Professional Summary

Currently working as Senior Consultant and Clinical Lead-Anaesthesia and Intensive care,Heart-Lung Transplantation and MCS. I have 17+ year experience in Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care. I am a Board certified cardiac anaesthetist with vast experience in managing Paediatric and adult Cardiac surgery and performing trans oesophageal echocardiography. Vast experience of managing complex paediatric congenital cardiac Surgery, CABG, Aortic arch surgery, valve surgery.

• I have experience of managing more than 350 + heart and lung transplant, 27LVAD,BIVAD,200+ ECMO. I have vast experience of managing paediatric and adult Heart failure patient, End stage lung disease patients in cardiac thoracic and transplant ICU.
• I have been involved in preparing protocols about heart and lung transplant, VAD,ECMO, marginal donor management and optimisation and immunosuppressant protocols according to our Indian experience.
• I have been involved as a core member in setting up most successful heart and lung transplantation program, LVAD Program ,ECMO Program in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai,Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.
• Experience of observership at Toronto General Hospital,Canada for heart and lung transplant, VAD ,Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP)and TAVI management.
• Observership at Temple University Hospital ,Philadelphia,USA for Heart and Lung Transplant,and VAD Program.
• Certificate of Completion HeartMate 3TM LVAS Clinical Operation and Patient Management Course – US Version
• Certificate of Completion HeartMate 2TM LVAS Clinical Operation and Patient Management Course – US Version
• Certificate of Completion CentriMag® Clinical Operations and Patient Management Guide – EU Version
• EXVIVO lung perfusion training and hands on experience.

Skills

• Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia
• Been involved as a core member in setting up heart and lung transplantation program ,LVAD Program, ECMO Program in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad
• Vast experience of managing complex paediatric congenital cardiac condition, CABG, Aortic arch surgery, valve surgery
• Experience of more than 350+ heart and lung transplant and 227+ mechanical circulatory assist devices(LVAD,BIVAD,ECMO)
• Vast experience of managing Heart failure patient and end stage lung disease patients
• Experience of managing heart and lung transplant ICU, adult and paediatric cardiac thoracic ICU
• Observership at Toronto General Hospital ,Toronto, Canada for heart and lung transplant, VAD ,Ex vivo lung perfusion and TAVI management
• Observership at Temple University Hospital ,Philadelphia, USA for heart and lung transplant, and VAD Program
• Board certified cardiothoracic anaesthesiologist with vast experience in perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography
• EXVIVO lung perfusion system development and managemen

Work History

Senior Consultant and Clinical Lead-Anaesthesia and Intensive care. Heart-Lung Transplantation and MCS. April 2025-till now

Apollo Hospitals,Chennai, Apollo hospitals,Bangalore. Senior Visiting Consultant,Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Heart and Lung transplantion. Dec 2022-till now

Kauvery Hospital,Alwarpet &Vadapalni,Chennai Director & HOD, Anaesthesia and intensive care, CVTS, Transplant and MCS. Marengo QRG Hospital, Faridabad Oct 2021- Oct 2024

Director,Anaesthesia and intensive care,CVTS,Transplant and MCS. Sept 2022-Aug 2023

Sparsh Hospital,bengaluru Director,Anaesthesia and intensive care,CVTS,Transplant and MCS. Sept 2022-Aug 2023

Associate Consultant: 11/2014 to 02/2017

Fortis Memorial Research Institute – Gurgaon, Haryana: 
• Experience of managing complex paediatric congenital cardiac condition,CABG,arch surgery, valve surgery,LVAD,ECMO,Heart Transplant.
• Experience of managing adult and pediatric cardiac icu.
• Been to Addis Ababa,ethiopia as cardiac anaesthesiologist for a charitable trust to conduct cardiac surgery in pediatric patients.

Assistant Consultant 03/2014 to 11/2014
Max Super Speciality Hospital – New Delhi, Delhi

FNB Cardiac Anaesthesia 04/2011 to 03/2014
Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital – New Delhi, Delhi

Anaesthesiology Resident 04/2008 to 04/2011
Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research – Kolar, Karnataka