Doctors in Bangalore

Dr. Vivek Jawali is Chief Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon and as a Chairman, he heads the Department of Cardio Vascular Sciences at Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore. Dr. Jawali has also been nominated as a council member to the newly constituted Medical Council of India (MCI), the premier statutory body that governs the standards of medical education and recognition of medical qualifications in the country. He is also on the MCIs academic council. He is a pioneer in minimally invasive cardiac surgery in India and has performed over 18,000 cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeries till date. He performed Indias first beating heart bypass surgery in 1992 and performed Indias first minimally invasive bypass surgery(MIDCAB)in Sept 1994. Dr. Jawali did Indias first Awake Cardiac surgery (Surgery without GA or ventilator, done under continuous high thoracic epidural) in June 1999. He also performed worlds 1st awake open heart surgery (a 74 yrs patient underwent triple bypass with aortic valve replacement without G.A. or a ventilator) in April 2002. Dr. Jawali was the president of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) in 2008. He is the founder member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons (ISMICS) and is the only Indian on the editorial board of its journal Innovations in Cardiac Surgery. He is also the council member of the Asian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. He has been the Vice President of the Indian College of Cardiology. He is on the editorial board of the journal of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (IACTS), journal of Cardiac Anaesthesia, CTSNET (a comprehensive global website of cardiac surgeons around the world). He is the founder and the web administrator of the iacts.org (a website of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons).

Dr. G.H. Raju is a distinguished General and Laparscopic Surgeon with more than 14 years of experience. He has special interest in Digestive Endoscopy and Surgical Gastroenterology.

Dr L Sreenivasa Murthy completed MBBS from Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore University. Then he did MD ( Internal Medicine) from KIMS, Rajiv Gandhi Health University. Later he did Professional Diploma in Clinical Research from Catalyst Clinical Services Pvt.Ltd. Delhi. He completed Advance Diploma in Clinical Research from Catalyst Clinical Services Pvt.Ltd. Delhi. He pursued Advance GCP workshop and good clinical practice guideline course by Royal Holloway University of London.

 

Dr Vishwanath Siddalingaiah is a well known Anaesthetist and Pain Management Consultant with over 15yrs of experience. He had the unique opportunity to train in Anaesthesia and Pain management in some of the best training centers in United Kingdom for 10 years. He has also acquired fellowship in Advanced Pain Management from London UK. He is confident in carrying out various pain interventions including Neuromodulation (Spinal Cord Stimulation) and Intrathecal Pump Implantation. He specializes in ultrasound guided procedures, Radiofrequency and Pulsed Radiofrequency procedures