Dr. Rajesh T R

Senior Consultant - Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Qualification

MBBS DNB MS MCh

Location

Kauvery Hospital - Electronic City

Kauvery Hospital - Marathahalli

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Brief Profile

Dr. Rajesh T R is highly regarded among Cardio thoracic & Vascular Surgeons in Bengaluru with 20 years’ experience. He has performed over 8000 cardiac surgeries. He was the first in Asia to implant a third-generation artificial heart in a patient with terminal heart failure. He has won several prestigious awards towards his excellent service.

Educational Qualifications

MBBS, VIMS Bellary
DNB(General Surgery), NBE, New Delhi
MS (General Surgery), Mysore Medical College, Mysore
MCh (CTVS ), GSMC, Mumbai

Experience

20 years

Consultant - Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, HCG, Bengaluru
Consultant - Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Narayana Hrudayala, Bengaluru
Consultant - Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Sparsh, Bengaluru

Expertise

MICS -
- Mini Sternotomy and Mini Thoracotomy CABG
- Valve repairs and replacements
- ASD closures
- Excision of Cardiac Tumours

Complex and Total Arterial Offpump CABG, Coronary Endarterectomy, MICS
Cardiac Surgery in Heart Failure
LVAD ( Artificial Heart ) Implantations, ECMOs, Heart Transplants
Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Interventional Procedures
Peripheral vascular surgeries and Interventions
Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Accomplishments

First in Asia to implant the third generation Artificial Heart in a patient with terminal Heart failure
Performed nearly 8000 cardiac surgeries

Honors & Awards

Gold Medal in MS-General Surgery, awarded by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Medical Sciences,
Special award for excellence in Cardiac surgery by the Chief Minister of AP, Sri Rosaiah
Limca Book of Records -first to Implant a third generation artificial heart in India.
Bharata Vikaasa Ratna Rashtra Prashasthi, by Bharata Ratna Sir M V Engineering
Award for excellence in Surgery by Samartha Saahitya Mattu Sanskruthika Prathistaana
Youngest recipient of Vasavasiri, the highest title conferred in the Aryavysya community, to people with special accomplishments

Research & Publications

Efficacy of three different ablative procedures to treat atrial fibrillation in patients with valvular heart disease: a randomised trial. Heart Lung Circ. 2008 Jun;17(3):232-40.

Affiliations & Memberships

Indian Association Of Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
Indian Medical Association

Special Training

Focus area: Heart failure, Transplants, and Ventricular Assist Devices (Artificial hearts)- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Focus area: MICS - Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.

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