Dr. Sukanta Kumar Behera

Dr. Sukanta Kumar Behera serves as Senior Consultant in Paediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery at NH Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata. The doctor has more than 26 years of experience.

Areas of Expertise

• Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
• Complex Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

Treatments and Procedures

• Arterial switch operation
• Senning procedure
• Rastelli operation
• Unifocalisation
• Aortic arch repair
• Surgery for congenital heart defects

Education and Training

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

Memberships, Awards and Academic Work

• Professional memberships: Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS); Society of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons; Cardiological Society of India.
• Selected publications: Risk factors and outcomes for surgical repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection - Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2024; Levosimendan or Milrinone for Ventricular Septal Defect Repair with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023.