Dr. Sivan Pillay Azhagappan

Dr. Sivan Pillay Azhagappan is a highly revered Specialist Anesthesiologist at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, with over 36 years of clinical, academic, and research experience in anesthesia and critical care across India and the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Pillay completed his MBBS at Madras University and earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Anesthesiology from Thanjavur Medical College in India. He subsequently completed advanced fellowship training in Cardiac Anesthesia, authoring multiple scientific papers presented at international anesthesia conferences.

Clinical Expertise & Key Focus Areas:

• Anesthetic management for adult and pediatric open-heart and complex cardiovascular surgeries
• Advanced hemodynamic monitoring, transesophageal echocardiography support, and inotropic titration
• Ultrasound-guided regional nerve blocks, spinal anesthesia, and continuous epidural analgesia
• Comprehensive perioperative risk evaluation, acute pain management, and ICU recovery stabilization

Dr. Pillay is an active member of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Indian Society of Pediatric Cardiology, maintaining the highest clinical safety benchmarks.