Dr. Murugu Sundara Pandian

About Dr. Murugu Sundara Pandian

Dr Murugu Sundara Pandiyan is a renowned expert in the field of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery with over 25 years of experience. Over the years, he has performed 3500+ adult, pediatric, thoracic and aortic surgeries with an impressive success rate. Dr R. Murugu completed his undergraduate & post-graduate training in general surgery from the prestigious Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. He underwent his M.Ch (CTVS) from SCTIMST, Trivandrum.

He also worked as an overseas registrar at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia where he was offered the position of ‘Chief Resident’ which is rarely bestowed to non-resident trainees. During his academic training, he has published many articles in reputed National & International Journals. He was also involved in hosting CME programs & International conferences.

Hospital

Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai

Special Interest

Beating Heart CABG
Surgery for Heart Failure
Valve Repair Surgery
Surgery for Aortic Aneurysms
Complex Congenital Heart Surgery
Redo Cardiac Surgery
Lung Resection & Tracheal Surgery

List 0f Treatment

Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
Coronary Artery Surgery
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
Cardiac OPD Procedures
ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
24 Hour Holter Monitoring
Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
Echocardiography with Color Doppler
Stress Echocardiographyn
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
64 Slice CT Angiography
PET Scan
Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
surgery
Valve Repair Replacement
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Ross Procedure
Cardiac Tumour Treatment
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Minimal access surgeries for valves
ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
ECMO Support
heart disease
Device Closure- ASD VSD
Balloon Septostomy
Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
Pulmonary and Mitral
Fetal Echocardiogram
Coronary Angiogram
Peripheral Angiogram
PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty
Aortic Stent Grafting
EPS-Electrophysiological
Radiofrequency Ablation
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
Biventricular Pacing
AICD
PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
Angiography
Aortic Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Replacement
VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
Heart Double Valve Replacement
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
PDA Device Closure
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
Valve Replacement
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
Heart Implants
Heart Surgery
Rotational Atherectomy
Redo CABG
Angioplasty – 1 Stent
Angioplasty – 2 Stent
Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Aortic Valve Repair
Mitral Valve Repair
VP Shunting – Programmable Device
AV Canal repair
Bentall procedure
PDA Ligation
CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
CRT – P
Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
ICD Implantation
Cardiac catheterization
Balloon mitral valvotomy
Truncus Arterious Repair
Cardiac ablation
TAVI
LVAD

Work Experience

Senior Consultant, Vinayaka Missions Hitech Hospitals, Salem
Chief, Manipal Hospitals, Salem
Vinayaga Missions Hospital, Salem
Chief, SPMM hospital, Salem
Christian Medical College, Vellore

Education

MBBS, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
MS, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
MCh, SCTIMST, Trivandrum

Awards & Achievement

1989-1991: Bright Students Award from the government of Tamil Nadu.
1994: Presented with the Paul Harrison prize in Neurology