DR K R BALAKRISHNAN
India's Leading Heart-Lung Transplant Surgeon
About Dr K R Balakrishnan
Dr K R Balakrishnan, Chairman - Institute of Cardiac Sciences | Director - Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, MGM Healthcare, is one of India s leading cardiothoracic surgeons and heart-lung transplant specialists with over 30 years of experience in his expert hands. Having a record of completing over 503 heart transplants, he is one of the most renowned surgeons in the industry. Dr Balakrishnan has been bestowed the honour of the prestigious Hiralal Gold Medal to acknowledge his excellence in the field of surgery. Throughout his career, he has contributed to the medical community through the publication of multiple articles, book chapters and presentations at numerous national and international conferences.
A graduate from KEM Hospital, University of Bombay, Dr K R Balakrishnan has mastered an evidence-based approach to healthcare practices and refined clinical expertise in surgery. His areas of expertise include end-stage heart failure management (heart transplant & VAD implant), paediatric cardiac surgery, lung transplant, and heart and lung transplant. He has received numerous awards for his work and his work has been published in some of the highest-ranking medical journals.
A pioneer in his field, Dr Balakrishnan performed the first permanent artificial heart transplant in India with HeartMate II LVAD and has performed the largest number of heart transplants in India. Alongside his team of specialists, comprising cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and cardiac anaesthetists and critical care physicians, he has performed over 16,000 cardiac surgeries for various types of heart diseases and disorders. He has also gained international recognition for overseeing the first paediatric heart transplant surgery in India which was performed on a two-year nine-month-old patient from Russia. He successfully carried out a heart transplant on a 78-year-old in Chennai – possibly the oldest individual in the city to undergo a heart transplant, demonstrating his prowess in the field of cardiology.
ABOUT MGM HEALTHCARE
A state-of-the-art, super-specialty hospital at the heart of Chennai city in Tamil Nadu, India, MGM Healthcare redefines the patient experience across all parameters, through expertise, technology and a green building facility. This quaternary care hospital has 400 beds, 100 ICU beds, 250+ doctors, 12 Centres of Excellence, 30+ departments, 12 operation theatres and 24x7 emergency care.
Patients are at the core of everything MGM Healthcare aspires to do, and we intend to revolutionise patient experience by taking medical services back to principles of kindness and goodwill, paired with excellence and intelligence. The combined expertise of an experienced team of surgeons, physicians, technicians, nurses, paramedicals, administrative and maintenance staff ensures highly personalised care of the finest quality.
The hospital operates on a comprehensive, fully-integrated system with components such as HIS-integrated Electronic Medical Record, Doctor and Patient Portal apps, Porter Management solution, In-room Automation, Voice-enabled Nurse Call System, Self-service Kiosks and Building Management System. Every aspect of our campus reflects an ethos of healing, from the city tallest vertical garden to the use of music therapy in critical care areas to thematic art galleries on each floor celebrating various facets of Tamil Nadu.
The ground-plus-11-floor MGM Healthcare facility is also optimally designed to provide a comforting ambience, which holistically incorporates energy-efficient practices to further widen the scope of the health-caring concept to include environmental sustainability. We are the first USGBC LEED Platinum-certified Green Hospital in South India as we consume one-third the energy and water when compared to other buildings of this scale.
To know more about MGM Healthcare, visit: www.mgmhealthcare.in
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
MGM Healthcare, a 400-bedded quaternary care hospital in the heart of the city, proudly introduces its Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Spearheaded by India s leading heart and lung transplant surgeon Dr K R Balakrishnan as its Director, the institute has been set-up with the vision to utilise the latest in technology, innovation and medical protocols to give people in heart failure a new lease of life.
With over 30 years of interest, experience and continued research in end-stage heart failure management (heart transplant & mechanical circulatory support devices), paediatric cardiac surgery, congestive heart failure and lung transplant, India s heart and lung transplant programme has been pioneered by Dr Balakrishnan. The advanced technology, infrastructure and equipment available at MGM Healthcare, combined with skilled physicians and surgeons, provides improved diagnosis, care, treatment and outcomes.
From the successful use of ECMO, a machine that provides cardiac and pulmonary support to a person in end-stage heart and lung failure, as a bridge to heart transplant in 2012 to India s first successful HVAD implant surgery performed on a 42-year-old with end-stage heart failure to the first paediatric heart transplant on a 2-year-old, Dr K R Balakrishnan and his team of highly skilled physicians and surgeons have performed many firsts for India.
In an integrated manner, MGM Healthcares expert team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac anaesthesiologists, critical care physicians and rehab specialists care for patients with advanced heart failure, congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy and other conditions at our Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
To know more about the institute, visit: www.hearttransplantindia.hospital
Contact Us
HOSPITAL
MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd,
No 72, Nelson Manickam
Road,Aminjikarai,
Chennai-600029.
[email protected]
CORPORATE
MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd,
No 126,BNT Connections Building,
4th Floor,Nelson Manickam Road,
Aminjikarai,
Chennai-600029.
Appointments:
General Enquiry:
+91 44 4527 2727
Emergency:
+91 44 4524 2444
