Dr. Girinath M R

Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon, Apollo

Dr. Girinath M R has vast experience of over 45 years in Cardio-thoracic Surgery around the world. He is one of the first surgeons in India to acquire MCh degree and is a pioneer in cardiac surgery for infants, coronary bypass surgery, multi-valve replacement, and cardiac transplantation. He was also first to start congenital heart surgery and heart valve surgery in India. He has performed about 25,000 open-heart operations in 16 years. He was part of first multi-organ transplant in India (heart, liver, kidney and cornea). He is also first to conduct heart, lung machine-supported coronary angioplasty in India. Dr. Girinath is the first surgeon to correct a complex congenital heart defect in an infant less than one year. He has received several national awards including Padma Bhusan, Life Time Achievement, and Dr. BC Roy national award. He is a member of several prestigious organisations across the world. He has more than 275 papers presented at national and international conferences and has done about 20 orations including the Subroto Memorial Oration and the Sadasivan Oration.