Dr Suresh Rao

Biography

Dr. Suresh Rao is one of the respected surgeons in the field of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery.
With a thriving experience of over 19+years, he has performed more than 5000 surgeries.
After completing his MBBS &MS (General Surgery), Dr Rao did his Mch (CVT Surgery) & DNB. Following which he did his Fellowship in the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons and Fellow of the College of Physician and Surgeons
He has worked at New Zealand, Australia and USA to get trained in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.
Dr. Rao has pioneered in India the practice of Modified Ultrafiltration after Congenital Heart Surgery.
He is an active member of various renowned organisations like Pediatric Cardiac Society of India, European Association of Cardio-thoracic Surgeons .
His special skills include Congenital Heart Surgery in neonates, infants, children and adults for simple and complex heart defects, cosmetic approaches and valve repairs.

MBBS
MS
MCh, Sree Chitra Institute Trivandrum
DNB
Fellowship, Indian Association of CardioVascular & Thoracic Surgeons
Fellowship, College of physicians & Surgeons

Experience

19 years of experience

Specialization & Expertise

Pulmonary artery Banding, PDA interruptions, Coarctation repairs, Shunts, Pacemaker Implantations, Arterial switch operations, Aortic arch and left ventricular outflow tract repairs, Coarctation corrections with VSD closure, Obstructed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous connections, Truncus Arteriosus, Norwood operations , Root translocations, Correction of complete Atrioventricular Canals, Tetralogy of Fallot, Double Outlet Ventricles , Senning operation, Closure of all kinds of VSD / ASD, Double switch operations, Glenn shunts , Fontan operations