Dr. Mukundan Seshadri
Consultant – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
MBBS., MS. (General Surgery), M.Ch. (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery), DNB (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery)

Dr. Mukundan Seshadri, Consultant – Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery at Ramaiah Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, is a distinguished name with over 27 years of an illustrious career in the fields of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Dr. Mukundan has performed over 9,000 cardiac and thoracic procedures including 6,000 Beating Heart Surgery procedures. A Gold Medalist in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery as well as Physiology & Pathology, a Silver Medalist in General Surgery, Dr. Mukundan has completed his MBBS & MS (General Surgery) from B.J. Medical College, Pune, followed by M.Ch. in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery from CMC Hospital, Vellore and DNB in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery from Perambur Railway Hospital, Chennai. Dr. Mukundan joins us from Manipal Hospital, Whitefield & Varthur, Bangalore and has been associated with some of the prestigious healthcare institutions including Perambur Railway Hospital, Chennai, Mallya Hospital, Trinity Hospital and VIVUS (Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Heart Center), Apollo Hospitals, Columbia Asia Hospital – Yeshwanthpur in Bangalore in Lead – Cardiac Surgery roles. He has completed his overseas Fellowship in cardiac Surgery from Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand and was a Senior Registrar in the United Kingdom working in Pediatric cardiac Surgery and Adult cardiac Surgery in Liverpool, Birmingham and Coventry. He has completed his ODTS Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons.

• Minimally Invasive Aortic, Mitral Valve Surgery, MICS in ASD
• MICS in Coronary Surgery
• Coronary Reconstruction during Beating Heart Surgery
• Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Operation including Aortic Valve Sparing Procedure
• Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement
• Ventricular Reconstruction Procedure (DOR Operation)
• Pediatric Heart Surgery (Currently operating only on children more than 10 kg), GUCH (Grown Up Congenital Heart Surgery)
• Surgery for Atrial fibrillation
• VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery)
• Trained in Robotic Procedures
• Thoracic procedures including Lung Resection, Decortication Sympathectomies, etc.

Dr. Mukundan is currently practicing Functional Medicine with a special focus on Cardio Metabolic Health – this has shown successful results in remission in severe diabetes in several patients coming for Bypass Surgery.

• More than 50 publications in National & International Journals
• More than 75 presentations in National & International Meetings