Dr. Govini Balasubramani

About Dr. Govini Balasubramani

• Dr. Govini Balasubramani is an accomplished Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon and Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon with over 30 years of experience.
• He specializes in treating patients with advanced heart failure, chronic asthma, and chronic lung diseases requiring surgical intervention.
• He is an expert in live lung transplant, utilizing lobes from two different donors, especially for pediatric patients.
• Dr. Balasubramani is skilled in VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery) and MICS (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery) for treating heart and lung diseases.
• He has performed over 7,000 open and closed heart surgeries on both adults and children and over 350 successful heart and lung transplants.
• He is a leading expert in live lung transplants in India.
• Dr. Balasubramani is a pioneer in establishing heart and lung transplant programs in India, successfully performing transplants on patients aged 17 to 74.
• He is an expert in beating heart coronary artery bypass graft (OP-CABG) and proficient in performing laser lung surgery.
• He completed his MBBS from Bangalore University in 1994 and MS in General Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in 2001.
• Dr. Balasubramani further achieved an MCh in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery from Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in 2008.
• He also earned the Fellowship of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (FIACS).
• He is trained with world-renowned transplant surgeons in Hong Kong, Austria, Germany, and South Korea.
• Dr. Balasubramani is a member of the Association of Surgeons of India and the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.

Education

• MBBS, Bangalore University, 1994
• MS (General Surgery), Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 2001
• MCh (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery), Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, 2008
• Fellow of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (FIACS)

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