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Dr. K R Balakrishnan Best Heart Transplant Surgeon in India

Dr. K.R Balakrishnan

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Experience
41+ Years
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Specialization
Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Organ Transplant
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Hospital
MGM Hospital, Chennai India

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About Dr. K.R Balakrishnan

  • Dr K R Balakrishnan is presently working as Chairman - Cardiac Sciences, Director - Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd Nelson Manickam Road,Aminjikarai, Chennai-India
  • He is having more than 41 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgeries & Transplants.
  • He Has done more than 190 Successful Heart Transplantation.
  • India’s first successful LVAD implant surgery as destination therapy, 2012
  • India’s first successful HVAD implant surgery, 2013
  • Dr. K R Balakrishnan is a recognized expert in the management of end-stage heart failure and
  • He is credited with implanting the first LVAD and HVAD pump as destination therapy in India.
  • Dr. Balakrishnan has done 329 heart transplants and 65 lung transplants so far.
  • He has performed over 20,000 heart operations
  • Dr. K R Balakrishnan is the director of India’s and Asia’s largest heart transplant programmes, performing close to 40 heart transplants each year.
  • Co-inventor of Dual poppet heart valve : along with Dr. Albert Starr of a new model heart valve prosthesis. U.S. patent
  • He is instrumental in starting India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.
  • Distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality
  • Received Hiralal gold medal in surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1980

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🏨 MGM Hospital, Chennai India

🩺 List of Treatments

  • Heart transplantation in India
  • Lung transplantation in India
  • Heart valve replacement surgery
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting
  • Aortic valve replacement
  • Mitral valve replacement
  • Pacemaker Implantation

💼 Work Experience

  • Balakrishnan was the Professor and Head of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai from 1994 to 2008
  • Balakrishnan was the director of cardiac sciences at Fortis Malar Hospital Chennai till October 2019.
  • Specialist Cardiac Surgeon at Railway Hospital, Perambur, Madras from June 1990 to August 1994.
  • Director of Cardiac Sciences & Chief Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon Fortis Malar Hospitals, Adyar, Chennai.
  • Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, Green Lane Hospital, New Zealand
  • Worked with Dr. Albert Starr at Oregon Health Science University and St. Vincent Hospital, Oregon, USA

🎓 Education & Training

  • MBBS degree from JIPMER, Pondicherry in 1976.
  • MS in General Surgery from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1980.
  • M.Ch. in Cardio Thoracic Surgery from KEM Hospital, Mumbai, in 1982.
  • Fellowship, Cardiac Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, and St. Vincent Hospital, Portland

🏆 Awards & Recognition

  • First Prize in surgery(1976), awarded by the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India,
  • First, in the University, Obstretics and Gynaecology(1976), Awarded by the University of Madras.
  • First, in the University, Medicine, awarded by the University of Madras.
  • Hiralal gold medal in surgery awarded by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • First rank and distinction, cardiothoracic board finals, University of Bombay.
  • First distinction ever to be awarded by the Bombay University in the specialty
  • FICCI Special Jury Award 2017
  • Best Doctor Award by the Tamilnadu Government in 2017
  • Double Helical National Health Award in 2017

Publications

  • Images in cardiovascular medicine, Role of inflammation in atherosclerosis: immunohistochemical and electron microscopic images of a coronary endarterectomy specimen.
  • Modified septosuperior approach for the repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return in infants
  • Influence of lumen shape and vessel geometry on plaque stresses, possible role in the increased vulnerability of a remodelled vessel and the shoulder of a plaque.

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