About Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan
- Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan is one of the leading Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India with extensive experience of 30 years.
- In his career spanning over three decades he has performed 16000 cardiac surgeries independently.
- Since 2010, he has carried out 180 Heart Transplants, 9 Heart and Lung Transplants, and 23 Lung Transplants and holds the record of doing highest number of transplantations in India.
- He was also the head of the team that performed the largest heart transplant programme in India.
- He is highly skilled in performing various Cardiothoracic and Vascular procedures including Mitral Valve Replacement, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Coronary Angiogram etc.
- He had successfully revived a patient whose heart had stopped beating for 45 minutes with heart transplant.
- He is the pioneer in introducing LVAD and HVAD pump implant as destination therapy in India.
- Moreover, he played the pivotal role in setting up India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.
Hospital
MGM Healthcare, ChennaiLocation
Chennai, IndiaSpecial Interest
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Coronary Angiogram, Pacemaker Implantation, Bypass Surgery, Switches in Infancy, Repair of TAPVR
List Of Treatments
- Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
- Coronary Artery Surgery
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
- Cardiac OPD Procedures
- ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
- 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Echocardiography with Color Doppler
- Stress Echocardiographyn
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
- Thallium Test - Nuclear Stress Test
- 64 Slice CT Angiography
- PET Scan
- Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
- surgery
- Valve Repair Replacement
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Ross Procedure
- Cardiac Tumour Treatment
- Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
- Minimal access surgeries for valves
- ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
- Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
- Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
- TAPVC - Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
- Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
- ECMO Support
- heart disease
- Device Closure- ASD VSD
- Balloon Septostomy
- Balloon Valvuloplasty - Aortic
- Pulmonary and Mitral
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- Coronary Angiogram
- Peripheral Angiogram
- PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Aortic Stent Grafting
- EPS-Electrophysiological
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Single Chamber
- Biventricular Pacing
- AICD
- PTMC - Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
- Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Angiography
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Mitral Valve Replacement
- VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
- Heart Double Valve Replacement
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Double Chamber
- CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
- PDA Device Closure
- Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
- Valve Replacement
- Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
- Heart Bypass - Minimally Invasive CABG
- Heart Implants
- Heart Surgery
- Rotational Atherectomy
- Redo CABG
Work Experience of Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan
Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan's
- Fellowship, 1990, Oregon Health Sciences University and St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, USA
- MCh, 1982, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai
- MS, 1980, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
- MBBS, 1976, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry
1. Double Helical National Health Award, 2017. 2. Best Doctor Award, Tamil Nadu Government, 2017. 3. Special Jury Award, FICCI, 2017. 4. First Rank and Distinction, Cardiothoracic Board Final awarded by University of Bombay. 5. Hiralal Gold Medal, Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
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