K R Balakrishnan is an Indian
cardiothoracic
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal struct ...
and
heart transplant surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
. He is the member of
Indian Medical Association.
K R Balakrishnan earned
MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
degree from
JIPMER
The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) (originally known as ''L'Ecole de Médecine de Pondichéry'')is a medical school located at Pondicherry (city), Pondicherry, the capital of the states and territori ...
, Pondicherry in 1976. He completed
MS in General Surgery from
AIIMS, New Delhi in 1980. Balakrishnan also qualified
M.Ch.
The Master of Surgery (Latin: Magister Chirurgiae) is an advanced qualification in surgery. Depending upon the degree, it may be abbreviated ChM, MCh, MChir or MS. At a typical medical school the program lasts between two and three years. The p ...
in Cardio Thoracic Surgery from
KEM Hospital, Mumbai, in 1982.
Balakrishnan was the Professor and Head of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai from 1994 to 2008.
Balakrishnan was the director of cardiac sciences at
Fortis Malar Hospital
Fortis Healthcare Limited (FHL) is an Indian multinational chain of private hospitals headquartered in India. Fortis started its health care operations from Mohali, Punjab, where the first Fortis hospital was started. Later on, the hospital ...
Chennai till October 2019. Balakrishnan performed the first LVAD and HVAD pump transplant in India in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
References
External links
Interview with Economic Times Healthworld
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Living people
Indian cardiac surgeons
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian medical doctors