Dr. Julius Punnen is a pediatric cardiac surgeon with 30+ years of experience.
His forte includes adult cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, coronary artery bypass grafting, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and heart valve tissue banking.
He is a life member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) and Asia Pacific Association Surgical Tissue Banks (APASTB).
Dr. Punnen is a life member of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) and Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks (APASTB).
He is a recipient of the Dr. MRS Menon Gold Medal for the Best outgoing student in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 1996.
He established a Homograft Heart Valve Bank at the Manipal Heart Foundation in 1999 which was the first one in the state of Karnataka.
MBBS, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore(1986)