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Dr. Narasinga Rao Pantula

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Dr. Narasinga Rao Pantula

MBBS, MS (General Surgery – AIIMS), M Ch (CTVS – AIIMS) 

Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Dr. Rao is an eminent Cardiothoracic Surgeon with more than two decades of experience working with reputed hospitals both in India and abroad. His areas of expertise include Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery, Arterial Revascularization, treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases, Complex Valve Surgeries, repair of Aortic Dissection and Aneurysms, Redo-Surgeries and others. His distinguished academic record includes MBBS from Andhra University, MS (Gen. Surgery), MCH (Cardiothoracic & Vascular) and research fellowship from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. This apart, he presented several papers and was a prominent part of many international conferences across the globe.

Professional qualifications:

  • 2014 – 2015  Executive Program In Business Management (Iim Calcutta)
  • Jan 2003 – Dec 2003 Postgraduate Fellow, Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery ,Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Nsw, Australia
  • 1993 –1995  M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Vascular), All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Jun1992 – Dec 1992 Research Fellow ,Dept. Of Cardiac Surgery, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • 1989 – 1992  M.S (General Surgery) All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • 1981–1987  M.B.B.S, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, A.P, India.

Experience:

  • Jan 1993 – Feb1996 Senior Registrar, Dept Of Cardiac Surgery , All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
  • Mar1996 – May1997 Senior Registrar, Dept Of Cardiac Surgery , Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
  • Jun1996 – Oct1999  Junior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Medwin Hospitals, Hyderabad.
  • 1999 – 2001  Specialist (With Consultant Grade A) Dept Of Cardiac Surgery,Al Mafraq Hospital ,Abu Dhabi, Uae.
  • Jan 2003 – Dec 2003 Postgraduate Fellow, Westmead Hospital,Sydney, Nsw, Australia
  • Jan 2004 – Jun 2005  Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon ,Care Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
  • June 2005 – June 2010  Senior Consultant And Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon ,Kamineni Wockhardt Hospitals, King Koti, Hyderabad
  • July 2010 – Jun 2015 Senior Consultant And Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon Kamineni Hospitals, King Koti, Hyderabad
  • June 2015 – Tilldate Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon,  Kims-Sunshine Hospitals Begumpet Secunderabad

Areas of interest and Expertise:

  • Adult Cardiac Surgeries

On and Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery with total arterial revascularization

Complex Valvular Surgeries

Repair of Mitral Valve

Replacement of Mitral, Aortic and Tricuspid

Complex aortic surgeries

Repair of Aortic Dissections and aneurysms

Hybrid procedures like endovascular stent replacement for aneurysms and dissections of aorta

TAVR(Percutaneous AVR)

ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) therapy

REDO surgeries

Heart Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

  • Pediatric cardiac Surgery and Adult congenital heart surgery

ASD, VSD, TOF Repairs, Coarctation of aorta Repair, TAPVC repair, AV canal repair, Ebsteins anomaly

  • Vascular Surgeries (Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass & Femoropolitial Bypass)
  • Has keen interest in Human transplantation and heart failure therapy
  • Worked in a Renal transplantation unit during MS (General Surgery) and completed and published a thesis titled “The quality of in successful live-related renal allograft recipients in India. Natl Med J India1996; May-Jun9(3):118-9.
  • Actively involved in the first seven heart transplants performed at AIIMS by participating in their surgery and perioperative care.

Dr. P. N Rao, CT Surgeon – Received Hybiz Tv Healthcare Legend Award in CT Surgery

 

Dr. P. N. Rao, distinguished Cardiothoracic Surgeon, is recognized as a Healthcare Legend in CT Surgery, receiving the esteemed Hybiz TV Healthcare Legend Award.

Professional affiliations/Memberships:

  • Fellow of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
  • Life member of Indian Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons

Summary of publications/Research:

  •  Kumar AS, Rao PN, Saxena A: Results of mitral valve reconstruction in children with rheumatic heart disease. Ann Thorac  Surg. 1995; 60:1044-47.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN. Restoration of pliability to the mitral leaflets during reconstruction. The J of  Heart Valve Dis.1995;4: 251-253.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN. Mitral valve reconstruction: Intermediate term results in rheumatic mitral regurgitation. The J of  Heart Valve Dis.1994; 3:161-164.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN, Anil kumar D, Harish C, Trehan H. Pulmonary autograft aortic valve replacement- Early experience with Ross Procedure. Tex Heart Inst J.1995; 22:177-179.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN, Trehan H. A technique to prevent bleeding after Ross procedure. . The J of  Heart Valve Dis.1995;4: 405-406.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN, Sharma R, Bhan A, Airan B, Das B, Iyer KS, Trehan H, Venugopal P. Homograft aortic root replacement for early prosthetic valve endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 1995; 3: 109-111.
  • Rao PN, Kumar AS. Aortic valve replacement through right thoracotomy.  Tex Heart Inst J.1993; 307-308.
  • Kumar AS, Rao PN, Saxena DK. Cosmetic approach to cardiac surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 1995; 3: 20-22.
  • NR Pantula, RN Suresh kumar, AK Dharmapuram, MH Mohamed, S Chandran, AK Dhir, DK Saxena, SP Azhagappan, VR Pillay, VC Gopalakrishnan, MA Fikree, YA Nazer, TB Cartmill, MR Ivatury. Coarctation of the aorta in neonates and young infants: Surgical Experience. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:310-313.
  • AK Dharmapuram, NR Pantula, RN Suresh kumar, YA Nazer, MR Ivatury. Anomalous left coronary artery: Modified direct aortic implantation. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003; 11:87-89.
  • AK Dharmapuram, RN Suresh kumar, NR Pantula, MH Mohamed, S Chandran, AK Dhir, DK Saxena, SP Azhagappan, VR Pillay, VC Gopalakrishnan, MA Fikree, YA Nazer, TB Cartmill, MR Ivatury. Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in the early infancy. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003; 11:18-22.
  • D Anil Kumar, RN Suresh Kumar, PN Rao, S Chandran, H Mahmoud, AS Pillay, DK Saxena, CG Venkitachalam, T Cartmill, IM Rao . Systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts in neonates. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg  2003; 19:159-162.
  • Lokeswara Rao Sajja,  Gopi Chand Mannam,  Narsinga Rao Pantula,  Sriramulu Sompalli,  Alluri Raja Gopala Raju,  Bhupathiraju Soma Raju. Reoperation for coronary artery disease in the young: early and mid-term results. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2005; 21: 199–203.
  • Lokeswara Rao Sajja, Gopichand Mannam,  Narasinga Rao Pantula, Sriramulu Sompalli. Role of Radial Artery Graft in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:2180-2188.
  • Narasingarao Pantula, Ramesh Jayanthy, Vasani Kannan, Satish Kumar Missula. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of thymus associated with Cushing’s syndrome — A case report. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 26:46-48.
  • Pantula Narasinga Rao, Malladi Venkata Surya subbalaxmi. Repair of aortic dissection in a patient with advanced AIDS. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 25:127-129.
  • Rao PN, Mehta SN, Guleria S, Bharadwaj M, Saxena S, Khazanchi RK, Aggarwal S, Tiwari SC, Dash SC. The quality of in successful live-related renal allograft recipients in India. Natl Med J India1996; May-Jun9(3):118-9.

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