Cardiothoracic Surgery

Prof. Dr. V Nandakumar, a cardiac surgeon with an experience of over 40 years, took his graduation in medicine from Trivandrum Medical College, MS in General Surgery from Mysore Government Medical College, MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery from CMC, Vellore, and MNAMS in Cardiothoracic Surgery from National Board Examination. With an illustrious career spanning twelve years (1975- 1987) with Government Medical College, Calicut, Dr. Nandakumar started an Open-Heart Surgery program in 1982.

While working with St Vincent's Hospital and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne (1990-93), Australia, he strengthened his expertise in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Mitral Valve Repairs, and Heart and Lung Transplantation. He was also an Honorary Scholar in Cardiac Surgery in Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Later he joined Kovai Medical Centre (1993) to set up the Cardiac Surgery Department and successfully served as the Chief Cardiac Surgeon for two decades before joining the Metro International Cardiac Centre

• Ethicon travelling fellowship, 1982
• Reeve H. Betts travelling fellowship, 1985.
• Life member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons
• Life member of Indian Association of Cardiologists
• Was examiner for MCh Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Calicut, and Thiruvanathapuram Medical Colleges
• Was examiner for DNB Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Presented papers at national conferences.
• Published papers in international and national journals

• Off Pump Bypass Surgery (CABG)
• CABG in severe LV Dysfunction
• CABG in Renal failure
• CABG + Carotid Endarterectomy
• Heart Transplantation
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Tricuspid Valve Repair
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Valve Sparing Aortic Surgery
• Bentall's Operation
• Aortic Dissection
• Ventricular Septal Rupture Repair
• Cardiac Tumour