Dr. Girinath M R |

About Dr. Girinath M R

Dr. Girinath M R

Specialist: Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Experience: 45+ years of experience
Hospital: Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

Brief About Doctor:

Dr. Girinath M R is currently associated as Cardiothoracic surgeon with Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
Prior work experience of 45 years includes- 3 years of working in Auckland.
Dr. Girinath M R is head of Cardiac surgery unit of Apollo hospitals, Chennai since 1984.

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Under his guidance unit has done 40,000 heart operations of which 29,000 have been coronary bypass operations including 14,000 on a beating heart.
Pioneered congenital heart surgery and heart valve surgery in India.
Trained 30 heart surgeons in India.
He has performed over 25,000 open heart surgeries in the last 16 years.
One of the first surgeons to receive MCh degree in India.
a pioneer in cardiac surgery for infants, coronary bypass surgery, multivalve replacement and cardiac transplantation.
Presented over 275 papers at national and international conferences and made around 20 orations including the Subroto Memorial Oration and the Sadasivan Oration.
Participated in the first multi-organ transplant in India (Heart, Liver, Kidneys and Cornea).
First surgeon to repair a complex congenital heart defect in a child below one year. First to apply heart, lung machine-supported Coronary Angioplasty in India.
Member of various prestigious groups- FRACS – Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne. F.L.A.C.S. – Fellow of the Indian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

SPECIALISATION:

Congenital Heart Surgery
Heart Valve Surgery
Coronary Bypass Surgery
Multi Valve Replacement
Cardiac Transplantation
Coronary Angioplasty
Pacemaker Implantation

List of Treatments:

Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
Heart Implants
CARDIAC SURGERY – ADULTS
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Minimal access surgeries for valves

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ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
Aortofemoral Bypass Surgery
Valve Repair Replacement
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Cardiac OPD Procedures
ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
Echocardiography with Color Doppler
Transesophageal Echocardiography – TEE
Stress Echocardiography
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
64 Slice CT Angiography
PET Scan
Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
surgery
Ross Procedure
Cardiac Tumor
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
PTE – Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Closure of defects like ASD VSD
Complex congenital heart surgeries
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
ECMO Support
Cardiac Catheterization for congenital
heart disease
Device Closure- ASD VSD
Balloon Septostomy
Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
Pulmonary and Mitral
Closure of Fistulas
Fetal Echocardiogram
Coronary Angiogram
Renal Angiogram
Cerebral Angiogram
Peripheral Angiogram
PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty
Peripheral Angioplasty
Aortic Stent Grafting
EPS-Electrophysiological
Radiofrequency Ablation
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
IVC Filter Insertion
Biventricular Pacing
AICD
Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
Angiography
Aortic Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Replacement
VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
Heart Double Valve Replacement
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
PDA Device Closure
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
Paediatric interventional cardiology
Valve Replacement
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD

EDUCATION:

MBBS
M.S.(General Surgery)
M.Ch.(Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Why Choose Dr. Girinath M R?

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OPD Schedule Of Dr. Girinath M R

Book Appointment

Monday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Tuesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Wednesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Thursday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Friday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Saturday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Location

Patient's Review

Challamuthu

Australia

Sinikiwe

I went to India & consulted Dr. Naresh Trehan for my heart disease. He and his team took great care of me & assured me that everything would be alright. Thank you!

Zimbabwe