Chennai, being India’s health capital, accounts for 45 percent of medical tourists from all over the world and 30 to 40 percent of domestic medical tourists. It has been possible due to multi and super-specialty hospitals in the city, which treats more than 150 international patients every day. There are several reasons responsible for the tourists’ inflow in the city, such as low-cost treatment, less to no waiting period, availability of surgeons, latest techniques at hospitals across the city.
Out of several hospitals in Chennai that are well-known for treatment at a higher success rate, Apollo Hospital is one of them. Established in 1983, Apollo Hospital is a NABH and JCI accredited hospital that has bagged the top two positions in the All India Multispecialty Hospital Survey 2016 conducted by Times Health. The hospital is famous for heart care in India and is the first Indian hospital to introduce the latest techniques in coronary angioplasty, radio-surgery and stereotactic radiotherapy.
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The hospital receives over 10,000 pharmacy walk-ins, 2,200 patient admissions and 3,000+ emergency cases daily. The hospital conducts around 800 CT scans, 400 MRIs, 40 Cardiac Surgeries, 800 Dialysis procedures and 3-4 organ transplants every day.
As the hospital is best known for heart care in India, there is a compilation of the best cardiologist in Apollo Hospital Chennai enlisted below:
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Dr. Sathyamurthy I: Dr. Sathyamurthy I is an Interventional Cardiologist with 37+ years of experience. He has more than 230 publications to his credit and some of these publications have been included in medical courses. He was valued with fourth highest Indian civilian award, Padma Shri, Dr. B.C. Roy National Award, Best Doctor Award and TANSA award for Medical Sciences.
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Dr. Girinath M R: Dr. Girinath is the Head of Cardiac Surgery unit with 45 years of experience, including three years working in Auckland. He has pioneered in congenital heart surgery and heart valve in India. He has performed more than 25,000 open heart surgeries in the last 16 years. He has presented 275+ papers at national and international conferences.
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Dr. Y. Vijayachandra Reddy: Dr. Reddy is an interventional cardiologist with 23+ years of experience and one of the best cardiac surgeons in Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He has a plethora of studies and papers to his credit. He was honored with the Best Doctor Award & Outstanding Researcher Award Versatile, Best Doctor Award for Cardiology in 2011 and 17 Gold Medals during MBBS.
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Dr. Sengottuvelu G: Dr. Sengottuvelu is an interventional cardiologist with 25+ years of experience. He has won several awards including Young Interventionalist Award in AICT, CRT Young Leader Award, Best Doctor Award, awards for outstanding accomplishments & contributions and Award for clinical excellence. He has done first successful Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic valve stenosis in Tamil Nadu.
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Dr. Sridhar L F: Dr. Sridhar is a cardiothoracic surgeon with 27+ years of experience. He has performed 7,000+ cardiac operations, including 5,500 beating heart coronary artery, bypass surgeries and over 100 redo beating heart. He is an active member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and Tamil Nadu Medical Council.
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Dr. Vijay Shankar S: Dr. Vijay Shankar S is a well-experienced Cardiothoracic surgeon with 30+ years of experience. He is an expert in Invasive Cardiac, Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement, Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty and Cardiac Pacing.
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Dr. Robert Mao: Dr. Robert Mao is a well-known Cardiologist having 25+ years of experience. He is an active member of Tamil Nadu Medical Council. His expertise lies in Open Heart Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm Surgery/Endovascular Repair, PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Interventions), Vascular Surgery and Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement.
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Conclusion:
The heart is a sensitive organ. Therefore, one should consider a well-experienced medical specialist for its treatment to avoid any complications. One can take the help of a well-established medical travel assistant company that can help in getting an appointment with a well-known cardiologist.
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