He also did the first LVAD and HVAD pump transplant in India in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
In his career spanning over three decades he has performed 16000 cardiac surgeries
Since 2010, he has carried out 180 Heart Transplants, 9 Heart and Lung Transplants, and 30 Lung Transplants and holds the record of doing highest number of transplants in India.
He is highly skilled in performing various Cardiothoracic and Vascular procedures including Mitral Valve Replacement, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Coronary Angiogram etc.
Dr Balakrishnan has got the opportunity to work with Sir Brian Barratt –Boyes, Green lane Hospital, New Zealand and Dr Albert Starr at Oregon Health Science University and St. Vincent Hospital, USA.
He successfully revived a patient whose heart had stopped beating for 45 minutes with heart transplant.
He played the pivotal role in setting up India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.
Education & Awards:
MBBS- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 1976
MS – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi1980
MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai 1982
Awarded a distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality.
Hiralal gold medal in surgery, awarded by AIIMS, New Delhi, India in 1980.
Awarded as First at the University of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the year 1976 by the University of Madras.
Special areas of interest:
End-stage heart failure management (Heart Transplant & VAD implant)
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Lung Transplant
List of treatment procedures:
Angiography
Heart Transplant
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Complex congenital heart surgeries
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
