Consultant Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgeon
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Hitec CityMalakpetSomajiguda
Dr. Balasubramoniam K R completed his MBBS in 2001 and MS General Surgery in 2006 from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, following which he completed his MCh CVTS (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) program at the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, in 2010.
He subsequently worked as a Junior Cardiac Surgeon at the Southern Railway Hospital, Perambur, Chennai, till 2011. He rejoined SCTIMST, Trivandrum, in 2011 as an Assistant Professor in the Thoracic and Aortic Surgery Division, Department of CVTS. He was instrumental in starting the first Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Program in Kerala in 2012.
In 2014, he joined as the Clinical Associate Professor, Head of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Division, Department of CVTS, at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi. He established the VATS program at AIMS in 2014, followed by the first Robotic Thoracic Surgery Program in 2016. He was in charge of the VV ECMO Program and was actively involved in the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at AIMS from 2016. He was involved in complex surgical procedures that needed multidisciplinary planning, such as Allograft Tracheal Transplantation and Costoverterbral Angle Tumour Resections. He completed 600 VATS and 150 Robotic Procedures during his five-year tenure at AIMS.
In 2019, he joined as a Consultant Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, covering all four branches. He has completed 700 Thoracic Surgery Procedures at Yashoda Hospitals as of 2023, with 70% of them being done minimally invasively via VATS or Robotic Surgery. Since 2023, he has been leading the Lung Transplant Program at Yashoda Hospitals. He is also the program coordinator for the first IACTS-accredited VATS Training Program in the country, since 2022.
Educational Qualifications
2008-2010: MCh (CVTS), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram
2003-2006: MS (General Surgery), Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
1995-2001: MBBS, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
Experience
July 2019-Present: Consultant Robotic, Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, Somajiguda, Malakpet, & Hitec City
Aug 2014-June 2019: Associate Professor, Department of CVTS and Heart Lung Transplantation, Head of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Unit, VV ECMO Program, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
Oct 2011-June 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of CVTS, Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Aortic Division, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram
Feb 2011-Sep 2011: Junior Cardiac Surgeon, Southern Railway Hospital, Perambur, Chennai
Advanced Training Programs:
2018: Uniportal VATS, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
2017: Robotic Thoracic Surgery, University of Rouen, France
2016: Robotic Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama, USA
2015: Lung Transplantation, University of Vienna, Austria
2014: Advanced Aortic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, USA
2014: Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), Cedar Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, USA
2013: Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), National University Hospital, Singapore
Lung Transplant Experience:
Oct 2020-Present: Lung Transplant Surgeon, Heart & Lung Transplant Unit and ECMO Program, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad (Performed more than 35 Lung Transplants)
Tracheal Transplantation: Lead Thoracic Surgeon in the multidisciplinary team that performed India's first Tracheal Allotransplant using Autologous Prefabricated Tracheal Flap
2015-2019: Lung Transplant Surgeon, Heart Lung Transplant Program, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & In-Charge of VV ECMO, Head of Thoracic, Vascular and Aortic Surgery Unit
2015: Advanced Training in Lung Transplantation, University of Vienna
VATS Sympathectomy for Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis (increased hand sweating)
Tracheal Surgery
Sternal Osteomyelitis Management with Flap Reconstruction
Rib Fracture Fixation
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Currently serving as the Director of the Minimally Invasive Thoracic Program at all units of Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad
Established 3 Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Units (VATS & Robotic Programs): (1.) VATS Unit at SCTIMST, Trivandrum 2011 (2.) Minimally Invasive and Robotic Unit, Amrita Institute 2014 (3.) Minimally Invasive and Robotic Unit, Yashoda Hospitals 2019
Started the first IACTS Accredited VATS Fellowship Program in India
Faculty for various National and International VATS and Robotic Training Programmes including the prestigious Asian Thoracoscopic Educational Program (ATEP-2016, 2017 & 2018)
Performed more than 1500 Video Assisted Thoracic Procedures & 200 Robotic Thoracic Procedures with experience on the Da Vinci Si & Xi Robots
Established the first Robotic Thoracic Surgery Unit in Kerala at AIMS, Kochi and performed the state’s first Robotic Thoracic Procedure in 2016
Academic Course Coordinator for National VATS and Robotic Workshops:
Cadaveric VATS Workshop 2016, Amrita Hospital
Ethicon VATS Workshop 2017, Ethicon Institute, Chennai
Ethicon VATS Workshop 2018, Ethicon Institute, Chennai
Anterior Cricoid Split for Tracheal Lumen Augmentation in Subglottic Tracheal Stenosis, Laryngotracheal Conference, Vienna, Austria, March 2023
Surgical Fixation of Non Flail Rib Fractures, IACTSCON, Coimbatore, Feb 2023
Left Lobar Torsion-Predisposing Factors and Preventive Strategies, IACTSCON, Coimbatore, Feb 2023
Video Presentation - Surgical Technique-Anterior Cricoid Split for Tracheal Lumen Augmentation in Subglottic Tracheal Stenosis, IACTSCON, Coimbatore, Feb 2023
Robotic Lobectomy-Lung Cancer Evolving Paradigms, Hyderabad, Feb 2023
Robotic Lobectomy: How I do it - Robotic Workshop, Bronchocon 2023, Hyderabad
Surgical Proctor, VATS Live Surgery Workshop, Chest Hospital, Hyderabad, Jan 2023
Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis without Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mimicking Interstitial Lung Disease. Vishnu Gopalakrishnan, Akhilesh Kunoor, Jyoti Sreekanth, Malini Eapen, Balasubramoniam KR. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, Vol 64; Issue 4: Oct-Dec 2022
Tracheal Allotransplantation-Lessons Learned. Subramania Iyer, Narayana Subramaniam, Balasubramoniam KR et al. Indian J Plast Surg 2020;53: 306-308
Transforming nanofibres into woven nanotextiles for vascular application. Joseph J, Krishnan AG, Cherian AM , Rajagopalan B, Jose R, Varma P et al. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces: 2018:10:19449-58
Pulmonary adenocarcinoma masquerading as ILD. Akhilesh Kunoor, Balasubramoniam K.R., Deepu M, Sreeraj Nair, PT James. Pulmon: 2018: 20 (3) p117-120
Coarctation of aorta aneurysm with aberrant right subclavian artery and single carotid artery: Surgical and perfusion strategies. Balasubramoniam Kavumkal Rajagopalan, Rajesh Jose, Nazar Puthukudiyil Kader, Praveen Kerala Varma. JTCVS: 2019:157 (1): 17-19
Left sympathetic cardiac denervation in managing electrical storm: Acute outcome and long term follow up. Balasubramoniam K.R., Mukund. A. Prabhu, Srinivas B.V., Prasad, S.P. Abhilash, Anees Thajudeen, Narayanan Namboothiri, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, p1-8, June 2016
Superior venacava syndrome caused by pacemaker leads. Balasubramoniam K.R, Ashish. N. Madiaker, Neethu Krishna, Rajesh Jose, Murukan P, Luis Baquero, Praveen Kerala Varma. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 101, Issue 6, Pages 2358-2361, 2016
Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumour of lung: A case report. Amita RN, Sandhyamani S, Balasubramoniam KR. Indian J Pathol microbial 2013:56:479-480
Intact giant abdominal aneurysm due to Takayasu’s arteritis. Shasidhar KP, Nedounsejiane M, Kavumkal Rajagopalan Balasubramoniam, Neelima R, Sandhyamani S, M Unnikrishnan-Annals of Vascular Surgery, Vol 27, Issue 5, Pages 671, e11-671, e14, July 2013
Academic Research:
Electrospun small diameter vascular graft development-Animal experiments on abdominal aorta in rabbits [Animal Lab Research Activity]
Pericardial valve development for percutaneous implantation in post intracardiac repair tetrology patients with pulmonary regurgitation [Animal Lab Research Activity]