Dr. K R Balakrishnan is the best heart transplant surgeon India who is renowned experts in the management of the end stage heart failure. The transplant surgeon at Chennai Fortis Hospital is credited with India’s First LVAD and HVAD pump implant as a destination therapy. He has been instrumental to start the first comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai, India.
Dr. K R Balakrishnan has been actively involved with various institutions for developing the continous flow LVADs, Pulsatile and molecular biology of ventricular hypertrophy. Apart from this, the best heart transplant surgeon India has an extensive expertise to treat the complex congenital heart disease such as repair of TAPVR, common AV canal, switches in the infancy and use of homograft conduits arterial and other routine cardiac surgeries such as valvular heart procedures involving repair and replacement, aortic root replacement and Ross procedure.
Education and Experience
- MBBS from JIPMER, Pondicherry, 1976
- MS- General Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1980
- M.Ch- Cardiothoracic Surgery, KEM Hospital, University of Bombay, 1982
Dr. K R Balakrishnan Transplant Surgeon Chennai Fortis Hospital has independently performed over 16,000 heart operations and has over 30+ years of experience.
- Fellow in Cardiac Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences at the University and Sr. Vincent Hospital at Portland, Oregon with Dr. Albert Starr in 1989-90
- Senior Register to Sir Brain Baratt-Boyes, Cardio Thoracic Unit, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand in 1987-88
- Specialist Cardiac Surgeon at Railway Hospital, Perambur, Madras in June, 1990 to August, 1994
Specialization
- Transplant Surgeon at Chennai Fortis Hospital
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Awards and Recognition
- First Prize in surgery (1976) awarded by the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
- Distinction in M.Ch, the first ever award by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality.
- Awarded the First at the University of Medicine by the University of Madras.
- Awarded as First at the University of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the year 1976 by the University of Madras.
- Awarded the Hiralal gold medal in surgery by AIIMS, New Delhi, India, 1980.
- First Rank and distinction in cardiothoracic board finals at the University of Bombay.
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