Dr. Rakesh Seetharaman
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MRCS (Edinburgh), M.Ch (Cardiac Thoracic Surgery)
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Expertise
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting including Total arterial Revascularisation .
- Valve replacement / Repair Surgeries
- Aortic Surgeries including Dissection and Arch replacement
- Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for CTEPH
- Septal Myectomy for HOCM
- Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
- Surgery for Infective endocarditis
- ECMO
- Surgical management of Heart Failure & Transplant
Advanced Training & Fellowship
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Cardiac surgery, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England, UK
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Pulmonary Endarterectomy, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England, UK
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart, Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England, UK
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Adult Cardiac surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Professional Membership
- Member of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
- Life member of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Life member of Society of Coronary Surgeons, India
- Member of Association of thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons of Asia, Singapore
Awards & Achievements
- Choudhry Gold Medal for University First in General Surgery Final MBBS - University of Pondicherry - March 2007
- Care Maker Award for Showcasing excellence in Caring, Compassion, Communication, Commitment, Courage and Competence – Royal Papworth Hospital NHS foundation trust, Cambridge, UK - July 2021
- Award for work excellence in the Field of Cardio-thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Jaipur Medical association - June 2023
Papers & Presentations
- Participated as International Faculty and delivered a talk on Pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH – 3rd National conference of ATCCSL – Colombo , Sri Lanka - January 2025
- Participated as a faculty and delivered a talk on Trans Axillary approach for MICS Valve surgeries – Mid term IACTS CME - Jodhpur - August 2024
- Participated as faculty and delivered a talk on - Is Pulmonary endarterectomy a Cure in CTEPH – Mid Term IACTS CME - Madurai - October 2023
- Participated as Faculty and Delivered a Talk on Surgical Management of heart Failure - Jaipur Heart Rhythm Summit 2023 - August 2023
- Participated as faculty and delivered a talk on – Surgical management of CTEPH – 5th Eternal Heart Conclave - February 2025
- Attended as invited faculty - Learn from the master – A workshop on Pulmonary Endarterectomy – 6th Amrita Heart Conclave - October 2022
- Unusual Cases of CTEPH successfully treated by Surgery – Poster Presentation in International CTEPH conference, Bad Nauheim, Germany - December 2021
- Pulmonary endarterectomy and correction of concomitant congenital heart disease – Safe and feasible – Poster Presentation at - SCTS – Society for Cardiothoracic surgeons in Great Britain and Ireland, Cardiff, Wales, UK - May 2021
- Radial Artery As Second Conduit In Diabetic Patients Undergoing CABG – Oral presentation at National conference of Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India, Trivandrum, India - February 2014
- Unusual Presentations of Rare Cardiac Tumours Oral presentation at National conference of Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India, Trivandrum, India - February 2014
- CABG In Patients with Syphilitic Aortoarteritis - Oral presentation at National conference of Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India, Trivandrum, India - February 2014
- Tuberculous Endocarditis of Mitral Valve with submitral Aneurysm – Oral presentation at National conference of Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India, Hyderabad, India - February 2015
New OP Days
Thursday 8am-5pm
Clincal Experience
10 years
Language
English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu & Kannada