Dr. Girinath M R Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Dr. Girinath M R

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Cardio Thoracic Surgery)

45 Years of Experience

Apollo Hospital Chennai, Chennai, India

$45 $50
  • Dr. Girinath M R is well known Cardiologist & Cardio-thoracic Surgery, currently associated with Apollo hospital, Chennai as consultant.
  • He has great experience of more than 45 years and is first surgeon to repair a complex congenital heart defect in a child below one year.  Also the First to apply heart, lung machine-supported Coronary Angioplasty in India.
  • He did MBBS, M.S.(General Surgery), M.Ch.(CTS)
  • Trained over 20 surgeons who, together, perform 20% of the cardiac surgeries done in the country today.    
  • Recipient of many national awards including the Padma Bhushan in 1998.    
  • Presented over 275 papers at national and international conferences and made around 20 orations including the Subroto Memorial Oration and the Sadasivan Oration.    
  • Dr. Girinath participated in the first multi-organ transplant in India (Heart, Liver, Kidney and Cornea)
  • He is member of various prestigious groups- FRACS, Melbourne. Fellow of the Indian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • M.S.(General Surgery) 
  • M.Ch.(CTS)

Awards and Recognitions

  • Dr. Girinath M R has been awarded with prestigious Padma Bhushan in 1998
  • Dr. B C Roy National Award - 1997
  • LIFE TIME Achievement Award Indian Association Cardiovasular Thoracic Surgeons

Procedure

6 procedures across 1 departments

Cardiology Consultation treatments abroad Cardiology, also known as cardiovascular medicine and a subspecialty of internal medicine, is a medical field that focuses primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and disorders that affect the heart. Doctors that specialize in this particular field are known as cardiologists. For patients with heart problems, the initial cardiology consultation and subsequent consultations are essential parts of a medical treatment process. Not

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Coronary Angioplasty abroad  When coronary arteries are blocked or narrowed, a coronary angioplasty might be essential in order to guarantee the blood supply to the heart. This procedure is performed using a balloon to stretch open a narrowed or blocked artery. However, it could involve a stent (a short wire-mesh tube), which is left in place permanently to allow blood to flow more freely. This is considered as the most modern angioplasty procedure. As the the blood flow through the c

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery treatments abroad Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the most common heart disease conditions and happens when cholesterol and other materials build up in the artery walls, narrowing the artery and reducing the blood supply to the heart. This leads to chest pain and in the worse cases to a stroke, which can damage the patient life quality or have even more serious consequences. One way to treat this condition is to provide the blood a new way

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The most common type of heart surgery for adults is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). During CABG, a healthy artery or vein from the body is connected, or grafted, to a blocked coronary (heart) artery. The grafted artery or vein bypasses (that is, goes around) the blocked portion of the coronary artery. This creates a new path for oxygen-rich blood to flow to the heart muscle. CABG can relieve chest pain and may lower your risk of having a heart attack. Doctors also use heart surgery to

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Heart Valve replacement is a medical procedure to substitute one or more of the heart valves damaged, or affected by a disease. The process is done as an alternative to valve repair. In conditions when valve repair or catheter-based procedures become nonviable, the cardiologist may propose undergoing the valve replacement surgery. During the procedure, your cardio-surgeon detaches the heart valve and restores it with a mechanical one or one made from cow, pig or human heart tissue (biological ti

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Pacemaker Implantation treatments abroad Pacemaker implantation is a procedure required by patients whose heart's conduction system is not working in the way it should. Patients may suffer from an irregular heartbeat or damages to their heart muscle as a result of a heart attack. The pacemaker is a small electrical device in metal used to regulate the heartbeat, that weighs between 20 and 50 g and is inserted under the skin on the chest below the collarbone, near the heart and connected

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