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Dr. Sreekar Balasundaram

MBBS MS DNB(GS) DNB (CTH) FIACS

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Professor & HOD

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English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil
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MBBS MS DNB(GS) DNB (CTH) FIACS    

Professor & HOD

 

SJMCH, Bangalore

Qualification/ Education

MBBS, MS, DNB(General Surgery), DNB(Cardiothoracic Surgery), FIACS.
​Professor and Head, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Experience

* St. John's Medical College Hospital | Professor & Head | 2015 – Present 
* ​Reinvigorated the Department; served as the sole surgeon managing all emergency and elective patient care for the first five years.. 
* ​Columbia Asia Referral Hospital | Consultant Surgeon | 2011 – 2015
* ​Narayana Hrudayalaya | Consultant / Clinical Assistant | 2006 – 2011
* ​Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Australia) | Senior Registrar | 2008 – 2009

Field of Expertise


* ​Adult Cardiac: On/Off-pump CABG, valve repairs/replacements, Bentall procedures, and aortic aneurysm surgery.
* ​Thoracic surgery, VATS, Robotic surgery: Lobectomy, pneumonectomy, mediastinal mass excisions, and video-assisted thoracoscopic s

Fellowship & Membership

* DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery): Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute, 2005.
* ​MS (General Surgery): J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, 2000.
* ​MBBS: St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, 1996.
* ​Recent Fellowships: Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery (UK, 2024); Thoracic Oncology (Tata Memorial, 2023)

Membership of professional associations/bodies

* ​Fellow, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (FIACS).
* ​Member, Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Trust (ISTS)

No groups and associations specified.

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Thoracoabdominal Impalement Injuries—Case Report

Groups and Associations Mohan LN, B. Sreekar , Gayatri Balachandran & Benji Varghese
Indian Journal of Surgery 2020
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Case Report Management of pseudo tumour in haemophilia patients

Groups and Associations Sherlyn Ambrose1*, Giridhar Ashwath1, Sreekar Balasundaram2, Suresh Kumar2, Cecil Ross3, Anthony Prakash Rozario1
International Surgery Journal 2020
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Man versus wild: A case report of a bear attack with thoracic complications

Groups and Associations D. D’Souza, S. Balasundaram
The Journal of Cardiothoracic Trauma 2020
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Tension Pneumomediastinum in a Patient with H1N1 Pneumonia

Groups and Associations Keshava, Chenna; Balasundaram, Sreekar1; Denzil, Maria2
The Journal of Cardiothoracic Trauma 2016
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When Bleeding Wins Clotting The Surgical Dilemma in Life-Threatening Hemothorax in Hemophilia

Groups and Associations Jain, Nisha B.; Balasundaram, Sreekar1; Rao, Joseph Sushil2,
The Journal of Cardiothoracic Trauma 2018
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A simple technique for securing Gore-Tex neochordal height and knot slippage in mitral valve repair

Groups and Associations V Rao Parachuri 1, Srilakshmi M Adhyapak, Chiran A Babu, Sreekar Balasundaram, Vineet Mahajan
Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2012
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Giant lung tumor in hereditary spherocytosis: inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

Groups and Associations Shreyas Bellur 1, Sreekar Balasundaram 1
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2023
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Idiopathic Extremity Arteriovenous Fistula: A Rare Etiology of Cardiac Failure

Groups and Associations Anushka C Ninama 1, Shreyas Bellur 2, Sreekar Balasundaram 2
National Library of medicine 2022
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An uncommon aetiology for a common clinical problem: Primary pericardial mesothelioma

Groups and Associations P Kumar Kenchetty 1, Sreekar Balasundaram 2, Krishna Rao 3
The national medical journal of India 2022
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Absent Testis With a Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor

Groups and Associations Shreyas Bellur 1, Sreekar Balasundaram 1, Ashitha Nanaiah
The national medical journal of India 2022
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Primary Malignant Synovial Tumor in the Mediastinum

Groups and Associations Shreyas Bellur 1, Sreekar Balasundaram 1
National Library of medicine 2021
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Chronic granulomatous ‘Aspergillus lung mass’

Groups and Associations Kavitha Venkatnarayan, Uma Devaraj, Uma Krishnaswamy ,Priya Ramachandran, Sreekar Balasundaram, Anuradha Ananthamurthy, Jayanthi Savio
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 2020
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Tracheal Duplication Cyst Presenting as Chest Pain

Groups and Associations Shreyas Bellur 1, Vivek Bhat 2, Sreekar Balasundaram
National Library of medicine 2023
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Histopathological assessment of thymoma based on the World Health Organization 2021 classification with emphasis on transcapsular invasion: experience from a tertiary care center

Groups and Associations Saloni Saloni 1, Renuka Malipatel 2, Sreekar Balasundaram 3
National Library of medicine 2025
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