Dr. Balasubramani is an accomplished Cardiothoracic surgeon with about 14 years of surgical practice. With a keen interest and competency in minimally invasive cardiothoracic procedures, he has deft hands at performing the most complicated surgeries of heart and lungs with best success rates. Dr. Balasubramani is a quite adept at modern surgical techniques and practices and has been involved in many successful heart and lung transplant procedures. His surgical skills extend over a wide range of Cardiothoracic procedures including:
Heart & Lung Transplantation | VATS | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft on pump and Off Pump | Single and Double Valve replacements | Congenital cardiac defects correction | LIMA, RIMA and Radial Artery Harvesting | Endoscopic Saphaneous Vein & Radial Artery Harvesting | Rigid & Fibro optic Bronchoscopy | Aortic aneurysms Surgery | Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair | Tracheal Reconstruction surgeries | Arterial cannulation | ECMO Management
Positions:
Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon (current position): Global Health City, Chennai
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (2009 - 2014): Global Health City, Chennai
Assistant Professor - Cardiothoracic Surgery: Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
Specialty Training:

• Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: under Dr.Antony Yim, Union Hospital, Honkong- Dr. Ma Song, China
• Advance VATS training: under Dr.Malcom Greatner, Germany
• Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery: under Prof. Ma Song, Liachang University Hospital, China
• Advance Lung Transplant & Ex-vivo Training: under Prof.Kleptko Walter, AKH, Vienna, Austria

Special Interest

• Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
• Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery (MACS)
• Heart & Lung Transplantation
• Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion technique for donor lung preservation
• Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)