Overview
Department of CTVS headed by Dr.A.G.Jayakrishnan, was started in Justice K. S Hegde Charitable Hospital in December 2007 by Dr. M Gopalakrishnan.
Our team of Cardiac Surgeons include Dr. A. G. Jayakrishnan with an experience of over 35 years and over 10,000 major cardiac, thoracic and vascular procedures, Dr. M Gopalakrishnan with an experience of more than 24 years, Dr. Nareshchand Hegde with an experience of more than 14 years, Dr. Anup Srinivasan who has recently joined the team and a dedicated Cardiac Anaesthesiologist, Dr. Manjunath Kamath, who has an experience of more than 15 years in Cardiac Anaesthesia. The team is supported by highly trained nurses and technicians who are involved in the cardiac surgical and post-operative care.
Our expertise is in coronary artery bypass grafting especially beating heart CABG as well as valve replacement and repair and other complex thoracic and vascular procedures. We are also actively involved in the training of MS, general surgery post graduates.
The Department is well-equipped with dedicated state of the art cardiac operation theatre with cardiac surgical and anaesthesia equipments, as well as Cardiac Perfusion Equipments and Cardiac Assist Devices such as intra-aortic balloon pumps. The intensive care unit is a six bedded cardiac ICU with 6 latest five channel monitors, central monitor and ventilators.
We are actively involved in the training of MS, general surgery post graduates.
We are fortunate to have a very dedicated Cardiac Anesthesiology Department headed by Prof. Manjunath Kamath, who has got an experience of more than 15 years in Cardiac Anesthesia.
CTVS is well-equiped with state of the art cardiac surgical and anaesthesia equipments as well as Cardiac Perfusion Equipments. We also got the most modern intra-aortic balloon pumps which are useful as Cardiac Assist Devices. We have got six bedded cardiac ICU with 6 latest five channel monitors, central monitor and ventilators.
We have a team of highly dedicated cardiac operation theatre and intensive care unit nurses and technicians who are involved in the cardiac surgical and post-operative care.
Faculty / OPD Schedule
Outpatient Department for superspecialities runs on all days except sunday. OPD timings are from 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM.
| Name | Designation | Qualification | OPD Day | OT day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr.A.G.Jayakrishnan | HOD & Consultant | MS., FRCSI, FRCS (CTh) | Mon, Wed , Fri | Tue, Thu , Sat |
| Dr. Mundayat Gopalakrishnan | Professor & Consultant | MS (General Surgery), M.Ch (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery), FIACS | Tue, Thu , Sat | Mon, Wed , Fri |
| Dr. Nareshchand Hegde H | Associate Professor | MBBS, MS, MCh | ||
| Dr. Anup Srinivasan | Assistant Professor | MBBS, DrNB (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) |
Speciality Services
Speciality services such as cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and Oncology have specialist consultants are equiped with state of the art Cath Lab, TMT , Holter monitoring, Echocardiography, Endoscopy units, Dialysis unit, EEG, EMG / Nerve conduction/ evoked potentials, Bronchoscopy, PFT and sleep lab.
Other services includes:
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft-CABG
- Valve replacements surgeries- MVR, AVR, DVR
- Valve repair surgeries
- Congenital cardiac surgeries
- Vascular and Thoracic procedures