K R Balakrishnan


K R Balakrishnan is an Indian cardiothoracic surgeon, senior heart transplant surgeon and currently the Chairman of Cardiac Sciences, and the Director of Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare Chennai. He was the director of cardiac sciences at Fortis Malar Hospital Chennai till October 2019. Balakrishnan performed the first permanent artificial heart transplant in India with HeartMate II LVAD and performed the largest number of heart transplants in India. He has performed several first cardiac surgeries in India which includes the first pediatric heart transplant on a 2 year old Russian kid. He also did the first LVAD and HVAD pump transplant in India in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
He is the member of Indian Medical Association.

Career

K R Balakrishnan earned MBBS degree from JIPMER, Pondicherry in 1976. He completed MS in General Surgery from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1980. Balakrishnan also qualified M.Ch. in Cardio Thoracic Surgery from KEM Hospital, Mumbai, in 1982.
Balakrishnan was the Professor and Head of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai from 1994 to 2008.
He performed by pass surgery of a shop owner from Gujarat "Jaisukhabi Thakur" who had no pulse.

Awards & recognitions

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Komarakshi_Balakrishnan

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