After my cardiothoracic training in India (MCh), I worked in Europe and Australasia in the cardiothoracic units in Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Liverpool. UK. In addition to my position as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Waikato Hospital, my other responsibilities and roles include -

- Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Auckland

- Supervisor, Advanced training in cardiothoracic surgery, RACS

- Pre-Vocational Education Supervisor, Medical Council of New Zealand

- Instructor, Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education & Training (ASSET) course

- Journal reviewer, Heart Lung & Circulation

- Instructor animal lab & wetlab for trainees

- Visiting lecturer, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhow, China

• Mitral valve repair
• Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation
• Arterial conduits for coronary bypass surgery
• Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Hybrid procedures for extensive aortic aneurysms
• Blood conservation in cardiac surgery

MB BS 1976 Banaras Hindu; FRACS (CS) 2006

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

• I visited St Pauls Hospital, Vancouver for training in Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), and performed the first trans-apical TAVI procedure in New Zealand in 2008.
• I have also completed training in mitral valve repair in Germany, Vienna, Thailand, Bali and Australia, and I trained in off-pump beating heart surgery at University of Leuven, Belgium and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.
• I have taken part in the Supervisors and Trainers for Surgical Education and Training (SAT SET) course (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Hong Kong, 2008).

9 December 1999

Cardiothoracic Surgery