About Dr Girinath M R
Experience: 45 Yrs+
Specialty: Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Qualification: MBBS, M.S.(General Surgery), M.Ch.(CTS)
Clinic: Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai
Clinic Hours
MON- SAT
(09:00 AM-05:30 PM)
Location
Apollo Hospitals Greams Road Chennai
Apollo Hospitals 21, Greams Lane, Off Greams Road Chennai 600 006 Ph:044-28290200/3333
Timing MON- SAT (09:00 AM-05:30 PM)
Work Experience
- 45 years – including 3 years in Auckland
- Working in Apollo Hospitals since last Assinment
Awards And Achievements
- Dr. B C Roy National Award – 1997
- Padma Bhushan – 1998
- D.Sc. (Hon Causa) Dr M G R Medical University 2002
- LIFE TIME Achievement Award Indian Association Cardio Vasular Thoracic Surgeons Has headed the cardiac surgery unit of Apollo Hospitals, Chennai since 1984.
- The unit has done close to 40,000 heart operations of which 29,000 have been coronar bypass operations including 14,000 on a beating heart.
- Has pioneered congenital Heart Surgery and Heart Valve Surgery in India.
- Has trained nearly 30 Cardiac surgeons in India.
- Has helped Heart Surgery units in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bangla Desh and several centres in India such as at Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Bhopal.
- Has 45 years of expierence standing in Cardiac Surgery Performed nearly 25, 000 open-heart operations in the last 16 years.
- One of the first surgeons to obtain the MCH degree in Cardio Vascular Surgery in India (1969)- a pioneer in cardiac surgery for infants, coronary bypass surgery, multivalve replacement and cardiac transplantation.
- Trained over 20 surgeons who, together, perform 20% of the cardiac surgeries done in the country today.
- Recipient of many national awards including the Padma Bhushan in 1998.
- Been at the forefront in establishing coronary bypass surgery as a standardized and safe procedure in India (thus reversing the trend of patients going abroad for this facility).
- 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, Kidney 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.
Biodata
- Dr Girinath M R Currently engaged with Apollo Hospital, Chennai, as a cardiothoracic surgeon.
- Prior employment experience of 45 years includes three years in Auckland.
- Since 1984, he has been the head of the cardiac surgery unit at Apollo hospitals in Chennai.
- Under his direction, the unit performed 40,000 heart procedures, 29,000 of which were coronary bypass surgeries, including 14,000 on a beating heart.
- In India, Dr Girinath M R pioneered congenital heart surgery and heart valve surgery.
- In India, Dr Girinath M R trained 30 heart surgeons.
- In the last 16 years, Dr Girinath M R has performed over 25,000 open heart procedures.
- One of the first surgeons in India to get the MCh degree.
- a pioneer in pediatric cardiac surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve replacement surgery, and heart transplantation.
- Over 275 papers have been presented at national and international conferences, and over 20 orations have been delivered, including the Subroto Memorial Oration and the Sadasivan Oration.
- Participated in the country’s first multi-organ transplant (Heart, Liver, Kidneys and Cornea).
- The first surgeon to successfully repair a complex congenital heart abnormality in a child under the age of one. In India, he was the first to do Coronary Angioplasty with the assistance of a heart and lung machine.
- Member of a number of renowned organizations
- FRACS – Melbourne Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Fellow of the Indian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (F.L.A.C.S.).
Dr Girinath M R Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): +91 44 2829 3333, For Online Appointment : Click here
Chamber Name & Address: Apollo Hospital Chennai, Greams Lane, 21, Greams Rd, Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600006, India.
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