Name : ABHA CHANDRA
Father's Name : Dr Ramesh Chandra Gupta
PhD (Wales), BSc (Hons), MSc (Luck)
MBNES (Lond), AMIERE (Lond), FIPS (Cal.)
Professor & HOD (Retd.)
Dept. of Physics
Lucknow University, Lucknow.
Mother's Name : Dr M. R. Chandra
MD, BSc, MBBS (Luck), DM&CW(Cal.)
DTM&H (Eng.), FRSTM&H(Eng.)
Professor & HOD (Retd.)
Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine
King George's Medical College, Lucknow
Date of Birth : October 14, 1958 (Lucknow)
Marital Status : Unmarried
Nationality : Indian
Passport No. : F 9567829
Address (Permanent) : B-145 Sector A, Mahanagar, Mandir Marg,
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 226006 INDIA
Present Address (Office) : Dept. of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences
Tirupati, 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Present telephone : Residence : 91 877 2287345
: Office : 91 877 2287777 Extension 2375 / 2374
Mobile : 91 9849050833
: 91 9949050833
email : abhachandra@gmail.com
Languages : English, Hindi, Urdu.
Instruction Medium : English throughout Schooling and
Professional Career.
Preschool : Primary schooling in England.
St. Mary’s Infant School
Bangor, Wales, U.K.
ACADEMIC CAREER
Course Institution University Year of passing
High school Mount Carmel UP Board 1974*
Convent Allahabad
(Lucknow)
Intermediate Isabella Thoburn UP Board 1976**
College (Lucknow) Allahabad
BSc. Lucknow Univ. Lucknow Univ. 1978***
(Lucknow) Lucknow
MBBS JNMC Aligarh Muslim 1983
(Aligarh) Univ. Aligarh
MS JNMC Aligarh Muslim 1987
(Aligarh) Univ. Aligarh
MCh SGPGIMS SGPGIMS 1994
(CVTS) (Lucknow) Lucknow
DNB SGPGI MS : NBE National Board 2007
(CVTS) Lucknow of Examinations
New Delhi
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
* Distinction in English. First division overall
** Ranked first in college (Biology group). First division overall. Distinction in
Biology
*** Ranked first in University (Biology group). First division overall.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Post Institution From - To Period
Internship JNMC (Aligarh) 01.09.83 - 31.08.84 12 m.
House Surgeon* JNMC, AMU 01.09.84 - 31.08.85 12 m.
(Gen Surg) (Aligarh)
Post-graduate* JNMC, AMU 06.09.85 - 22.01.86 4.5m
(Gen Surg) (Aligarh)
Registrar* JNMC, AMU 23.01.86 - 22.09.87 20 m
(Gen Surg ) (Aligarh) (while persuing MS course)
Registrar* JNMC, AMU 16.10.87 - 15.03.89 17 m
(Paed. Surg) (Aligarh)
General Surgeon Vishnu Nursing 16.03.89 - 31.05.89 2.5m
Home (Lucknow)
Senior Residency* SGPGIMS 01.06.89 - 14.07.91 26.5m
CVTS (Non-MCh) (Lucknow)
Senior Residency* SGPGIMS 15.07.91 - 31.07.94 37 m
CVTS (MCh) (Lucknow)
Senior Clinical* Bombay Hospital 17.10.94 - 03.01.95 2.5m
Assistant (CVTS) ( Bombay)
Senior Registrar* St. Stephens 10.01.95 - 08.04.95 3 m
(CVTS) Hospital (Delhi)
Assistant Professor* Sri Venkateswara 14.04.95 – 29.01.98 33 m
(CVTS) Institute of Medical
Sciences, Tirupati.
Associate Professor* Sri Venkateswara 30.01.98 – 06.04.02 50 m
(CVTS) Institute of Medical
Sciences, Tirupati.
Additional Professor* Sri Venkateswara 07.04. 02 – 03.12.06 56 m
(CVTS) Institute of Medical
Sciences, (SVIMS) Tirupati.
Professor* Dept. CVTS 04.12.06 – 14.07.09 31m
Professor & HOD* (Adm.) SVIMS, TPT 15.07.06 - 31.10.09 3.5 m
Professor and HOD* Dept. CVTS, SVIMS 01.11.09 – till date
* TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
THESIS
A study of Changes in Serum enzymes before, during and after surgery.
GUIDE: Prof. H.S.Lakhtakia, Chairman Dept. of Gen. Surgery.
CO-GUIDE: Dr. W.A. Naqvi, Reader Dept. of Biochemistry.
PAPERS PUBLISHED
1. “Giant Vesico-Prostatic Calculus following Transvesical Prostatectomy around a foreign body”. V Prakash, S.P.Saxena, Y.V.S. Gahlaut, A Chandra. JIMA 1985;83:294.
2. “Foreign body in rectum”. S.P.Saxena, A.U.Khan, A Chandra, P.Khurana. Current Medical Practice. 1986;30:152
3. “Acute appendicitis - A critical appraisal of 100 cases”. S.P.Saxena, V.Prakash, Y.V.S.Gahlaut, A Chandra. Current Medical Practice 1986;30:314.
4. “Appendicular Tuberculosis”- Case Report: V.Prakash, S.P.Saxena, Y.V.S.Gahlaut, A Chandra. The Quarterly Journal of Surgical Sciences. 1986;22:46-48.
5. “Sectorial Tricuspid Annuloplasty” - A Rational Modification P.K.Ghosh, A Chandra, L.Kapoor, S.Shah. Cor Europaeum 1995 Vol.4,no:2: 66-68.
6. “Efficacy of Cyanoacrylate glue in the arrest of bleeding from surgical Sites”. D.Dilip, MH Rao, P Manoj, A Chandra, PVLN Murthy, KV Naidu. Indian Journal of Thorac & Cardiovasc Surg 1995;Vol 11:no.2, 42-43.
7. “HFJV and Conventional Ventilation during Bronchoscopic Removal of Foreign bodies in children”. RK Jain, MH Rao, RS Iyer, P Manoj, S Srivastava, D.Dilip, A Chandra. J Anaesth Clin Pharmacol 1996 13: 127 - 130.
8. “Spirometric Changes following open surgery on Rheumatic Mitral valve”. A Chandra, S. Srivastava, D.Dilip. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1998; 6:28-33 .
9. “Poor outcome following pericardiectomy for post-radiation constrictive pericarditis” (Letter to Editor). A Chandra, L.Kapoor, A.K.Ganjoo,R.Bajaj. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1998; 6:239-240.
10. Closed mitral valvotomy versus Balloon mitral valvotomy. A Comparison of 100 cases. RS Iyer, R Jain, P Manoj, A Chandra, S Agarwal, D Rajashekhar, D Dilip. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1998; 6: 285-287.
11. “Hyperbilirubinemia after Cardiopulmonary Bypass” A Prospective Study. A Chandra, D Gupta, KSS Saibaba, D Dilip, Srinivas Kola, MS Naidu . Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1999;7(1) 3 - 8.
12. “Delayed Repair of Popliteal Artery following blunt Injury”. (Case Report). A Chandra, D Dilip, S Kola, SEV Prasad Rao, P Pal. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1999;7: 247-248.
13. “Anomalous Origin and Course of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery”. (Case Report). Durgaprasad Rajashekhar, Probal Ghosh, A Chandra, Narendranath Raju. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 1999;7: 244-246.
14. “Cyanoacrylate Glue As A Surgical Sealant Indian Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery”. D Dilip, A Chandra, M.H.Rao, P Manoj, R.S.Iyer. Cor Europaeum 2000;8:169-173. .
15. “Early Beneficial Effects Of Preservation Of The Papillo – Annular Continuity On Mitral Valve Replacement On Left Ventricular Function.” D.Dilip, A.Chandra, D.Radjashekar. The Journal Of Heart Valve Disease 2001;10:3, 294-301.
16. “Coronary Artery Bypass in Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction”. Dilip D, Rao MH, A Chandra, Rao MS, Rajashekhar D, Prasad SV, Mohan A. Asian Cardiovasc & Thorac Ann 2002, 10(3):211-4.
17. “Tuberculosis In The Emergency Room: A Cause For Concern”. A Mohan, A Chandra, CV Harinarayan, B Vengamma, MH Rao, SK Sharma, P Sivashankar. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:A664.
18. “Achalasia Cardia: uncommon presentation”. A Mohan, M Ibrarullah, R Sonawane, D Dilip, A Chandra, SK Sharma. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2001;43:103-5.
19. “Aetiology of peripheral lymphadenopathy in adults: Analysis of 1724 cases seen at a tertiary care teaching hospital in southern India”. A Mohan, MK Reddy, BV Phaneendra, A Chandra. National Medical Journal of India. 2006;20(2):78-80.
20. “Surgical Management of Diaphragmatic Injuries”. A Chandra, A Samantaray, G Balasubramani, R Sonawaney. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2007;23,3:202-207.
21. “Paradoxical Reaction in HIV – negative patients while on treatment for tuberculosis.” A Mohan, A Chandra, B Vengamma, MK Reddy. J Assoc Physicians India 2007 (accepted)
22. “Amiodarone for the Prevention of Reperfusion Ventricular Fibrillation”. Aloka Samantaray, A. Chandra, Sanjukta Panigrahi. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia 10/2009
23. “Mitral valve surgery for Rheumatic valvular disease in children aged 16 years and below”. A Chandra, D Rajashekhar1, A Samantaray2. Journal of Heart Valve Diseases (Under Review)
ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED
1. “Surgical management of aortic regurgitation in patients with VSD.” at the Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '93 at Hyderabad. Ind J Thor and Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 8: 2 132 A Das , S Shah , A Chandra , M Lal , S Radhakrishnan, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant.
2. “CABG in patients with LV dysfunction.” Ind J Thor and Cardiovasc Surg1992;8:165. M Lal, A Chandra, S Shah, A Das, PK Goel, N Sinha, AK Gangoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant.
3. “Management of pulmonary bifurcation obstruction in classical Tetrology of Fallot”. Ind J Thor and Cardiovasc Surg 1992;8: 167. S Shah, A Das, M Lal, A Chandra, S Radhakrishnan, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant, S Srivastava.
4. “Valve replacement in Native Valve Endocarditis.” Ind J Thor and Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 8:169. S Shah, A Das, A Chandra, R Bajaj, N Sinha, AK Gangoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant.
5. “Hemodynamic evaluation of isolated aortic carbomedics bileaflet valve in small aortic annulus” European Journal of Cardiothoracic surgery.1999,16 (suppl) s120. D Dilip, A Chandra, P Manoj, D Radjashekher.
6. “Clinical and hemodynamic evaluation of patients undergoing double valve replacement”. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2001;17:1:21. A Chandra, Dilip D, Rajashekher D, Rao MH, Prasad S V, Subramanyam G.
7. “Surgery for Thoracic Tuberculosis: Experience at a Tertiary Care Institute”. Indian Journal of Thorac & Cardiovascular Surgery 2002,18:48. A Chandra,
Dilip D, Mohan A, Srinivas K, Sri Krishna S.
8. “A Retrospective study of Blunt and Penetrating Injuries of the Chest”. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002,18:48. A Chandra,
Dilip D, Srinivas K, Sri Krishna S, Rao MH, Prasad SV, Satyanarayana PV, Ganesan C.
9. “Acute Life threatening hemoptysis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical Presentation and Management.” Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006;3 A611.
S Bollineni, A Mohan, A Chandra, MH Rao, MK Reddy, Venugopal.”
10. “ Coronary Artery fistula – Clinical consideration and surgical management”
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008;24:1;48.
A.Chandra, D Rajashekhar, G Balasubramani, VM Naidu.
11. “Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological and Pathological profile and
outcome of surgery inpatients with Empyema Thoracis. A Chandra,
A Mohan, A Choudhary, A Samantaray, MK Reddy, S Deshmukh.
FOR PUBLICATION
1. “Comparative Evaluation of the Left ventricular Performance After
Preservation of the Posterior Mitral Leaflet in Multiple Valve Procedure.”
A Chandra, D Dilip, Rajashekhar D, Prasad SV, Naidu MS, Prasad D.
Submitted to Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals.
2. A Chandra, A Mohan, D Dilip, K Srinivas, Rao MH. Surgical Experience at a Tertiary care center with Pleuro pulmonary tuberculosis.
3. A Chandra, D Dilip, Srinivas K, Ganeshan, Satyanarayana PV. Surgical experience with management of blunt and penetrating injuries of the chest.
4. A Chandra, A Samantaray, M H Rao. Foreign body aspiration : A Review article.
5. A Chandra, D Rajashekhar, M K S Reddy, A Samantaray G Balasubramani, MH Rao. Clinical and Pathological correlation of Pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with longstanding mitral stenosis and the postoperative outcome.
6. A Chandra, D Rajashekhar, A Samanataray, MH Rao. Early clinical outcome with TTK Chitra valves in aortic position.
PROJECTS UNDER PIPELINE:
1. A Chandra, MH Rao, MS Naidu, D Prasad. Effect of warm heart Surgery in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with left ventricular dysfunction.
2. A Chandra, Satyanarayana PV, Ganesan, A Mohan . Management of Flail Chest injuries with Positive Pressure Ventilation.
3. A Chandra, A Choudhury, A Mohan: Plasma D-Dimer Abnormalities In Patients Undergoing Valve Replacement Surgery Who Are Receiving Anticoagulation: A Prospective Study.
AUTHOR FOR PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. “ Hemodynamic evaluation of isolated aortic carbomedics bileaflet valve in small aortic annulus” at the 2nd minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery Interest Group : International symposium Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery, November 20 – 21, 1998, HongKong, China. D. Dilip, A Chandra, P Manoj, D Radjashekar. (Poster Presentation).
2. “Experience with Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms” at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for cardiovascular Surgery (Towards The Next Millenium On Cardiac Surgery) May 28 – 31,1999 at Singapore. D Dilip, A Chandra, D Rajashekar, D Gupta.(Poster Presentation).
3. “Early Benefical Effect of Papillo-annular continuity in mitral valve replacement” in the 7th World symposium of heart valve diseases, Queen Elizabeth Conference hall, London. June 11 – 14,1999. D. Dilip, A Chandra, D Rajashekar, P Manoj. (Oral Presentation).
4. “Comparative Evaluation of Left Ventricular Performance after Preservation of the posterior mitral leaflet in multiple valve procedures”. 2nd International meeting of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (Fighting heart disease on the threshhold of the 3rd mellennium) December 7 –9, 2000 Athens, Greece. A Chandra, D. Dilip, D Rajasheker, S V Prasad. (Oral Presentation).
5. “Early Hemodynamic Study With The Carbomedics Bileaflet Valve In Small Aortic Root”. 15th Biennial Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. December 6 – 9,2001 at Mumbai India. A Chandra, Dilip D, Rajashekher D, Srinivas K, Prasad SV, Rao MH, Subramanyam G. (Oral Presentation)
6. “Clinical Outcome Of Patients Undergoing Surgery For Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease”. 5th International Congress of the Asian Vascular Society “ Challenges in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery” May 23 – 26, 2002, Singapore. A Chandra, Dilip D, Srinivas K, Rajashekhar D, Naik V. (Poster Presentation)
7. “Emergency Surgery for Massive Life threatening Haemoptysis: Experience at Tertiary Care centre” at the Golden Jublee of V.P.Chest Institute International Conference on Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, fomr January 12 - 14,2003, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. A. Chandra, A Mohan, D Dilip, MH Rao, M Kumarswamy Reddy.
8. “Cilostazol In Intermittent Claudication : Preliminary Study” at the 6th International Congress of Asian Vascular Society” and “11th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India” from November 3 – 6, 2004 at Bangalore. A.Chandra, Laxmi Y, Kalyan.
9. “Mitral Valve Surgery for Rheumatic valvular disease in children aged 16 years and below” at the 17th Biennial Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) from November 20 – 23, 2005 at Manila, Phillipines. A.Chandra, D. Rajashekhar, K Srinivasu, Alok Samataray and Madhusudan Naidu. (for oral Presentation)
10. “Clinical Findings and Management of Pulmonary Aspergilloma” at the 17th Biennial Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) from November 20 – 23, 2005 at Manila, Phillipines. A.Chandra, D. Rajashekhar, K Srinivasu, Alok Samataray and Madhusudan Naidu. (for Poster Presentation)
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. “Negative Laparotomy for appendectomy” at the XI Annual conference
of the U.P. Chapter of the Association of Surgoens of India (ASI) in Nov '85
at Allahabad. A Chandra, S.P.Saxena Y.V.S.Gahlaut.
2. “Bacteriological status of patients undergoing Prostatectomy” at the XI
Annual conference of the U.P. Chapter of the ASI in Nov '85 at Allahabad. S.P.Saxena, A Chandra, Y.V.S. Gahlaut.
3. “Abdominal masses in infants and children” at the XIV Annual conference of the U.P. Chapter of he ASI in Nov'88 at Aligarh. A Chandra, RS Chana
4. “Duplicate perineal anus” at the XIV Annual conference of the U.P. Chapter of ASI in Nov'88 at Aligarh. RS Chana, A Chandra, MH Khan .
5. “Comparison of in-vivo performance of Sorin and Medtronic Mechanical valve prosthesis” at the Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '92 at Calcutta. A Chandra, A Das, K Prasad, A Khan , S Radhakrishnan ,
PK Ghosh.
6. “Clinical outcome of patients undergoing valve surgery" at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Feb.25 - 28, 1996, New Delhi, India. A Chandra, D.Dilip, P.Manoj, P.V. Ramnarayan, K.V.Naidu.
7. “Pulmonary function changes following Mitral Valve Surgery." at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Feb. 25 - 28, 1996, New Delhi, India. A Chandra, D.Dilip, S. Srivastava, K.V.Naidu.
8. “Hypomagnesemia in massively transfused open heart surgeries" at 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Feb.20 – 23, 1997, Ooty, Tamil Nadu., India. D.Gupta,
A Chandra, KSS Saibaba, S.Srivastava, KS Babu, B Bobji, D Dilip.
9. “Autologous transfusion in open heart surgeries” at National Conference and update in Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, Nov. 22-23, 1997, SGPGI, Lucknow. A Chandra, D.Gupta, S Srivastava, RK Jain.
10. “Role of vasodilators in the postoperative management of prolonged ischaemia following peripheral vascular injuries. A preliminary report”, at the 4th Annual conference of Vascular Society of India, Dec,11-14,1997, Bangalore, Karnataka. A Chandra, S Kola, RS Iyer, D Dilip, P Manoj.
11. “Cyanoacrylate glue : use of as a surgical sealant to arrest bleeding from the vascular anastomotic sites” at the 44th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons March 19-22, 1998 at Jaipur, Rajasthan. D Dilip,
A Chandra, MH Rao, P Manoj, RS Iyer.
12. “Vasodilators in the postoperative management of prolonged ischaemia resulting from peripheral vascular injuries” at the 44th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons March 19 - 22, 1998, at Jaipur, Rajasthan A Chandra, S Kola, SEV Prasad Rao, VVK Bharadwaj.
13. “Immunosuppressive effect of homologous transfusion after cardiac surgery” at the 44th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons March 19 - 22, 1998, at Jaipur, Rajasthan. A Chandra, D Gupta, TV Rao, S Kola, VKK Bharadwaj, B Bobji, D Dilip.
14. “Management and clinical outcome of vascular repairs in monomelic injuries presenting after 10 hours” at the XXV Association of Surgeons of India - A.P. Chapter (ASI APCON) September 11 – 13, 1998, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. A Chandra, D Dilip, P Manoj, VVK Bharadwaj.
15. “Clinical outcome of patients with Thoracic Trauma” at the XXV Association of Surgeons of India - A.P. Chapter (ASI APCON) September 11 – 13, 1998, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. A Chandra, D Dilip, P Manoj, D Gupta, S Reddy.
16. “Management and clinical outcome of vascular repairs in monomelic injuries presenting after 10 hours” at the fifth annual conference of Vascular Society of India, November 27 – 28, 1998, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. A Chandra, D Dilip, P Manoj, VVK Bharadwaj, HC Shanmukh.
17. “Experience with Thoracic and Abdominal Aneurysms” at the fifth annual conference of Vascular Society of India, November 27 – 28, 1998, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. A Chandra, D Dilip, D Radjashekar, P Manoj.
18. “Cyanoacrylate glue : use of as a surgical sealant to arrest bleeding from the vascular anastomotic sites” at the fifth annual conference of Vascular Society of India, November 27 – 28, 1998, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat A Chandra, D Dilip. ( By invitation).
19. “Pathological Aspects: Cyanoacrylate Glue : A Tissue Sealant”, at the 58th Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India, December 26 – 30,1998, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat D Dilip, A Chandra, B Srinivas.
20. “Bactremia and sternal Infections after open heart surgery. A study of the risk factors” at the 45th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons February 25- 28, 1999, at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A Chandra, D Dilip, A Chowdhary, D Gupta.
21. “Experience with Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms” at the 45th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons February 25- 28,1999, at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A Chandra, D Dilip, D Rajashekhar, P Manoj, HC Shanmukh.
22. “Surgical Management and clinical outcome of aorto-iliac disease and femoropopliteal disease”. Sixth Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Nov. 18 – 20, 1999 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh . A Chandra, D Dilip, D Rajashekhar, P Manoj.
23. “Preservation of papillo-annular continuity in patients with mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation”. 45th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons March 05 - 08, 2000, at Mumbai, Maharastra. A Chandra, D Dilip, D Rajashekhar.
24. “Management of the Obliterative disease of the abdominal aorta (infra renal) and its distal branches”. Seventh Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Nov. 16 – 19, 1999 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu . A Chandra, D Dilip.
25. “Spectrum and Management of Chest Trauma Seen in Clinical Practice”. 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2000 at New Delhi. A Chandra, D Dilip, S V Prasad.
26. “Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of Patients undergoing double valve
replacement” at the 47th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of
Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 15 - 18, 2001, at Kolkata,
West Bengal. A Chandra, D Dilip, D Rajashekher , MH Rao, SV Prasad, G
Subramanyam.
27. “Clinical out come of Patients undergoing Surgery for Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascualr Diseases”. Eighth Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Nov. 29 – December 02,2001 at Pune, Maharastra. A Chandra, D Dilip, Srinivas Kola, N Venugopal , Sudhir, D Rajashekhar, G Subramanyam.
28. “ A Retrospective Study Of Blunt And Penetrating Injuries Of The Chest”. at
the 48th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and
thoracic Surgeons at Chennai between Feburary 14 - 17, 2002, A Chandra,
Dilip D, Srinivas K, Srikrishna S, Rao MH, Prasad SV, Satyanarayana PV,
Ganesan C.
29. “ Surgery for Thoracic Tuberculosis: experience at a Tertiary Care Institute”.
at the 48th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular
and thoracic Surgeons at Chennai, between Feburary 14-17,2002 A Chandra,
Dilip D, Mohan A, Srinivas K, Srikrishna S.
30. “Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis and its sequelae.” 9th Annual National Conference of Vascular Society of India at Kodaikanal, South India between October 10 - 13,2002. A Chandra, Kalawat TC, Naik V, Prabhakar Rao.
31. “Management of Hemoptysis: Bronchial artery embolization vs surgical resection” at 49th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Hyderabad, between Feburary 13-16,2003 A Chandra, Mohan A, V Naik, D Dilip, MH Rao, P Rao, MSR Murthy. (Poster Presentation)
32. “Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological Profile and Outcome of Surgery in 79 HIV negative patients with Empyema Thoracis” at 50th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at New Delhi, between February 19-22,2004 A Chandra, Mohan A, Kodandapani C, Srinivas B, Rao MH, Reddy MK, Choudhary A.
33. “Intermittent Warm Blood Cardioplegia vs Cold Blood Cardioplegia: Effect on Left Ventricular Function and perioperative outcome” at 50th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at New Delhi, between February 19-22,2004 A Chandra, Rajashekhar D, Kola S, Rao MH, Satyanarayana V, Kodandapani C, Gupta D, Subramanyam G.
34. “A retrospective Study of 104 patients of Empyema Thoracis: Clinical Review, Pathological Profile and Surgical Outcome” at 50th Annual Conference of the International College of Surgeons ( Indian Section) at India Habitat Center, New Delhi between October 28 – 31, 2004. A Chandra, A Mohan, C Kodandapani, M.H. Rao, M.K. Reddy, A. Choudhary.
35. “Emergency Surgical Resection Vs Bronchial Artery Embolization For Massive Life Threatening Haemoptysis” at the 64th Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India, between 26th – 30th December, 2004 at Hyderabad. A. Chandra, A Mohan, M.H. Rao, M K Reddy, Venugopal.
36. “Intelligent use of Cardiotomy reservoir and a blood retrieval system during surgical resection of Suprahepatic membrane in a patient with Budd Chiari syndrome: A Case Report” at 51st Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Kochi, between February 17-20,2005 A Chandra, C Kodandapani, A Samantaray, MS Naidu.
(Poster Presentation)
37. “Clinical and Hemodynamic Outcome of patients in NYHA Functional Class III and IV following valve Replacement” at 51st Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Kochi, between February 17-20,2005 A Chandra, D Rajashekar, MH Rao, A Samantaray, MS Naidu.
38. “Atherosclerosis Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Lower Limb: Surgical Management and the clinical Outcome” at the 12th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala, between November 11 13,2005. A Chandra, Srinivas Kola, D. Rajashekhar, Y Lakshmi, M.H. Rao. (For oral presentation)
39. “Clinical Findings and Management of Pulmonary Aspergilloma”. LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005. A Chandra, A Mohan, B.V. Phaneendra, A Samantray.
40. “Early clinical outcome with TTK Chitra valve in Aortic position”. 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Bangalore, Karnataka between 23rd – 26th February 2006. A Chandra, D Rajashekhar, A Samantaray and M.H Rao.
41. “Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: Experience at a tertiary care teaching hospital”. 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Bangalore, Karnataka between 23rd – 26th February 2006. A Chandra, A Mohan, M.H Rao, M K S Reddy.
42. “Pulmonary Aspergilloma: clinical findings and management” 52nd Annual Conference of the International College of Surgeons ( Indian Section) at Hotel Cidade de Goa, Panjim Goa between October 5th – 8th, 2006. A Chandra, A Mohan, BV Phaneendra, A Samantaray .
43. Clinical review, pathological profile and surgical outcome of Empyema thoracis: A retrospective study. 52nd Annual Conference of the International College of Surgeons ( Indian Section) at Hotel Cidade de Goa, Panjim Goa between October 5th – 8th, 2006. A Chandra, A Mohan, A Samantaray, MKS Reddy and A Choudhary.
44. Clincal and Hemodynamic evaluation of Mitral Valve Surgery in Children aged 16 years and below. 53rdAnnual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Jaipur, between February 08-11,2007. A Chandra, D Rajashekhar, A Samantaray and S Kola.
45. Surgery for bronchiectasis and its clinical outcome. 53rd Annual Conference of the International college of surgeons (Indian Section) at hotel Clark Shiraz, Agra, U.P. between October 25th –28th 2007. A Chandra, A Mohan, Bala Subramani and MKS Reddy.
46. “ Coronary Artery fistula – Clinical consideration and surgical management”
53rd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Pune, Maharastra, between 21st – 24th February 2008. A Chandra, A.Chandra, D Rajashekhar, G Balasubramani, VM Naidu. (Poster
presentation)
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT BOOK FOR READING:
1. “ Surgical Management and Outcome of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease” A Chandra, D Dilip, K Srinivas, D Rajashekher, G Subramanyam. 14th Annual conference of Indian Society for Atherosclerotic Research ISARCON – 2001 held between October 20 – 21,2001 at Dharan, Nepal.
2. “Clinical Outcome of the Patients Undergoing Surgery for Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Diseases”. A Chandra, D Dilip, K Srinivas, N Venugopal, Sudhir, D Rajashekher, G Subramanyam. 8th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India held between November 29 and December 02,2001 at Pune Maharastra.
CO AUTHOR FOR PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES:
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. "Valve surgery under 16 years of age" at the 4th World Congress of the International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Feb '94 at Jerusalem.. P.Ghosh, L. Kapoor, A Chandra.
2. "In vivo performance of Mitral Mechanical valve Prosthesis: Comparison of Medtronic-Hall and Sorin valves" at the 4th World Congress of the International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Feb ' 94 at Jerusalem. P Ghosh, A Chandra, L Kapoor, CG Sanjeev .
3. “Hypomagnesemia in massively transfused hearts” 50th Annual meeting of American Association of Blood Bank, Oct. 18 - 22, 1997, Denver, Colarado, U.S.A. D Gupta, A Chandra, KSS Saibaba.
4. “Incidence of post-transfusion HIV in patients receiving Autologous and Allogenic Blood Transfusion” at 12 th World AIDS Conference, from June 28 - July 3, 1998 at Geneva, Switzerland. D. Gupta, A Chandra.
5. “The epidemic factors and the nutritional status of the HIV infected patients from southern India” at the 5th International conference on HIV in Asia and South pacific from Oct 22-25,1999 at Kaulalumpur. D. Gupta, A Chandra.
6. “Tuberculosis in the Emergency Room : A Cause of concern.” 97th International Conference of American Thoracic Society from May 17 till 21, 2001 at San Francisco, United States of America. A Mohan, A Chandra, CV Harinarayana, B Vengamma, MH Rao, Sivashanker P.
7. Effect of Hyperglycaemia on Anti- Arrhythmic Property of magnesium therapy in Cardiac Surgery patients. Annual conference of American Society of Anaesthesiologists from October 17 – 21,2009, New Orleans, LA, USA. A. Samantaray, A.Chandra, S. Panigrahi.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. "Surgical management of aortic regurgitation in patients with VSD" at the
Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '93 at Hyderabad. A Das, S Shah,
A Chandra, M Lal, S Radhakrishnan, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS
Mahant.
2. "CABG in patients with LV dysfunction" at the Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '93 at Hyderabad. M Lal, A Chandra, S Shah, A Das, PK Goel, N Sinha, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant.
3. "Management of pulmonary bifurcation obstruction in classical Tetralogy of Fallot" at the Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '93 at Hyderabad. S Shah, A Das, M Lal, A Chandra, S Radhakrishnan, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant, S Srivastava.
4. "Valve replacement in Native Valve Endocarditis" at the Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '93 at Hyderabad. S Shah, A Das, A Chandra, R Bajaj, N Sinha, AK Ganjoo, AK Srivastava, TS Mahant.
5. "Valve surgery in children below 15 for acquired lesions" at the 40th Annual conference of the IACTS in Feb '94 at Agra. L Kapoor, A Chandra, P Ghosh.
6. "Surgical experience with infants weighing less than 10 kg lessons learnt" at 41st Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons, Feb. 23 - 26, 1995, Bangalore, India. S.K.Agarwal, P.K.Mittal A Chandra, V.Singh, A.Bapat.
7. "Inovative circuit using peadiatric oxygenator for adult patients" at 42nd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Feb. 25 - 28, 1996, New Delhi, India. GN Kumar, VMS Naidu, TL Pathy, LV Priya, KV Naidu, D Dilip, PV Ramnarayan, P Manoj, A Chandra.
8. "Spirometric Changes following open mitral valve replacement" at XLIV Annual National Conference, Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists ( member of World federation of societies of Anaesthesiologists, Dec. 27 - 30, 1996, Hyderabad, A.P.,India. S Srivastava, A Chandra, D Dilip, P. Manoj, M.H. Rao. Awarded 2nd Prize in the Poster Bay.
9. "Our Experience with Normothermic body and cold heart" at 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Feb. 20 - 23, 1997, Ooty, T.N., India. PCK Reddy, GS Reddy, VMS Naidu, GM Kumar A Chandra, D Dilip. Awarded 1st Prize.
10. "Heparin-coated and uncoated membrane oxygenators - A comparative study" at 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Feb. 20 - 23, 1997, Ooty, T.N., India. G Naveen, VMS Naidu, A Chandra , D Dilip.
11. "Comparative study between Jet and Conventional ventilation for Bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies in children at 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Feb. 20 - 23, 1997, Ooty, T.N., India. RK Jain, MH Rao, P Manoj, S Srivastava , D Dilip , A Chandra.
12. “ Hypomagnesemia in massively transfused hearts” 32nd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood transfusion, Dec 18 - 20, 1997, at Calcutta.D. Gupta, A Chandra, KSS Saibaba.
13. “Our experience with continuous normothermia warm blood cardioplegia” at the 44th Annual conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, March 19 - 22, 1998, at Jaipur, Rajasthan. VMS Naidu, A Chandra, PCK Reddy, GS Reddy, D Gupta, R Jain, D Dilip.
14. “Clinical outcome of patients developing arrhythmias after open heart surgery” at the 44th Annual conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, March 19 - 22, 1998, at Jaipur, Rajasthan. N Sarala, A Chandra, RS Iyer, D Dilip, P Manoj, Prabhavathi.
15. “Experience with forty hydatid cysts of the lung” at the 44th Annual conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, March 19 - 22, 1998, at Jaipur, Rajasthan. P Manoj, D Dilip, RS Iyer, A Chandra, K Srinivas.
16. “Incidence of Post-transfusion HIV in the various transfused categories” at International Conference on Organization and Management of Blood transfusion services from Nov 22-25,1998 at Mumbai, Maharastra. D. Gupta. A Chandra.
17. “Chronic Hemothorax as a result of contained rupture of aortic aneurysm in a patient with aberrant right subclavian artery” at The South Indian Chapter of the American College of Chest Physcians (Chest Meet 2003) at Chennai from 18 – 20 July 2003. A Sreedhar, A Mohan, A Chandra, M Venkatarananappa, R Premanand.
18. “Surgical management of the Diaphragmmatic Injuries” 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Bangalore, Karnataka between 23rd – 26th February 2006. A Chandra, G Balasubramani, A Samantaray, M.H Rao and R Sonawaney.
19. “Coronary Artery fistula – Clinical consideration and surgical management” at the 54th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Pune, February 2008. A.Chandra, D Rajashekhar, G Balasubramani, VM Naidu. (Poster presentation)
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS:
1. Life member of Association of surgeons of India. (membership no. 7150 )
2. Life member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons. ( membership no. L 97 001)
3. Life member of Indian Society of Organ Transplantaion. (membership no. L.M. 340)
4. Life member of Nuclear Cardiological Society of India (NSCI). (membership no. 041/95-96).
5. Life member of Vascular Society of India.
6. Life member of Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia.
7. Life member of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular society of India which is a specialist branch of the Association of Surgeons of India.
8. Life Member of The Indian Society of Telemedicine.
9. The Society of Heart Valve Disease, London U.K. (Membership No.1220)
10. Life member of the Asian Vascular Society, Singapore
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED :
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. The 2nd minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery Interest Group : International Symposium Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery, HongKong, China from November 20 – 21, 1998.
2. 7th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for cardiovascular Surgery (Towards The Next Millenium On Cardiac Surgery) May 28 – 31,1999 at Singapore.
3. 7th World Symposium of heart valve diseases, queen Elizabeth Conference Hall, London,U.K., June 11 – 14,1999.
4. 2nd International meeting of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (Fighting heart disease on the threshhold of the 3rd mellennium) December 7 –9, 2000 Athens, Greece.
5. 15th Biennial Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Mumbai Dec 6-9, 2001.
6. 5th International Congress of the Asian Vascular Society “Challenges in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery” Singapore. May 23 – 26,2002.
7. Golden Jublee of V.P. Patel Chest Institute. International Conference of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi from January 12-14, 2003.
8. 89th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois from October 19-23,2003.
9. 6th International Congress of Asian Vascular Society” and “11th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India” at Bangalore, India from November 3 – 6, 2004.
10. The 17th Biennial Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) November 20 – 23, 2005 at Manila Phillipines.
11. 22nd European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeon (EACTS) Annual Meeting including techno college and Postgraduate courses at Lisbon, Portugal, between 13 -17, September 2008 with special reference to the congenital and the Thoracic session .
12. 23rd European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeon (EACTS) Annual Meeting including techno college and Postgraduate courses at Vienna, Austria, between October 17, 2009 till October 21,2009.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India. XI Annual Conference and C.M.E. Programme of Conference from 1 st - 3 rd Nov'85 at Allahabad, U.P., India.
2. U.P.Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India. XIV Annual Conference in 1988 at Aligarh, U.P., India
3. 38th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) from 20th - 23 rd Feb'92 at Calcutta, India.
4. North zone update in Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology in March'92 at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
5. National Symposium on "HIV and Safe Blood Transfusion" from 30th Sept.1st - Oct. 1993 by Dept. of Transfusion Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India.
6. 40th Annual Conference of the IACTS from 24th - 27 th Feb'94 at Agra, U.P. India.
7. Laboratory Medicine (CME) Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, 6th August, 1995, Tirupati, A.P.
8. 27th Annual conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine India and Symposium by the Indo-American society of Nuclear Medicine, organized by the Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, A.P. from 16th Nov 1995 till 18th Nov 1995.
9. 11th course on "Action plans for HIV-AIDS CONTROL" in India. Organised and conducted by Indian Society of Health Administrators at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, A.P. from 20th Nov 1995 till 24th Nov ' 1995.
10. Indo American Symposia on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Diseases sponsored by the Maimonides Medial Centre. Lutheran Medical Centre and coney island medical centre Brooklyn, New york and the Bangalore Hospital, Bangalore, India from 7th Dec - 9th Dec 1995 at Bangalore, Karnataka.
11. 42nd Annual Conference of IACTS from 25th - 28th Feb.'96 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, India.
12. 48th Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India from 6th-9th Oct.'96 at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
13. Annual conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation IX Annual Conference, from 10th-12th Jan.'97 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
14. 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgeons, at Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India from 24th Feb to 28th Feb’97.
15. National comprehensive course in Cardiac Surgery at NIMS, Hyderabad from 1st Nov. to 7th Nov.’97
16. National Conference of Cardiac-thoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, at SGPGIMS, Lucknow from 22nd to 23rd Nov.’97.
17. 4th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, at Bangalore, Karnataka from December 11 - 14, 1997.
18. 44th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgeons, at Jaipur, Rajasthan from March 19 - 22, 1998.
19. Live teleworkshop on video Assisted Thoracic surgery: VATS 98, at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on August 10,1998.
20. The XXV Association of Surgeons of India - A.P. Chapter (ASI APCON), at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh from September 11 – 13, 1998.
21. 5th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India at Ahemdabad, Gujarat from November 27th - 28th , 1998.
22. 58th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India; ASICON’98, at Ahmedabad, Gujarat from December 25-30, 1998.
23. 45th Annual Conference of Cardiothoracic and Vascular, at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from February 25- 28,1999
24. Sixth Annual conference of Vascular Society of India, at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Nov. 18-20,1999.
25. 46th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons March 05 - 08, 2000, at Mumbai, Maharastra.
26. 25th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Blood transfusion and immunohaematology, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Nov.: 10 – 12, 2000.
27. Seventh Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Nov. 16 – 19, 1999 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu .
28. 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2000 at New Delhi.
29. 47th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 15 - 18, 2001, at Kolkata, West Bengal.
30. National Conference on Telemedicine, April 23-27, 2001, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This was the first telemedicine conference of India in collaboration with European Institute of Tele-surgery, Strasbourg, France and Online Telemedicine Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India and sponsered by the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi and Ministry of Information Technology, Government of UP, Lucknow.
31. 8th Annual Conference and the live workshop of the Vascular Society of India, November 29, 2001 to December 02,2001 at Pune, Maharastra, India.
32. 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2001 at Patna, Bihar.
33. 48th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 14 – 17, 2002, at Chennai, Tamilnadu.
34. 9th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India between October 10-13,2002 at Kodaikanal, Tamil nadu, South India.
35. 48th Annual Conference International College of Surgeons (Indian Section) between November 14-17,2002 at Ranchi Jharkhand, India.
36. 62nd Annual Conference of The Association of Surgeons of India between December 25-30,2002 at Kolkatta.
37. 49th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 11 – 14, 2003, at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
38. ICMR-WHO Workshop on Dissemination of Information, March 18-20, 2003, at S.V.Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, A.P.
39. 49th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), September 4-7,2003 at Chennai, India.
40. 6th Live Workshop on Surgical Complications, December 6-7.2003 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
41. 50th Golden Jubilee Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 19 – 22, 2004, at New Delhi.
42. 15th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, ISOT 2004, September 30, 2004 till October 2, 2004, at Mumbai.
43. 50th Golden Jubilee Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, October 28 – 31, 2004.
44. 11th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India, at Bangalore, November 3 – 6, 2004.
45. 7th Live Teleworkshop on Surgical Options for Heart Failure, at GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore November 20 – 21, 2004.
46. 64th Annual Conference of the Association Of Surgeons Of India, at Hyderabad, December 26 – 30 2004.
47. 51st Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Kochi, between February 17-20,2005.
48. 7th Annual Conference of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of India (PCSI 2005), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh between July 15 – 17, 2005.
49. ICMR Workshop on Biomedical Communication, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh between September 5 – 6,2005.
50. XXVIII Annual Conference , Association of Surgeons of India – A.P. Chapter, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh between September 23 – 25,2005.
51. 12th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, Thiruvanthapuram, kerala, between November 10 – 13, 2005.
52. 8th Live Teleworkshop on Surgical Options for Heart Failure, at GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore December 2 – 3, 2005
53. LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005.
54. International CME and Workshop in Cardiovascular and Thoraicic Surgery (ICWCVTS) at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow India between Februar y 10th to 12th 2006.
55. 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Bangalore, Karnataka between 23rd – 26th February 2006.
56. 52nd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 5th – 8th,2006 at Panjim, Goa, India.
57. 53rd Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons February 8th – 11th, 2007, at Birla Auditorium, Jaipur.
58. New Horizons in Pulmonology – Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care organized by the Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery and Medical Intensive Care, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India from August 25 to 26, 2007, at the Grand Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.
59. 53rd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 25th –28th,2007 at Agra, U.P. India.
60. 10th Annual live workshop on Aortic Aneurysms, at GKNM hospital, L.R.G. Naidu Institute : Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Coimbatore from 17th to 18th November, 2007.
61. Xth Annual Conference of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons – A.P. Chapter, S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. 8th – 9th December, 2007.
62. LXVII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2007) at Bhubaneswar from 25th till 30th December, 2007.
63. 54th Annual Conference of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, IACTS 2008 at Pune Maharastra from 21st till 24th February 2008.
64. 54th Annual Conference of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, IACTS 2008 at Pune Maharastra from 21st till 24th February 2008.
65. Foot Rec Con : CME held at Indian Medical Association, New Delhi on August 31,2008.
66. LXVIII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2008) at Ludhiana, Punjab from 25th till 30th December, 2008.
67. Live Surgical workshop on multi vessel small Thoracotomy OPCAB at STAR Hospitals, Hyderabad on 16.02.2009
68. 27th Annual Conference KSC ASICON / ASI South zone between 20 – 22nd, 2009 at Bangaluru
69. 11th Annual live workshop on Mitral Valve reconstruction, at GKNM hospital, L.R.G. Naidu Institute : Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Coimbatore from 14th to 15th March 2009.
70. 16th Annual Conference of Vascualar Society of India, Hyderabad from October 29 – Nov.01,2009.
71. 55th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons – Indian Section.(ICS IS Goldencon 2009, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab), from 29th October 2009 till November 1,2009.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS :
1. Awarded the "President's guide award" by his highness Mr V.V.Giri, President of India while representing the U.P. State as a Company Leader at the National Jamboori organised by the Bharat Scouts and Guides, India at Bangalore on 1st Jan. 1974.
2. SS Anand Travelling Fellowship by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery for the year 1998 – 1999, at Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Duration of the Fellowship : 6 weeks from September 07,1999 till October 18,1999.
3. Common Wealth Fellowship nominated by the University Grant Commission for the year 1999 – 2000.
4. Reeve H. Betts Fellowship by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery for the year 2001 – 2002, at Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center, Marine Lines and Leelavati Hospital and Research center, Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai, Maharastra, India. Duration of the Fellowship : 6 weeks from July 06,2001 till August 14,2001.
5. Awarded the A.P. State Government Award: Certificate of Appreciation for the best performance for the year 2000 – 2001 at the Independence day celebrations on 15th August 2001 at Chittor.
6. Fellow of the Association of Indian Surgeons (FAIS), conferred by the Association of Surgeons of India at the convocation held on 28th December 2001 at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2001 at Patna, Bihar.
7. Rastriya Ratan Award for Medicine was awarded by the International study circle at New Delhi on June 12, 2003.
8. Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS) in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, conferred on June 30,2003, by the College International De Chirurgiens founded in Geneva 1935, Incorporated in Washington D.C.,1940. Presented at the Convocation held on September 6, 2003, held during the 49th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), September 4-7,2003 at Chennai, India.
9. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), conferred on 19th of October at the convocation held at Chicago, Illinois during the 89th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois from October 19-23,2003.
10. “ Ugadi Puruskar” along with felicitation on the Telugu New Years day “ Ugadi” on April 8, 2008 by Tirupati Municipal Corporation, Tirupati, A.P.
GUEST / INVITED LECTURES DELIVERED:
"Guidelines for prevention of HIV in a surgical setting" at the 11th course on actions plans for HIV-AIDS control in India. Organised and conducted by the Indian Soceity of health administrators at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati from 20th– 24th Nov '95.
“Recent trends in Cardiac Surgery” at the Doctor’s Day celebration of Indian Medical Association at Anantpur, A.P. on July 1,2000.
“Mitral valve Surgery” at the Doctor’s Day celebration of Indian Medical Association at Chittoor, A.P. on July 2, 2000.
“Drugs for controlling bleeding diasthesis” 25th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Blood transfusion and immunohaematology, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Nov.: 10 – 12, 2000.
“ Recent Advances in Valve Surgery Including Robotic” at 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2001 at Patna, Bihar.
“ Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis” 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons on India, December 25 – 30, 2001 at Patna, Bihar.
“ You and Your Heart” in a workshop held at the Bhimadole Society, between June 14,2002 at Bhimadole, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.
“Surgical management of Acute venous thrombosis” at the 9th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India between October 10-13,2002 at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India.
“ Management of Thoracic Injuries” at the CSEP programme of the 48th Annual Conference International College of Surgeons (Indian Section) between November 14-17,2002 at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
“ Thyroid and Heart” at the 62nd Annual Conference of The Association of Surgeons of India between December 25-30,2002 at Kolkatta.
“Medical Therapy Of Peripheral Vascular Disease And Role Of Cilostazol” guest lecture at a symposium organized on 23.05.03 at Hotel Bliss, Tirupati.
“Peripheral Arterial Disease And Its Management” chaired by Dr. G. Eswara M.D. Professor of Medicine GGH, Vijaywada held on 29.06.03
“Management Of Peripheral Arterial Disease” guest lecture at Kurnool held on 28.09.03.
“Surgery For Pleuro–Pulmonary Tuberculosis” a Guest Lecture at the 49th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), September 4-7,2003 at Chennai, India.
“Telemedicine And Its Application” an invited lecture at the Annual Conference of the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics held at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati between December 11,2003 to December 13,2003.
“Management of Post-surgical Infections” held on Feb. 14,2004 at a CME held at Tirupati.
“Applications of Telemedicine” Dr. Arthur De Sa Memorial Continuing Surgical Education Programme” held on 28th October 2004, at 50th Annual Conference of The International College of Surgeons (Indian Section) at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
“Chest wall Injuries” at the CME session of the XXVIII Annual Conference , Association of Surgeons of India – A.P. Chapter, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh between September 23 – 25,2005.
“Surgical Management of thoracic Aneurysms” : Symposium on Aneurysm. LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005.
“An Overview of the Iatrogenic Injuries during Cardiac Interventions”. 52nd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 5th – 8th,2006 at Panjim, Goa, India.
“Surgical Management of Bronchiectasis” New Horizons in Pulmonology – Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care organized by the Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery and Medical Intensive Care, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India from August 25 to 26, 2007, at the Grand Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.
“Future Directions in Cardiac Surgery” at the 53rd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 25th –28th,2007 at Agra, U.P. India.
“Paediatric Empyema Management” at the Xth Annual Conference of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons – A.P. Chapter, S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. 8th – 9th December, 2007.
“Peripheral Arterial Disease And Its Management”: at the continuing Medical education : Foot Rec Con at Indian Medical Association, New Delhi on August 31,2008.
“ Thoracic Outlet Syndrome” at the 27th Annual Conference KSC ASICON / ASI South zone between 20 – 22nd, 2009.
“ Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome” at 55th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons – Indian Section.(ICS IS Goldencon 2009, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab), on 31 October 2009.
PANEL DISCUSSION
1. “Acute venous thrombosis”. Organizer Dr. J.C. Panchal, and Panelists : Urvish Chudgar, P. Govindaraj, Abha Chandra, Ashok Hishikar, at the 9th Annual National Conference of Vascular Society of India, between October 10-13,2002 at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India.
2. “ Carotid endartectomy Vs Carotid Artery Stenting.” Organizer Dr. Pinjala Ramakrishna and Panelist : KM Rai, Abha Chandra, Seetharam Reddy, Unnikrishnan Menon, V Balaji, Sriram Rajagopala, Rajiv Parekh. at the 9th Annual National Conference of Vascular Society of India, between October 10-13,2002 at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India.
EDITOR / REVIEWER FOR MANUSCRIPTS
1. Journal of Vascular Surgery : Official Publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Association for Vascular Surgery. Published from University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, Gainesville, Florida.
2. Sectional Editor (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery) for the Indian Journal of Surgery, 2006-2008 Official journal of the Association of Surgeons of India.
CHAIRPERSON FOR SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Session of Valve Surgery: at the 45th Annual Conference of of Cardiothoracic
and Vascular Surgeons March 08, 2000, at Mumbai, Maharastra.
Session on Vascular Problems : at the seventh Annual Conference of Vascular
Society of India, Nov. 17, 1999 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu .
3. Session on Role of Videoendoscopy in Thoracic Surgery: at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2000), Dec 28,2000.
4. Session on Current status of Surgery for Carcinoma Oesophagus: at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2000), Dec 28,2000.
5. Session on Confronting commercialization of Health Care in CTVS: at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2000), Dec 28,2000.
6. Session on Role of deep vein valve reconstruction in management of non-healing of the venous ulcers.(Guest Lecture by Dr. Ramesh Tripathi). at the 60th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2000), Dec 28,2000.
7. Free Paper Session on Management of Vascular Problems like varicose veins, Vascular diseases in women, Aortic aneurysm, supra aortic occlusive disease and the role of Intraoperative thrombolysis in upper limb ischemia, at the 8th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India Dec. 02, 2001 at Pune, Maharastra.
8. Diabetic Foot and Vascular surgeon (Guest Lecture : Dr. J.S. Bhargava) at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2001), Dec 28,2001.
9. Recent Advances in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (Guest Lecture : Dr. Ramesh Tripathi) at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2001), Dec 30,2001.
Session on Poster Presentation at the 49th Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons Feburary 11 – 14, 2003, at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Chaired and conducted the “VSI Award Session” at the 6th International Congress of Asian Vascular Society and 11th Annual Conference of Vascular Society of India, November 3 – 6, 2004 at Bangalore, Karanataka.
Chaired an Invited Lecture of Prof. D. Prasada Rao “ Off- pump and On – Pump coronary artery bypass surgery – results” at 51st Annual Conference of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeons at Kochi, between February 17-20,2005.
Chaired a Guest Lecture on “ Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Modern era” at the LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005.
Chaired a Scientific session on Case reports at the LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005.
Chaired a Scientific session on Thoracic short paper session at the LXV Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India and SAARC surgeons congress, at Jaipur Rajasthan between 25th and 30th December 2005.
Chaired session I on Thoracic Surgery at the International CME and Workshop in Cardiovascular and Thoraicic Surgery (ICWCVTS) at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow India between Februar y 10th to 12th 2006.
Chaired a Scientific session on Thoracic short paper session and case reports at the 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Bangalore, Karnataka between 23rd – 26th February 2006.
Chaired a Scientific session at the CME : Surgical management of Double Outlet left ventricle’ at the 53rd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular – Thoracic Surgeons, Jaipur, Rajasthan between 8th – 11th February 2007.
Chaired a guest Lecture: “ Thoracoscopic Thymic surgery” presented by Dr, Prabal Roy, Faridabad at the 53rd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 27th,2007 at Agra, U.P. India.
Chaired a guest Lecture: “ Clinical Applications of stem cell Therapy” at the 53rd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons (Indian Section), October 27th,2007 at Agra, U.P. India.
Chaired a Invited lecture on “ Cardio Thoracic Surgeons in Making” by Dr. Bhanushali, at the LXVII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2007) at Bhubaneswar from 25th till 30th December, 2007.
Chaired a scientific session on the “tracheo bronchial reconstructions for bronchial carcinoma ” by Dr. Jain at the LXVII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2007) at Bhubaneswar from 25th till 30th December, 2007.
Chaired a scientific session on the “Complications During Thoracic Surgery” by Dr. Bhanusali at the LXVIII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2008) at Ludhiana, Punjab from 25th till 30th December, 2008.
Chaired a scientific session on the “Surgery for multinodular goiters” in the surgical endocrinology section of the LXVIII Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2008) at Ludhiana, Punjab from 25th till 30th December, 2008.
Chaired a scientific session for the free papers: Vascular surgery (Session 1) on October 30,2009 at 16th Annual Conference of Vascualar Society of India, Hyderabad from October 29 – Nov.01,2009.
Chaired a scientific session of Guest lecture: Stents in General Surgical Practice by K Govindaraj, Tiruchirapalli at 55th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons – Indian Section.(ICS IS Goldencon 2009, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab), on 1st November 2009.
Contribution to Book
1. Wrote a Chapter on the “Surgery for pleuropulmonary Tuberculosis” for a book titled “Tuberculosis” published by Jaypee brothers, New Delhi. The Editor of the book is Prof. Sharma from the Department of Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Assistant Editor is Dr. Alladi Mohan, Assistant Professor from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, A.P.
2. Updated contribution to the 2nd edition of the “Surgery for pleuropulmonary Tuberculosis” for a book titled “Tuberculosis” published by Jaypee brothers, New Delhi in the year 2008. The Editor of the book is Prof. Sharma from the Department of Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Miscellaneous
1. National Advisory Board Member for the 15th Biennial Congress of the
Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Mumbai Dec
6-9, 2001.
2. Executive Member of the Association of Surgeons of India: (ATCVSI)
Association of the cardiovascular surgeons of India.
3. Expert for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Designed a multipurpose self retaining retractor.
REFERENCES:
1. Prof. Probal K. Ghosh MS MCh FRCS,FETCS
(Ex Dean and HOD (CVTS) Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow)
Department of Cardiac Surgery
St. John’s Hospital,
Muellner Hauptstrasse 48
A5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Tel: 43 662 4482 3378
Fax: 43 662 4482 3374
email: P.Ghosh@lks.at
2. Dr. Devendra S Saksena, FACS
Chief and HOD
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Bombay Hospital and Medical Research center
Marine lines, Mumbai 400 002
Tel: 91 22 2080750
Fax: 91 22 2081313
3. Dr. B. Vengamma, DM (Neuro)
Director,
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences,
Tirupati, 517507, Andhra Pradesh, Inida
Tel.: 91 877 2287777 Extn : 2222
Fax: 91 877 2286803
4. Dr. Pramod Mittal, MS, M.Ch (CVTS)
Chief Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
Escorts Hospital and Research Centre Limited
Neelam Bata Road, Faridabad –121001
Haryana, India
Phone no.: 91 129 2416096 / 97, 5009999
Fax no.: 91 129 2416260
E mail : ehrc@vsnl.com
EXTRA-CURRICULAR :
SCHOOL
1. Awarded Pre-Senior U.N. Information Test - by 14th annual U.N.Information test conducted all over India by the Council of U.N. Information, a wing of USO, on 28th August, 1971.
2. Awarded Pre-senior General Knowledge Test Certificate - by 21 st annual general knowledge test conducted all over India by Board of General Knowledge Test, a wing of USO, on 27th Nov, 1971.
3. Awarded Senior U.N. Information Test Certificate - by the 15 th annual U.N.Information Test conducted all over India by the council for U.N. Information, a wing of USO, on 26th August, 1972.
4. Awarded "One Star" Merit Certificate - in the National Physical Efficiency Tests (Juniors) conducted in the year 1971 for U.P. State conducted by Ministry of Education & social Welfare under Government of India.
5. SCOUTING :
· Participated in the 7th State rally and camp organised on the behalf of 25th anniversary of India's Independence at Allahabad by the Bharat Scout and Guides from the 3rd Jan - 7th Jan 1973.
· Was choosen to represent India from U.P. State at the International Scouts and Guide Meet at Tokyo, Japan in 1973.
· Was awarded the "Best guide award" at the annual function of Carmel high school, Lucknow on 19th Feb., 1974.
· Awarded the "President's guide award" by his highness Mr V.V.Giri, President of India while representing the U.P. State as a Company Leader at the National Jamboori organised by the Bharat Scouts and Guides, India at Bangalore on 1st Jan. 1974.
· Was Company Leader, of the U.P. State troop at tenth National Rally organised by Bharat Scouts and Guides, at "SANGAM" from 1st June, till 25th June, 1975 at Pune, Maharastra.
COLLEGE
1. Winner in Throw Ball of the Indoor Games Tournament Organised at Sarojini Naidu Hall, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in the session 1978 - 79.
2. Was Team Leader in the Cultural Events in Medifest 1982 at the All India Inter Medical Sports cum Cultural Festival held at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from 19th Feb - 23 rd Feb, 1982.
3. A member of Food Committee of Sarojini Naidu Hall, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh for the year 1981-82.
4. Participated in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Team at the "SPORTOTSAV 84 - First All India Inter Medical College sports festivals from 25th Jan - 31 st Jan, 1984 at JAwahar Lal Nehru Medical college, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
5. Winner of Carroms singles event at "SPORTOTSAV 89 - Fifth All India Inter Medical College Sports Festival and Fourth All India Inter Medical College prize Money Cricket Tournament organised at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 25 th Jan. - 31 st Jan., 1989.
ADDENDUM :
Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute Of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
The Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, is a premier autonomous Institute of national importance. It is a tertiary-level super-speciality referral center for the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Super-speciality training is imparted to Senior residents, selected on the basis of an All - India competitive entrance examination, leading to the award of either DM or MCh degrees. Post-graduate courses are also offered for speciality subjects like Transfusion medicine, Immunology, Radiotherapy and so on.
The Department of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery (CVTS), comprising five surgeons, has an independent ward of 30 beds, a dedicated well equipped postoperative Intensive Care Unit and Intermediate Care facility. It runs an active Cardiac surgical programme covering both acquired and congenital areas. Valvular, coronary and pediatric work constitute a third each of about 350 Open Heart surgeries performed per year. An additional 450 closed cardiac surgical operations are performed. Cardiology backup is excellent. Colour-Doppler, Echocardiography, CT scan and MRI facilities are available round-the-clock. An ongoing Interventional Cardiology programme covers MVBD, AVBD, PTCA, Atherectomies and EPS with ablations. Radiology Pathology and Biochemistry backup is available round-the-clock.
Each year two general surgical post-graduates are selected on merit for a three year training in CVTS leading to eligibility for super-speciality certification (MCh). Training includes emphasis on clinical research, a tight academic schedule, courses in Molecular biology, biostatistics, Computers and additional outstation postings at other major centres in India.
Senior Residents in CVTS perform independent post operative Intensive care duties and additionally manage emergencies and ward. They are expected to assist in all operative cases and perform routine cannulation and decannulation for Open heart procedures. Some simpler procedures are performed by residents under supervision.
Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
There are together 869 beds in Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre of the Bombay Hospital Trust.
There are thirteen Operation Theatres. Facilities exist for treating patients in various Departments. Viz. General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Obst. & Gynaecology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Plastic Surgery, General Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Artificial Kidney (Dialysis) Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, (Adults) Endocrinology, Skin, E.N.T., Ophthalmology, Dental, Oncology, Urology, Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasonic Department and Nerve Muscle Research Wing, C.T.Scan, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Dept. Urodynamic Laboratory and Neonatology including Intensive Care Unit (Newly Born).
The Bombay hospital has a well equipped Central Laboratory, Blood Bank, and X-ray Department (Diagnostic & Therapeutic including Cobalt Therapy). Physiotherapy & Occupation Therapy Department a Casualty Department and an Out-patient Department, Retina Clinic, and Dental Speciality Section, and Endoscopic Department.
The Department of Cardiovascular & thoracic Surgery comprised of 3 units, with 3 operation theatres functioning from Monday to Saturday. There is a well equipped post operative Intensive Care Unit and Intermediate Care facility comprising of total 25 beds(17 bedded ICU). The department is running an active cardiac surgical programme including both acquired and congenital areas. Morethan 1500 Open heart surgeries are done per year comprising of Valvular, Coronary and Paediatric work. An additional of 450-500 Closed cardiac surgical operations and Vascular surgery were performed. Cardiology back-up was excellent, and round the clock facilities were available for Echocardiograpy, CT Scan and MRI. Emergency cardiovascular and thoracic cases were also managed by the department.
Every year, 3 surgical post graduates were selected on the basis of competitive entrance exam conducted by the Maharastra University. These residents underwent 3 years training which included clinical research and a tight academic schedule along with a pre, per and post operative mangement of patients, and ultimately led to eligibility for Superspeciality Certification (M.Ch.).
Senior clinical assistant in CVTS performed independent post operative ICU duties and additionally managed the ward. They are expected to perform Open heart surgeries like ASD, Mitral valve replacement, Aortic valve replacement, Open mitral valvotomies along with Closed heart and vascular procedures.
Sri Venkateswara Institute Of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences was concieved in the year 1986 and the foundation stone was laid by Late Sri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao the then Hon’ble Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati, A.P., was finally established by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, in the year 1993 with a goal of promoting the total well being of the man, besides it achieved the status of a Deemed University established by the A.P. State legislature Act 1995. It has been recognised by the University Grants Commision in 2002.
Designed on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences seeks to provide cheap yet the best medical treatment to the poor, needy and the disabled belonging to the various parts of Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring states. This is a tertiary care referral centre. Its major objective includes service training and education in advanced medical sciences and technology. Rather than pursuing the concept of over specialization, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences aims at excellence by taking a holistic approach to human health care.
The Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (CVTS) comprises of six surgeons and has an independent bed strength of 45 beds which are dedicated to preoperative ward, a well equipped postoperative intensive care unit and intermediate care facility. It runs an active cardiovascular and thoracic vascular surgical program which entertains both routine and emergency procedures. Cardiac work comprises of both congenital and acquired areas including valvular, coronary and congenital work except transplantations. Approximately 450 OHS procedures are performed each year, in addition to these a good number of closed cardiac surgical procedures, thoracic and vascular cases (including aortic aneurysm) are being done. There is a good cardiological back-up with facilities available round the clock for invasive hemodynamic monitoring, echocardiography. Cardiology department is well equipped with an echocardiography machine having biplane transoesophageal probe, along with facilities for color flow mapping, several computerized ECG machines, a computerized tread mill machine and a biplane Hicor and universal angiography system with DSA for cardiac imaging, with mingograf-7 and Philips invasive lab), CT Spiral and MRI are other facilities available in the department of Radiology of this Institute. Department of Nuclear medicine is armed with sophisticated Gamma Camera with spect system and radioisotope dose calibrator. Besides the Institute is also involved with the Bioinformatics and stem cell research work. This institute has several research projects which are being conducted in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research and the University Grants Commission
A three years MCh course in Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery which is recognized by the Medical Council of India and a two years diploma course of cardiopulmonary perfusion technology is being conducted by the department of Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Besides the department Faculty are also involved with the teaching schedule of the Physiotherapy and the Nursing students. There is two years Diploma course for Cardiovascular Nursing.
