An MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery) graduate from KEM Hospital, University of Bombay, Dr K R Balakrishnan has mastered an evidence-based approach to healthcare practices and refined clinical expertise in surgery. His areas of expertise include end-stage heart failure management (heart transplant & VAD implant), paediatric cardiac surgery, lung transplant, and heart and lung transplant. He has received numerous awards for his work and his work has been published in some of the highest-ranking medical journals.

Armed with nearly 30 years of experience, Dr Suresh Rao KG is the Co-Director of the Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, serving alongside renowned transplant surgeon Dr KR Balakrishnan. In his many years of medical service, Dr Rao has nurtured an expertise in cardiac critical care, heart and lung transplantations, LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) implantation, ECMO initiation, management of congenital heart disease and post-operative patients and trans-oesophageal echocardiography.

Dr Noveen Davisdon is an accomplished senior consultant with over a decade experience in paediatric cardiac surgeries. His expertise encompasses a wide range of areas, including Paediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, Complex Congenital Heart Surgery, Redo Surgery, Minimally Invasive
Surgery, Paediatric Tracheal Surgery, Neonatal and Paediatric ECMO, Congenital Heart Transplants and Heart Failure Management, Intensive Care Management, Emergency Trauma Surgery and Management, and Vascular Surgery.

Dr Anto Sahayaraj is a senior consultant with over 25 years of experience in Cardiac Surgery. His areas of expertise include adult and Paediatric Cardiac Surgeries, re-do surgeries, Heart and Lung Transplantation, Neonatal surgeries, Mini posterior Thoracotomy, Mini Anterior Thoracotomy, complex heart valve surgery and aortic valve replacement.

With over 10 years of experience, Dr Ramya Shri C has extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of Paediatric Cardiology and has experience in the Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. She is experienced in paediatric cardiac surgeries like atrial septal defect/ventricular septal defect correction, Tetralogy of Fallot repair.

Having trained in Pediatric Cardiology wards, Dr Rajesh Kumar R has exposure in various clinical skills in cardiology and various paediatric cardiac surgeries like atrial septal defect/ventricular septal defect correction, Tetralogy of Fallot repair, arterial switch, Ross procedure, Bentall surgery, valve repair and replacement surgeries.

An alumnus of the University of Mumbai, India, Dr Ajay Aravind comes with 10 years of experience in the field of cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac critical care. He has extensive experience in providing pre-operative work-up and optimisation of heart failure patients, monitoring of peri and post-operative patients undergoing varied types of elective and emergency paediatric and adult cardiac surgeries and using ECMO for heart failure and acute cardiogenic shock.