MBBS

Madras Medical College, Chennai

1994

DNB - General Surgery

Madras Medical College, Chennai

1998

DNB - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Apollo Hospitals

2001

Fellowship in Heart transplant

Cleaveland Clinic, USA

2007

Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery

Boston's Childrens Hospital, USA

2009

First endoscopic ASD closure in south India

2015

First Endoscopic repair of a complex congenital heart defect- rerouting of pulmonary veins (PAPVC)

2014

First endoscopic closure of VSD

2015

Largest single surgeon series of Minimally invasive bypass surgeries( over 3000 till date)

2015

Largest single surgeon series of minimally invasive cardiac surgeries ( over 8000 till date)

2015

First hybrid coronary bypass surgery in the country

2014

First hybrid valve + coronary surgery combination

2014

Pioneer of hybrid aortic surgery in bangalore.

2014

Set up Bangalore’s first stand alone MInimal Access cardiac surgery center – “The Heart Center”.

2014

Has started many cardiac surgical programs and trained many surgeons from across the world notably Iraq, South east Asia and nordic countries.

2015

Chairman

The Heart Centre

2015 - 2017

Cardiological Society of India (CSI)