Dr. Narasinga Rao Pantula
Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon
OP Timing:
Contributions:
1. As a member of the “Heart Team “
a. Provided high standard of care in the treatment of complex aortic dissections and aortic aneurysms and involved in the practice of state of the art therapies like -- Surgical Debranching and stent graft placement of complex aneurysms of aorta and aortic dissections, open surgical treatment of complex aortic aneurysm repairs and aortic arch surgeries.
b. Latest and innovative treatments like Percutaneous Transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) and Transcatheter Mitral valve replacement (TMVR) for complex redo and high risk patients.
c. Offering advanced life support therapies like venovenous ECMO (VV ECMO) and venoarterial ECMO (VA ECMO) for sick patients of heart failure and ARDS patients.
2. Advocating complex arterial revascularisation techniques like bilateral internal thoracic artery and radial artery grafting in myocardial revascularization.
3. Offering complex treatment options for atherosclerotic disease like Combined myocardial revascularisation with carotid endaertrectomy, Combined procedures like CABG with mitral valve repair/ replacement and aortic valve replacement.
4. Adapting minimally invasive techniques into practice for the benefit patients and reducing early morbidity related to replacement of mitral, aortic valves and myocardial revascularisation through right and left thoracotomy and mini-sternotomy approaches.
5. Performing complex REDO operations for failed or degenerated valves and/or patients with coronary disease.
Areas of interest and Expertise:
• Adult Cardiac Surgeries
On and Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery with total arterial revascularization
Complex Valvular Surgeries
Repair of Mitral Valve
Replacement of Mitral, Aortic and Tricuspid
Complex aortic surgeries
Repair of Aortic Dissections and aneurysms
Hybrid procedures like endovascular stent replacement for aneurysms and dissections of aorta
TAVR(Percutaneous AVR)
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) therapy
REDO surgeries
Heart Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
• Pediatric cardiac Surgery and Adult congenital heart surgery
ASD, VSD, TOF Repairs, Coarctation of aorta Repair, TAPVC repair, AV canal repair, Ebsteins anomaly
• Vascular Surgeries (Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass & Femoropolitial Bypass)
• Has keen interest in Human transplantation and heart failure therapy
Worked in a Renal transplantation unit during MS (General Surgery) and completed and published a thesis titled “The quality of in successful live-related renal allograft recipients in India. Natl Med J India1996; May-Jun9(3):118-9.
Actively involved in the first seven heart transplants performed at AIIMS by participating in their surgery and perioperative care.
Professional qualifications:
2014 - 2015 Executive Program in Business Management (IIM Calcutta)
JAN 2003 – Dec 2003 Postgraduate Fellow, Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
WESTMEAD HOSPITAL,
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA
1993 – 1995 M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Vascular)
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,
NEW DELHI, INDIA
JUN1992 – DEC 1992 RESEARCH FELLOW
DEPT. OF CARDIAC SURGERY
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
NEW DELHI, INDIA.
1989 - 1992 M.S (general surgery)
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,
NEW DELHI, INDIA.
1981–1987 M.B., B.S
ANDHRA MEDICAL COLLEGE,
VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA.
Summary of professional experience:
JAN 1993-FEB1996 SENIOR REGISTRAR, DEPT OF CARDIAC SURGERY
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES,
NEW DELHI.
MAR1996-MAY1997 SENIOR REGISTRAR, DEPT OF CARDIAC SURGERY
APOLLO HOSPITALS, HYDERABAD.
JUN1996-OCT1999 JUNIOR CONSULTANT CARDIAC SURGEON
MEDWIN HOSPITALS, HYDERABAD.
1999 – 2001 SPECIALIST (with Consultant Grade A)
DEPT OF CARDIAC SURGERY
AL MAFRAQ HOSPITAL
ABU DHABI, UAE.
JAN 2003 – Dec 2003 POSTGRADUATE FELLOW, WESTMEAD HOSPITAL
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA
JAN 2004-JUN 2005 SENIOR CONSULTANT CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON
CARE HOSPITALS, BANJARA HILLS, HYDERABAD
JUNE 2005 June 2010 SENIOR CONSULTANT and CHIEF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEONKAMINENI WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS, KING KOTI, HYDERABAD
July 2010 Jun 2015 SENIOR CONSULTANT and CHIEF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON
KAMINENI HOSPITALS, KING KOTI, HYDERABAD
JUNE 2015 TILLDATE CHIEF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON,
SUNSHINE HOSPITALS PARADISE RD
SECUNDERABAD
Professional affiliations/Memberships:
Fellow of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Life member of Indian Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons
Summary of publications/Research:
1. Kumar AS, Rao PN, Saxena A: Results of mitral valve reconstruction in children with rheumatic heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995; 60:1044-47.
2. Kumar AS, Rao PN. Restoration of pliability to the mitral leaflets during reconstruction. The J of Heart Valve Dis.1995;4: 251-253.
3. Kumar AS, Rao PN. Mitral valve reconstruction: Intermediate term results in rheumatic mitral regurgitation. The J of Heart Valve Dis.1994; 3:161-164.
4. Kumar AS, Rao PN, Anil kumar D, Harish C, Trehan H. Pulmonary autograft aortic valve replacement- Early experience with Ross Procedure. Tex Heart Inst J.1995; 22:177-179.
5. Kumar AS, Rao PN, Trehan H. A technique to prevent bleeding after Ross procedure. . The J of Heart Valve Dis.1995;4: 405-406.
6. Kumar AS, Rao PN, Sharma R, Bhan A, Airan B, Das B, Iyer KS, Trehan H, Venugopal P. Homograft aortic root replacement for early prosthetic valve endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 1995; 3: 109-111.
7. Rao PN, Kumar AS. Aortic valve replacement through right thoracotomy. Tex Heart Inst J.1993; 307-308.
8. Kumar AS, Rao PN, Saxena DK. Cosmetic approach to cardiac surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 1995; 3: 20-22.
9. NR Pantula, RN Suresh kumar, AK Dharmapuram, MH Mohamed, S Chandran, AK Dhir, DK Saxena, SP Azhagappan, VR Pillay, VC Gopalakrishnan, MA Fikree, YA Nazer, TB Cartmill, MR Ivatury. Coarctation of the aorta in neonates and young infants: Surgical Experience. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:310-313.
10. AK Dharmapuram, NR Pantula, RN Suresh kumar, YA Nazer, MR Ivatury. Anomalous left coronary artery: Modified direct aortic implantation. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003; 11:87-89.
11. AK Dharmapuram, RN Suresh kumar, NR Pantula, MH Mohamed, S Chandran, AK Dhir, DK Saxena, SP Azhagappan, VR Pillay, VC Gopalakrishnan, MA Fikree, YA Nazer, TB Cartmill, MR Ivatury. Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in the early infancy. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003; 11:18-22.
12. D Anil Kumar, RN Suresh Kumar, PN Rao, S Chandran, H Mahmoud, AS Pillay, DK Saxena, CG Venkitachalam, T Cartmill, IM Rao . Systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts in neonates. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 19:159-162.
13. Lokeswara Rao Sajja, Gopi Chand Mannam, Narsinga Rao Pantula, Sriramulu Sompalli, Alluri Raja Gopala Raju, Bhupathiraju Soma Raju. Reoperation for coronary artery disease in the young: early and mid-term results. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2005; 21: 199–203.
14. Lokeswara Rao Sajja, Gopichand Mannam, Narasinga Rao Pantula, Sriramulu Sompalli. Role of Radial Artery Graft in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:2180-2188.
15. Narasingarao Pantula, Ramesh Jayanthy, Vasani Kannan, Satish Kumar Missula. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of thymus associated with Cushing’s syndrome — A case report. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 26:46-48.
16. Pantula Narasinga Rao, Malladi Venkata Surya subbalaxmi. Repair of aortic dissection in a patient with advanced AIDS. Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 25:127-129.
17. Rao PN, Mehta SN, Guleria S, Bharadwaj M, Saxena S, Khazanchi RK, Aggarwal S, Tiwari SC, Dash SC. The quality of in successful live-related renal allograft recipients in India. Natl Med J India1996; May-Jun9(3):118-9.