Affiliation:
ICAD – Institute of cardiac & aortic disorders
SIMS Hospital, Chennai, India

With a 42 years experience, his present designation is Director, senior consultant, cardiothoracic & vascular surgery at ICAD – Institute of cardiac & aortic disorders and SIMS Hospital, Chennai, India. His areas of interest are: Aortic Surgery, Coronary artery surgery, Mitral/aortic valve repairs, Redo-cardiac surgery. His major achievements are:

• Former Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
• Adjunct Professor, TN Dr. MGR Medical University
• 51st president of Indian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgeons
• Life time Achievement award by TN Dr MGR Medical University
• Life time Achievement award by Times of India
• Melvin Jones worthy person award – Lions club International
• Invited faculty to Italy, Germany, united kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand
• More than 150 international publications
• Authored chapters in international / national textbooks