Dr. K R Balakrishnan India's Best Heart Transplant Surgeon
Director and Chief Cardiac Surgeon Fortis ChennaiBest Heart Transplant Surgeon India
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Introduction
Dr. KR Balakrishnan is one of the leading heart transplant surgeons in India and currently serves as the Chairman of Cardiac Sciences at MGM Healthcare and Fortis Hospital in Chennai. He is a reputed expert in the management of end-stage heart failure and is credited with India's First LVAD and HVAD pump implant as destination therapy. He is instrumental in starting India's First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital in Chennai. Dr. Balakrishnan is also actively engaged with various institutions to develop continuous flow LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Device), Pulsatile, and molecular biology of ventricular hypertrophy. Contact us to book an online appointment with Dr. Balakrishnan, Heart Transplant Surgeon in Fortis Malar Hospital.
Besides this, Dr. K R Balakrishnan Cardiologist in Chennai, has extensive expertise in treating complex Congenital Heart Disease like common AV Canal, repair of TAPVR, switches in infancy and in the use of homograft arterial conduits. He also performs other routine cardiac surgeries like Valvular Heart procedures, including aortic root replacement, repair & replacement, and Ross procedure. Check out the profile of Dr. K R Balakrishnan Fortis Malar, Chennai, on our website. Get in touch with us to book your urgent appointment with Dr. Balakrishnan Cardiac Surgeon in India.
Specialization
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Transplant Surgeon Chennai Fortis Hospital
Education
- Pursued his MBBS - from JIPMER, Pondicherry in the year 1976.
- Completed MS-General Surgery from AIIMS, New Delhi, 1980.
- Completed M.Ch - Cardio Thoracic Surgery from KEM Hospital, University of Bombay, in the year 1982.
Years of Experience
More than 30+ years of experience and has independently performed more than 16,000 heart operations
Previous Experience:
- Senior Registrar to Sir Brian Baratt-Boyes, Cardio Thoracic Unit, Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand in 1987-1988.
- Fellow in Cardiac Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences at the Univeristy and St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon with Dr. Albert Starr in the year 1989-90.
- Specialist Cardiac Surgeon at Railway Hospital, Perambur, Madras from June 1990 to August 1994.
Awards and Recognitions
- Awarded a distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality.
- Hiralal gold medal in surgery, awarded by AIIMS, New Delhi, India in 1980.
- First Prize in surgery (1976), awarded by the Jawharlal Institude of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
- Awarded the First at the University of Medicine by the University of Madras.
- First Rank and distinction in cardiothoracic board finals at the university of Bombay.
- Awarded as First at the University of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the year 1976 by the University of Madras.
Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan,Patient Reviews – Meet the Doctor Who's Reshaping Emiratis' FateThrough Heart Transplants
Yahya MubarakSaqr Al Mazroui
Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan, a prominent heart transplant surgeon at Fortis Hospital Chennai, is renowned for leading one of Asia's most successful heart transplant programs. He has achieved remarkable success with over 200 heart transplants since 2000, including nine for Emirati patients this year. A compelling case is that of Yahya Mubarak Saqr Al Mazroui, a 35-year-old who has served with the UAE military since 2002. Despite his family's lack of cardiac history, Al Mazroui suffered from severe heart failure and biventricular dysfunction. The success story extends to eight other Emirati patients who have also received donor hearts from Dr. Balakrishnan this year. This surge of heart transplant success highlights Dr. Balakrishnan's extraordinary impact on the field of cardiac surgery and his dedication to saving lives through his expertise.
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Dr. K R BalakrishnanMGM Healthcare,
52, 1st Main Rd,
Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu 600020, India
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