Dr K R Balakrishnan
Chairman - Cardiac Sciences; Director - Institute of Heart & Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Ченнаи
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Chairman of Cardiac Sciences and Director of Heart & Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, focusing on transplant, VAD and paediatric cardiac surgery.
Dr K R Balakrishnan is Chairman - Cardiac Sciences and Director - Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare, Chennai. His work centres on advanced cardiac surgery, transplant and mechanical support for severe heart and lung disease.
He completed MBBS at JIPMER in 1976, MS in General Surgery at AIIMS New Delhi in 1980 and MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery at KEM Hospital, Mumbai in 1982. MGM identifies this training as the foundation of his cardiothoracic surgical career.
His areas of expertise include end-stage heart failure management, heart transplantation, ventricular assist device implantation, paediatric cardiac surgery, lung transplantation and combined heart-lung transplantation. MGM's Heart & Lung Transplant institute states that its programme has more than 30 years of interest, experience and research in end-stage heart failure, transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
MGM also records his research activity in heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and cardiothoracic surgery, with work published in medical journals.
Клинические достижения
Специализация
Основные направления
Методы лечения
Заболевания, которые лечит врач
Образование и подготовка
- MBBS - JIPMER, Puducherry, 1976
- MS (General Surgery) - AIIMS, New Delhi, 1980
- MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery) - KEM Hospital, Mumbai, 1982
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Where does Dr K R Balakrishnan practise?
Dr K R Balakrishnan practises at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, where he is Chairman of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
What are Dr K R Balakrishnan's qualifications?
He completed MBBS at JIPMER in Puducherry, MS in General Surgery at AIIMS New Delhi and MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery at KEM Hospital in Mumbai.
What are Dr K R Balakrishnan's main areas of expertise?
MGM lists end-stage heart failure management, heart transplantation, ventricular assist device implantation, paediatric cardiac surgery, lung transplantation and heart-lung transplantation among his main areas of expertise.
Does Dr K R Balakrishnan work with ventricular assist devices?
Yes. MGM includes ventricular assist device implantation within Dr K R Balakrishnan's expertise in mechanical circulatory support for selected patients with advanced heart failure.
Does Dr K R Balakrishnan perform paediatric cardiac surgery?
Yes. Paediatric cardiac surgery is one of the clinical areas specifically listed on his MGM Healthcare doctor page, alongside transplant and mechanical circulatory support.