Areas of Expertise:

• Heart Transplantation, including Redo Heart Transplantation

• Bilateral and Single-Lung Transplantation, including Redo Lung Transplantation

• Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

• Mechanical Circulatory Support, including VA-ECMO and VV-ECMO

• Donor Heart and Lung Retrieval

• Non-Ischaemic Heart Preservation using XVIVO technology

• Complex Aortic Root and Arch Surgery

• Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

• Bentall Procedure

• Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure and Aortic Arch Debranching

• Surgical Management of Acute and Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection

• Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair

• Aortic, Mitral and Double-Valve Replacement

• Total Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

• On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

• Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery

• Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

• Peripheral Vascular Surgery

• Open and Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Education and Training:

• Fellowship in Advanced Heart & Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 2022–2024

• Fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Surgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018–2020

• MCh in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2011–2014

• MS in General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2008–2010

• MBBS, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mangaluru, 2001–2007

Awards and Accolades:

• Has been involved in more than 3,000 cardiac surgical procedures

• Served as a lead donor heart and lung retrieval surgeon in New Zealand

• Trained in advanced heart and lung transplantation, ventricular assist devices and mechanical circulatory support at Auckland City Hospital

• Participated in the Friends of Fiji Heart Mission, 2023, performing cost-free valve surgeries for underprivileged patients in Suva, Fiji

Research and Publications:

• “Intra-Abdominal Leiomyoma with Right Atrial Extension.” Journal of Cardiac Surgery. April 2015;30(4):364–365.

• “Dysphagia Lusoria with Atrial Septal Defect: Simultaneous Repair Through a Midline Approach.” Annals of Pediatric Cardiology. 2014;7:58–60.

• “Pseudoaneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva.” Journal of Cardiac Surgery. September 2014;29(5):755–756.