Senior Consultant in Cardiothoracic and Transplant Anaesthesia with extensive experience in ECMO management, lung transplantation, and advanced cardiac critical care. Trained in premier national and international centres, with a strong focus on high-risk perioperative management, extracorporeal life support, and complex transplant anaesthesia.
- ECMO (VV, VA, hybrid configurations) – initiation, management & weaning
- Multiorgan Transplant Anaesthesia
- Advanced Cardiac Anaesthesia (CABG, valve, complex surgeries)
- Perioperative Critical Care
- Echocardiography in cardiac & ICU settings
- Postoperative cardiac ICU management
- EDAIC (European Diploma in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care) – 2022
- FICD (Fellow of International College of Doctors) – 2025
- FICCC (Fellow of Indian College of Critical Care Medicine) – 2025
- Fellowship in Echocardiography – 2021
- Fellowship in ECMO – 2019
- ECMO Diploma – La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris – 2018
- Fellowship in Cardiac Anaesthesia – Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology
- DNB Anaesthesiology – National Board of Examinations
- DA Anaesthesiology – Mysore Medical College
- MBBS – Mysore Medical College
- Clinical management of atrial fibrillation in ECMO – Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology (2021)
- Lung transplant program outcomes – Lung India (2021)
- Dexmedetomidine in cardiac surgery analgesia – randomized study
- Propofol vs Etomidate haemodynamic comparison in CABG
- Multiple peer-reviewed publications in cardiac anaesthesia & perioperative care
Conference Presentations (Selected)
- ECMO in COVID ARDS – IACTA 2022
- Lung transplant complications – IACTA 2022
- VATS bullectomy perioperative management
- Tetralogy of Fallot outcomes – IACTA
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Senior Consultant – Cardiothoracic & Transplant Anaesthesia
Sparsh Hospital, RR Nagar, Bengaluru
Jan 2023 – Present -
Associate Professor
Senior Consultant – Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Critical Care
BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital, Bengaluru
Sep 2018 – Jan 2023 -
Senior Consultant – Cardiac Anaesthesia
SSNMC Superspeciality Hospital
Nov 2017 – Sep 2018 -
Consultant – Cardiac Anaesthesia
BGS Global Hospital
Oct 2015 – Oct 2017 -
Consultant / Assistant Professor
Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences
Jul 2009 – Sep 2015 -
Senior Resident – Cardiac Anaesthesia
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology
Oct 2007 – Jun 2009
Academic & Teaching Experience
- Faculty for DNB Anaesthesia trainees & Cardiac Anaesthesia Fellowship programs
- Extensive teaching in perioperative cardiac care and ECMO management
Signature Clinical Strength
- High-volume ECMO practice with expertise in complex scenarios
- Transplant anaesthesia & ICU management
- Handling critically ill, high-risk cardiac surgical patients
- Integration of echocardiography with perioperative decision-making
Positioning Statement
A highly experienced cardiac and transplant anaesthesiologist with specialized expertise in ECMO and critical care, dedicated to delivering safe, advanced, and patient-centric perioperative management in complex cardiothoracic and transplant procedures.
