About Doctor
- Dr. K R Balakrishnan is a renowned and reputed Cardio-thoracic surgeon in Chennai.
- With a thriving experience of over 31 + years, he has been credited with India’s First LVAD and HVAD pump implant as destination therapy.
- Dr. Balakrishnan has done his MBBS from JIPMER, MS (General Surgery) from the eminent AIIMS, Delhi. Following this, he did his McH (Cardiothoracic Surgery) at KEM Hospital, University.
- Dr. K R Balakrishnan has been instrumental in starting India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.
- Dr. Balakrishnan has got the opportunity to work with Sir Brian Barratt –Boyes, Green lane Hospital, New Zealand, and Dr. Albert Starr at Oregon Health Science University and St. Vincent Hospital, USA.
- Dr. Balakrishnan is also actively engaged with various institutions to develop Pulsatile and continuous flow LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Device) and molecular biology of ventricular hypertrophy.
- Dr. Balakrishnan is the first cardiologist in India to successfully perform HVAD implant surgery, and LVAD implant surgery as destination therapy.
Qualifications
- MBBS, JIPMER, Pondicherry
- MS, AIIMS
- MCh, KEM Hospital ,University of Bombay
Work Experience Of Dr K R Balakrishnan
- Director, Fortis Malar Hospital ,Chennai
- Senior Registrar ,Sir Brian Baratt-Boyes, Cardio Thoracic Unit, Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand
- Specialist ,Railway Hospital, Perambur, Madras
Awards
- Awarded a distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality
- Hiralal gold medal in surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi
Specialties
- End-stage heart failure management (Heart Transplant & VAD implant)
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Lung Transplant
Treatments
- AICD
- Angiography
- Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
- Aortic Stent Grafting
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Aortic Valve replacement - Mechanical Valve
- Aortic Valve replacement - Tissue Valve
- Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
- ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure Read More
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