Dr. Praveen R Tambrallimath

Dr. Praveen R Tambrallimath serves as Senior Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore. He brings more than 19 years of experience to patient care.

Before joining NICS he worked as a cardiac surgeon at KLE Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi and The Mission Hospital, Durgapur. He shares surgical teaching videos online and through CTSNet.

Areas of Expertise

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
• Aortic Valve and Root Surgery

Treatments and Procedures

• Ozaki aortic valve repair and modified Ross operation
• David and Bentall operations for aortic root disease
• Mitral valve repair and Cone repair
• Off-pump total arterial CABG and post-MI VSD repair
• Heart failure surgery (Dor procedure)
• Arterial switch with half-turned truncal switch and pulmonary root translocation

Education and Training

• MBBS
• MS (General Surgery)
• MCh (Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery)

Previous Experience

• Consultant - Cardiac Surgery, KLE Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi
• Consultant - Cardiac Surgery, The Mission Hospital, Durgapur

Memberships, Awards and Academic Work

• Professional memberships: Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons (Life Member).
• Selected publications: Aortic valve repair with all cusp replacement using treated autologous pericardium: the Ozaki technique; Dacron graft encased modified Ross operation.