MBBS
Coimbatore Medical College, India
MS – General Surgery
University of Pune, India.
FRCS – (General Surgery)
University of Glasgow – UK
FRCS – (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
University of Glasgow – UK
Experience – 27 years
- SHO Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK, 1998-99.
- Registrar, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Edinburgh, UK, 1999-2000.
- Specialist Registrar, Thoracic Surgery, Norwich, UK, 2000.
- Specialist Registrar, Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK, 2000.
- Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, 2001.
- Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK, 2002.
- Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, 2003-2004.
- Senior Registrar in Aortic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham, UK, 2005.
- Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Frontier Lifeline, International Centre for Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2005-2006.
- Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Billroth hospital, Chennai, from 2006 to 2016.
Performed over 6000 adult cardiac surgeries.
Personal interest:
1. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS)- Valve replacement, congenital, Bypass surgeries
2. Beating heart surgery, Total arterial revascularization - one of the few surgeons in the city performing total arterial revascularization with LIMA-RIMA Y graft
3. Aortic surgery
4. Lung cancer surgery and VATS
Conducted Audits in the NHS (National Health Service, UK) while working in the major university hospitals in cardiothoracic surgery.
International Publications
Over 10 International Publications in Major Cardiothoracic Journals.
- Optimal myocardial protection strategy for coronary artery bypass grafting without cardioplegia: prospective randomised trial. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2006 Jun5(3):217-21. Epub 2006 Jan 12 | PMID: 17670550 [PubMed]. Codispoti M, Sundaramoorthi T, Saad RA, Reid A, Sinclair C, Mankad P.
- Rapidly progressive coronary ostial stenosis after aortic valve replacement in relapsing polychondritis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jun;131(6):1395-6. No abstract available | PMID: 16733177 [PubMed]. Vaidyanathan RK, Byalal JR, Sundaramoorthi T, Sankar NM, Thomas JM, Meenakshi NA, Cherian KM.
- Lower extremity compartment syndrome after off-pump aortocoronary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 May;131(5):1173-4. No abstract available. | PMID: 16678609 [PubMed]. Vaidyanathan KR, Sundaramoorthi T, Byalal JR, Krishnan GS, Sankar MN, Cherian SM, Cherian KM.
- An unusual cause of breathlessness after lobectomy for lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Jul;78(1):e13-4. | PMID: 15223490 [PubMed]. Sundaramoorthi T, Hashim S, Dillon P, Ramachandra R, Collins FJ, Rosin MD.
- Reduced postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirement after beating-heart coronary operations: a prospective randomized study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Apr;121(4):689-96 | PMID: 11279409 [PubMed]. Ascione R, Williams S, Lloyd CT, Sundaramoorthi T, Pitsis AA, Angelini GD.
- Asymptomatic congenital oesophageal cyst infiltrating the lung: an unusual complication. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2000 Jul;18(1):117-9 | PMID: 10869950 [PubMed]. Sundaramoorthi T, Behranwala AA, Codispoti M, Mankad PS.
- Does prophylactic tranexamic acid safely reduce bleeding without increasingthrombotic complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004 Sep;3(3):489-94.PMID: 17670294 [PubMed]. Thiagarajamurthy S, Levine A, Dunning J.
Life time Achievement Award Lions Club
