Heart & Lung Transplant

Our program here at MGM Healthcare is driven by supreme expertise — the most experienced doctors, advanced technology and medical equipment, futuristic facilities — all for a singular principal purpose, the betterment of patients.

Our team of heart transplant surgeons have performed hundreds of procedures using the most advanced technologies. Our Transplant team are leaders in performing complex heart and lung transplant surgeries and in using mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices that help people live better while waiting for a donor heart. We work with you to chalk out a personalised treatment plan when you are faced with the decision of needing a heart transplant. We help you understand what to expect of the heart transplant process, the surgery itself, potential risks and follow-up care.

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. Over his career, he has presented several papers and has published his research in many high-ranking medical journals.

Armed with over 25 years of experience in the field of Cardiology, Dr Ravi Kumar has extensive experience in heart transplant management, immunosuppression drugs, treatment of advanced heart failure including Impella pumps, EM biopsies and LV assist devices, for over 10 years. He also has 13 years of experience in modern catheterisation labs. As the Associate Clinical Lead of the Heart Failure Program, he has vast experience in the management of heart failure with application of biomarkers like NT-proBNP and ARNi class of drugs for the last few years.

A Consultant Intensivist and Interventional Pulmonologist, Dr. Soumitra Sinha Roy is a well-known pulmonologist with nearly 15 years of experience. A graduate of Calcutta University and Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, his special interests and expertise include lung transplant, ECMO support for critical lung conditions, bronchoscopic & EBUS interventions using laser therapy and airway stenting. Other areas of interest are interventional medical thoracoscopy, sleep disorders, smoking cessation, COPD management and critical care medicine.

Dr Murali Krishna T comes to us with over 13 years of experience in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia. He is experienced in the administration of anaesthesia in adult cardiac surgeries like CABG, valve surgeries and aortic surgeries, as well as in paediatric cardiac surgeries including neonates and infants, vascular surgeries and thoracic surgeries. He also has clinical expertise in instituting ECMO, IABP, bronchoscopy and so on. He is involved in the preoperative work-up, intraoperative management, critical care management and postoperative care of cardiac surgery patients.

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. She also has expertise in the intensive care management of paediatric cardiac ICU patients.

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 R Mohan is a renowned Cardiothoracic Surgeon with over 16 years of expertise in the field. He specializes in adult heart and lung surgeries, with interests in Thoracic organ retrievals, Mechanical circulatory support, Aortic valve surgeries and Coronary artery bypass grafting. He has a special interest in robotic 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.

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.

Dr Veena J is an anaesthesiologist, specialising in cardiac anaesthesia and cardiac critical care. Her areas of expertise lie in managing the anaesthetic conduct of a wide range of adult and paediatric heart surgeries, and she is committed to the postoperative intensive care management of such patients in bringing out the best outcome.