Career Profile
Dr. Sandeep Attawar is a highly renowned and accomplished Cardiovascular Surgeon with more than 21 years of experience in the field.
He is considered one of the best Cardiac Surgeon in India and is a recognized name in the specialization - Thoracic Organ Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS).
In his illustrious career of more than two decades, Dr. Attawar has contributed in performing 10000 open and closed heart surgeries in adults as well as children.
He is a highly skilled professional with experience and expertise in performing a number of basic to complex cardiac procedures such as Lung and Heart Transplantation in adults, Left Ventricular Assist Device implants and the total artificial heart (TAH) for failing hearts, on all age groups of patients, including neonates.
Also, he is considered amongst the top cardiac surgeon for CABG or bypass surgery, and pediatric heart surgery.
Dr. Sandeep has been associated with premier quaternary care hospitals in India and has performed lot many surgeries on different kind and sections of patients.
Education & Training
- M.B.B.S from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala
- MS (Surgery) from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala
- M.Ch (Cardiothoracic Surgery) from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala
- Residency Training (General Surgery) from V.S. General Hospital; (Cardiac Surgery), Trivandrum, Kerala
Experience
- Director & Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Organ Transplantation & MCS at Global Hospitals, Chennai, 2017- till Present
- Director & Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Organ Transplantation & MCS at Global Hospitals, Chennai, 2017- till Present
- Director of Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic organ Transplantation at Global Hospitals Group, Chennai Area, 2012 –2013
- Director of Cardiac Sciences (Vice President) at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Jaipur, 2010- 2012
- Chief Heart Surgeon and Head of the Division of Heart Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Dhaka, 2005- 2010
- Senior Consultant - Cardiac Surgeon at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS), Calcutta, 2003- 2005
- Chief Cardiac - Cardiac Surgery at AJ Hospital and Research Center, Mangalore, 2002
- Consultant - Cardiac Surgery at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, 2000
- Consultant - Cardiac Surgery at Manipal Heart Foundation, Bangalore, 2000
Clinical Focus
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Valve Repair and Replacement Surgery
- Heart Bypass Surgery/ CABG
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Robotic Cardiac Surgery
- Organ Transplant
- Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (OP-CABG)
- Left Ventricular assist device (LVAD) Implantations
- Heart and lung transplantation
- Complex corrections for Congenital heart disease
- Heart Valve Repair or Replacement in Adults and children
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
Memberships
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS)
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Association (MIRA)
- Afghanistan Red Cross Society
- International society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery
- Being Human Foundation
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Procedures
Dr. Attawar performs 30 different procedures. Click on a procedure name to see more details and to view doctors for that specialty.
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