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Balakrishnan Mahesh

Balakrishnan Mahesh, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRCS, FRCS (C-Th)

Attending Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA  17033
United States
+17175318329
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pennsylvania State Milton S Hershey Medical Center.  2022 onwards

Attending Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Associate Professor of surgery, Pennsylvania State Milton S Hershey Medical Center.  2021 onwards

Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Harefield Hospital, London, UK: 2017 - 2020

Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK: 2015-2016

Faculty Clinical Instructor, Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, USA: 2014-2015

Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, UK: 2008-2014

PhD, Imperial College London, Harefield Hospital Heart Science Center, UK: 2004-2007

 

Other Interests

Heart Transplantation

Lung Transplantation

Cardiac assist devices

Coronary revascularisation with special emphasis on total arterial grafting

Mitral and tricuspid valve surgery including repairs

Aortic root replacement

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement

Arrhythmia Surgery

Off pump Coronary revascularisation 

Research

Role of antibody mediated rejection in affecting outcomes following heart transplantation

Right ventricular function following heart transplantation, as well as implantation of left ventricular assist devices.

Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Minimally Invasive
  • Cardiac
  • Heart failure
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Tricuspid valve disease
  • Transplant
  • Aorta