Department of CTVS
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery was started in KSHEMA in December 2007 by Dr. M Gopalakrishnan, a Cardiac Surgeon with an experience of more than 20 years in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. Dr. Amith Kiran, having experience of more than 10 years in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery joined the department in October, 2012. The Department performs all types of complex Cardiothoracic and vascular procedures and is actively involved in training MS general surgery post graduates.
The Department has a team of highly dedicated cardiac operation theatre and intensive care unit nurses and technicians who are involved in the cardiac surgical and post operative care
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Dr. SUDHINDRA RAO M
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- Graduation:B.E in E&C from NIE, Mysore, India, 1986 -(FCD)
- Post-Graduation:M.Tech in CSE from MIT, Manipal, India, 1990-(FCD)
- Ph.D in CSE from University of Mysore, India, 2002
- Area of Research:CAD for VLSI - Topic: Design of Algorithms for optimum area utilization in VLSI ASICS
- Lecturer In Manipal Institute Of Technology for 6 Years
- Reader In Manipal Institute Of Technology for 3 Years
- Professor In NMAMIT for 7 Years
- Professor & Head Of Department of CSE and Dean(Academics) for 9 Years
- Professor From 2012-Till Date In NMAMIT
- Algorithm design for VLSI CAD, Multi core architecture and Program
- Optimization, Ad-hoc Networks, E-learning, Advanced Microprocessors
- Management responsibilities as Head of the Department of CSE
- Examiner for V.T.University Belagavi, Mangalore, Bangalore, Kuvempu, Kannur and Goa Universities
- Life Member of ISTE (LM816 )
- Senior Member of IEEE (01492834)
- Senior Member of CSI (F8000642)
- Fellow of IE(India)
- Logic Design
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Finite Automata & formal Languages
- Computer Organization & Architecture
- Systems Programming
- RDBMS
- Microprocessors & Peripherals
- Principles of Programming Languages
- Compiler Design,
- Computer Graphics
- VLSI Design
- C# Programming & .NET Concepts
- Embedded and Real Time Systems
- Cryptography and Network Security
- MIS
- CAD for VLSI
- System simulation and Modelling.
Conference/Journal publications
- Developed "Computer Graphics Laboratory" at Manipal Institute Technology, Manipal, India in March 1988
- Reviewer for the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on "VLSI Design" since 2002.
- Chair of Programme Committee, National Conference on "Distributed Computing" , NMAMIT, Nitte India, 2004
- Coordinator for FIVE ISTE sponsored Short Term Training Programs
- Set up "Data Mining Laboratory" at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte during January 2006
- Chair of Organizing Committee , National Conference on "Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing" , NMAMIT, Nitte, India, 24-25 January 2007
- So far, guided 42 BE level projects and 17 M.Tech. level projects
- President of Rotary Club of Nitte during 2006-07
- Consultant for a Patent Search organization :EntellectLLP.com
- Applied for an Indian Patent, based on research work (application no.: 428/CHE/2008)
- Applied for US Provisional Patent in April 2010 for the research work on "New Architecture for Network on chip (NoC) systems" (Application Number:61/395,480 dated 14/5/2010)
- Received AICTE travel grant for attending the conference at Shanghai, China
- Was Chairman of BOE (Board of Examination)-Computer Science at Mangalore University during 1997-98. Was member of BOE-Computer Science of Visvesvaraya Technological University ,Belgaum during 2004-05.
- BOS and BOE Chairman of NMAMIT Nitte for Computer Science UG and PG programs under Autonomous Scheme.
- Board of Studies member of Computer Science at MIT, ManipalUniversity, NMIT Bangalore, SDMCE Dharwad, BVBCE Hubli, Bangalore, Dr.AIT Bangalore and St.Aloysius College Mangalore during 2007-08
- Governing Council Member of St.John Engg. College Bangalore, Academic Council Member of Dr.AIT Bangalore from 2013.
- President of Hockey India Udupi from July 2014
- Program Chair of 2016 IEEE Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER) Conference, 13-14 August 2016, NITK, Surathkal
Research activities
Dr. Gopalakrishnan was part of a Phd thesis as a co-guide studying the effect of cardiac rehabilitation in the post-operative recovery of post cardiac surgery patients. He is also involved in two research studies on cardiac surgery post operative pain relief, done by the college of physiotherapy. Dr. Gopalakrishnan is involved as a co guide in a Phd research seeking the relation of periodontitis and cardiac atherosclerosis in collaboration with department of periodontitis.
Services
The Department has performed all types of Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic surgical procedures. Most commonly done operation is CABG, followed by valve replacements and repairs, congenital cardiac surgeries, vascular and Thoracic procedures. We have maintained a steady success rate of 97-98% in our surgical results.
Dr. Amith Kiran has been conducting regular weekly cardiac outpatient services in our rural center Nitte Gajria Hospital in Karkala.
Achievements
Dr. M Gopalakrishnan is a fellow of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons with more than 30 published papers in various aspects of Cardiac Surgery. He is actively involved in the workshops and deliberations of the IACTS for the last 20 years with numerous papers and posters presented in almost all the annual IACTS conferences for the last 20 years.
He has been trained at the Methodist Debakey Hospital in Houston, Texas in advanced aspects of Cardiac and Aortic surgeries.
Dr. M Gopalakrishnan and Dr. Amith Kiran have attended and presented papers and participated in CTVS workshops in CTCON, Lucknow 2016, and CTCON Bengaluru 2017, CTCON 2018 Vizag, CTCON 2019 Chennai, CTCON Ahemadabad 2020.
The Department has conducted the 2nd Live video conference in association with Methodist Debakey Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA in January 2016 which was named as KSHEMA Vision 2016. It was a major success with the participation of many Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiologists from different parts of the country.
Dr. Amith Kiran was awarded the Karnataka Bhooshana in 2018 in honour of his services.
Dr. A.G.JAYAKRISHNANN
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Dr. MUNDAYAT GOPALAKRISHNAN
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PROF& HOD, Department of CTVS
Coronary artery disease,heart failure
- Formerly Member Board of Management, Nitte Deemed to be University
- Fellow of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
- Reviewer -Asian Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Fellow - Heart Failure Society of India
- Does body mass index influence pulmonary function test values and functional exercise capacity after chest physiotherapy following coronary artery bypass graft Soman, A, Mundayat G, Kumar D. et al. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg April 2018, Volume 34, Issue 2, pp 116-124
- Applicability of the Cleveland Clinic Scoring System for the risk prediction of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in a South Asian cohort Shobhana Nayak Rao, Pradeep Shenoy M, Mundayat Gopalakrishnan,Amith Kiran B Indian Heart Journal 70 (2018) 533-537
- Intermittent Subcutaneous Morphine for Postoperative Analgesia Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting CN Namitha , Manjunath R Kamath , Ananda Bangera , M Gopala Krishnan , B Amith Kiran Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2020 Jul, Vol-14(7): UC01-UC03
- Left Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis after Left Lower Lobectomy in a Case of Adulthood Type 2 Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Presenting with Left Hemiparesis. Sharma R, Hussain SM, Gopalkrishnan M Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU. 2020;10(02):86-9
- Molecular analysis shows the presence of periodontal bacterial DNA in atherosclerotic plaques from patients with coronary artery disease Amita Rao , Caroline D'Souza , K. Subramanyam , Praveen Rai , Biju Thomas , Mundayat Gopalakrishnan , Indrani Karunasagar , Ballamoole Krishna Kumar,. Indian Heart Journal Volume 73, Issue 2, March-April 2021, Pages 218-220
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery
- Role of periodontal pathogens in atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease
- Outcome of chair aerobics and exercise tolerance in CABG patients-a randomized clinical trial
- Was part of the first two successful cardiac transplantation in the state of Kerala in early 2000
- Underwent training in advanced aortic surgeries, cardiac, transplantation,, endovascular aneurysm repair(EVAR), minimally invasive cardiac surgeries (MICS)at Methodist Debakey Heart & Vascular Center at Houston, Texas, USA
DR. NARESHCHAND HEGDE HEBRIBEEDU
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Dr. ANUP H S
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