Suresh Gururaja Rao, MS,MCh,DipNB Professor & HOD Sr. Consultant & Chief Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon, Dept. of CVTS, AIMS Cochin 682026 India 91 - ( 484 ) 4001559, 2801234 91 - (484 ) 2802020 (Fax) http://www.aimshospital.org

Institutional Affiliation

• Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & School of Medicine

Specialty

• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai ( MBBS 1977)
• Grant Medical College, General Surgery Residency (1979 - 1984)
• Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute - CVTS Residency ( 1985 to 1987)
• Senior Registrar, ICVD, MMM, Chennai (1988 - 1989 )
• Senior Registrar - CTSU, GLH, Auckland - 1990
• Registrar Ped. Card. Surg - Children's Hosp. Sydney - 1991
• Spl. International Fellow, UAB, 1993 - 1994
• Consultant Ped.CV Surg. ICVD, MMM, Chennai (1992 - 1998)
• Chief Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgeon, AIMS, Cochin - From May -1998
• Professor & HOD, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Amrita University,April 2007

Interests

• Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric CP Bypass circuitry & Hardware
• Development of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Techniques
• Health Care Policies in India and the world over
• Cricket
• Photography
• Computers
• Active Rotarian

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