiac surgery(MICS)

. Clinical Attachments

-Compulsory Rotatory 10/4/87 to 9/4/88, Civil & Balrampur
Internship hospital, Lucknow.
-Junior resident 16/4/88 to 24/10/88 L.L.R. & Associated
(Gen. Surg) 1st year hospital, Kanpur.
-Junior Resident 25/10/88 to 20/4/89 Dr. R.M.L. Hospital
(Gen. Surg) 1st year New Delhi.
-Junior Resident 1/5/89 to 30/4/91 L.L.R & associated
(Gen. Surg) 2nd & 3rd year Hospitals, Kanpur.
-Senior Resident 22/5/91 to 12/2/92 L.L.R. & Associated
(Thoracic Surgery) Hospitals, Kanpur.
-Senior Resident 13/3/92 to 12/3/94, L.P.S. Institute of
(Cardiothoracic surg) Cardiology, Kanpur
-Senior Registrar 25/3/96 to 30/5/2000 Apollo Hospital
(Cardiothoracic surg) Hyderabad.
-Junior consultant 25/3/96 to 30/5/2000 Apollo Hospital Hyderabad.
-Consultant 1/6/2000 to 30/5/2005 Apollo Hospital Hyderabad & Secunderabad.
-Senior Consultant 1/6/2005, Apollo health city, Hyderabad

CAREER OBJECTIVE
To Establish a Cardiovascular & Thoracic surgical unit of repute with strong interest towards Valvular repair, Aortic, Endovascular, Minimal access & Robotic surgery.
6. SURGICAL EXPERIENCE IN DETAILS
During last 27years, I have been associated with more than 22,000 cardiothoracic procedures which includes the wide varieties of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular & Esophageal procedures. The independent surgical experience now covers more than 7000 Cardio Thoracic procedures details which are given below.

Surgical Experience

(1) CABG – on pump (on -CABG)
–
496
-off pump (off -CABG) – 3947
CABG with associated procedures
CABG + AVR – 78
CABG + MVR /repair – 152
CABG + LV aneurysmectomy / remodeling – 26
CABG + VSD closure – 22
CABG + carotid end arterectomy – 44
Minimally invasive CABG(Lt. thoracotomy) – 74
(ii) Valvular heart surgery

1) – Aortic valve replacement – total – 610
– Mechanical – 382
– Tissue Value : Stented – 210
Stentless – 18
Minimally Invasive AVR – 16
– AVR + Aortic root enlargement – 34
-AORTIC VALVE REPAIR – 22
(including David & Yacoub procedure)

2)_ Mitral Valve Replacement – Total- 834
– chordal resection – 542
– Chordal preservation – 292
– Mechanical valve – 496
– Tissue Valve – 138
Mitral Valve repair – 296
Minimally invasive Mitral valve surgery – 55
(including artificial Chordal Reconstruction, quadrangular resection, chordal transfer & ring Annuloplasty)
Concomitant A.F. Surgery – 54

– Maze procedure – 42
– Pulmonary vein isolation – 12
Double Valve replacement – 288
Tricuspid repair isolated or / as associate procedure – 186
Closed Mitral Valvotomy – 106
(iii) Congenital Heart Surgery – 401
Atrial septal Defect /PAPVC – 276
(including Min.Invasive procedures-78)
Ventricular Septal defect – 43
Tetralogy of fallots – 26
PDA ligation 46
BT shunt – 18
Bidirecttional Glenn shunt – 12
(iv) Vascular surgery – 386
– Aortic aneurysm – Thoracic aorta – 16
– Abdominal aorta – 24
– Ascending aorta – 42
– Embloectmy – 105
– Vascular trauma with reconstruction – 108
Anatomic / Extra anatomic bypass grafting for occlusiv
Endo Vascular procedures e disease – 26
28
(V) Thoracic Surgery – 268
– Pneumonectomy – 35
– Lobectomy – 52
– Decortication – 76
– Thymectomy – 21
– Pericardetomy – 34

– Diaphragmatic surgery – (Hernia, injury or Eventeration) 24
– Esophageal surgery – especially 3 stages IVOR lewis -23
– Thoracoplasty / open drainage – 6

(vi) Redo Cardiac Surgery – – 257
Redo CABG – 131
Redo Valvular surgery – 126
– Post OMV – 50
– Explantation of valve prosthesis – 39
– Declotting – 22
.
Professional Membership

a) European association for cardio –Thoracic surgery (EACTS)
b) Indian association of Cardio vascular & Thoracic surgeons (IACTS)
c) Asian Association of thoracic & Cardio Vascular surgery (ATCSA)
d) Indian Medical Association. (IMA)
e) Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), USA
f) Asia Pacific valve repair group (APVRG)

8. Special Training / workshops
Endo vascular surgery – workshop attended at
 Asian society of cardio thoracic & vascular surgery meeting, course director – Dr. Peter Robless 3rd March 08, Singapore.
 Asian society of vascular surgery meeting course director – Dr. Stephan chang, 28thOctober08Bangkok.

Mitral Valve repair
 Amitra Institute of Medical science, Kochi May 2000, Course Director – Dr. Stephan Boiling.
 Care Hospital, Hyderabad – August 2002 Course Director –Dr. S. Chauvaud.
 AIIMS, New Delhi – Course Director – Prof. A. Carpantier
 Asian Binneal meeting, Bali, Nov 07, Course Director – Dr. Van Phang.
 Advanced Mitral Valve Repair course,April2010-Course Director Dr.C Tawesaak
 Advanced Mitral & Tricuspid repair workshop (EACTS) Nov. 2014 Munich

Pediatric Surgery
Congential heart surgery – specimen & surgery at Sydney Oct 1997.
Basic Laproscopic Surgery Training – certificate course.

9. Paper Publications:
1. Amorphous cardiac Tumour of right atrium late after atrial septal defect Closure
– (Ind, J. Thorac Cardio Vas Surg. 24;2 ; 129-131,2008).
2. Physiological and Anatomical Index in reference to management of Thoracic trauma (ind. J. Thorac Cardiovas surg., 11:27-32; 1995)
3. Balloon mitral valvoloplasty with Bifoil catheter immediate and long term follow up results.
Catheterization & Cardiovascular diagnosis, 43:43 – 47 ;1998)
4. Elective Coronary Stenting – immediate & follow up results (JAPI, 46 : 263-267; 1998)

10. Paper presentation:

a. Aortic Valve replacement with stentless & stented Xenograft, 17th Binneal Asian congress of thoracic & cardiovasulcar surgery, Bali, Nov. 2007.
b. Aortic stentless Bioprosthesis – short & mid term results. 16th Binneal asian congress of Thoracic Cardio vascular surgery, Bangkok Nov. 2003.
c. Sutureless Aortic Connector for proximal vein graft anastmosis – an initial experience (49th, Annual conference 1ACVTS, Hyderabad – 2003).

d. Endoscopic Radial artery harvesting – initial experience (49th, Annual Conference IACVTS, Hyderabad – 2003)
e Aortic valve replacement with stentless bioprosthesis – our experience (48th, Annual Conference IACVTS, Hyderabad – 2002)
f. Artificial Goretex Chordal Reconstruction – our experience (48th, Annual Conference IACVTS, Hyderabad – 2002)
g Pulmonary Vein Isolation during Mitral Valve Surgery – early results (48th Annual Conference IACVTS, Chennai – 2002)
h OPCAB Vs standard CABG – A balanced view (47th Annual Conference IACVTS, Kolkata – 2001)
i Radial artery Graft for coronary artery bypass surgery – accurate preoperative evaluation. (45th Annual conference, IACVTS, Bhopal – 1999)
j Extensive Coronary Endarterectomy for Coronary artery bypass – a sound n& safe option. (45th, Annual Conference IACVTS, Bhopal – 1999)
k Minimally invasive & Off Pump coronary artery bypass surgery – our experience (45th , Annual Conference IACVTS, Bhopal – 1999)
l Congenital Coronary Arterio – venous fistula with coronary artery disease – a case report. (45th , Annual Conference IACVTS, Bhopal – 1999)
m Minimally invasive Aortic valve replacement – our intial experience (45th , Annual Conference IACVTS, Bhopal – 1999)
n Coronary artery bypass surgery following coronary interventions (44th , Annual Conference IACVTS, Jaipur – 1998)
o Reoperations after heart valve surgeries. (44th, Annual Conference IACVTS, Jaipur
– 1998)
p Aortic coronary artery bypass surgery without cardio- pulmonary bypass. (43th Annual Conference IACVTS, Ooty– 1997)
q “Legs Technique” for ascending aorta composite grafts replacement. (43th Annual Conference IACVTS, Ooty– 1997) (43rd Annual Conference IACVTS New Delhi
– 1996)
r experience of 1800 coronary surgeries without cardioplegia (42th Annual Conference IACVTS, New Delhi – 1996)

s. Aortic valve replacement in small aortic root. (42th, Annual conference, IACVTS, New Delhi – 1996)
t. Mitral valve replacement with total chordal preservation. (41st Annual Conference IACVTS, Bangalore – 1995).
u. Experience of L.V. Aneurysmectomies. (41st Annual Conference IACVTS, Bangalore – 1995).