Dr. Mukundan

About Dr. Mukundan

• Dr. Mukundan Seshadri is a highly skilled cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with over 41 years of experience.
• His areas of expertise include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, pediatric heart surgery, peripheral angioplasty, coronary angioplasty, bypass surgery, balloon mitral valvuloplasty, carotid angioplasty, coronary angiogram, and stenting surgery.
• Dr. Mukundan has to his credit 7700+ open heart surgeries.
• He is skilled in  coronary artery reconstruction for diffuse coronary artery disease using only arterial patches, stentless aortic valve replacement, and valvular heart surgery including mitral valve repair,
• He excels in  VATS for multiple situations like empyema, bullectomy, thoracic sympathectomy, decortication, lung biopsy and other thoracic procedures like Lobectomy and pneumonectomy.
• Dr. Mukundan is highly  experienced in complex cardiac surgeries like left ventricular reconstruction, total arterial bypass grafting, intra-arterial thrombolysis treatment, radial approach angiography, cardiac pacing, and cardiac ablation,
• He completed his MBBS at the reputed BJ Medical College in Pune in 1983. Later, he pursued an MS in General Surgery from Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College in Pune in 1986.
• He holds an MCh in Thoracic Surgery from Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore.
• Dr. Mukundan has over 75 presentations and has more than 50 publications.
• He is a member of the Karnataka Medical Council, the Karnataka Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons, and the Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons of India.

Education

• MBBS, B J Medical College, Pune, 1983
• MS in General Surgery, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College & Sasson General Hospital, Pune, 1986
• MCh in Thoracic Surgery, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, 1989
• DNB, Railway Hospital, Perambur, 1989
• Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 1994
• ODTS Fellowship, Royal College Of Surgeons, 1997

Past Experience

• Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon, Perambur Railway Hospital, Chennai
• Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Heart Centre, Bangalore
• Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
• Senior Registrar, Liverpool, Birmingham and Coventry

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