About 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
Designation: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)
Fellowships and Memberships
- Association of Surgeons of India
- Indian association of Cardiothoracic surgeons
- Fellowship of IAGES (FIAGES)