and Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgeon
About Dr. Balasubramoniam KR
Surgical director , Heart & Lung transplant program , Chief Consultant Robotic and Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery , Yashoda hospital group, Hyderabad
Dr. Balasubramoniam KR completed his MBBS in 2001 and MS General surgery in 2006 from Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram following which he completed his MCh (CVTS) programme from the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology ( SCTIMST), Trivandrum in 2010. He worked as a Junior Cardiac Surgeon in Southern Railway Hospital, Perambur, Chennai till 2011. He rejoined SCTIMST, Trivandrum in 2011 and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of CVTS till 2014. He served a 5-year tenure as Clinical Associate Professor & in-charge of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic unit and Aortic division at Dept. of CVTS and as an integral member of the Heart and Lung transplant team at AIMS, Kochi from 2014 to 2019. Presently he is working as the Surgical director , Heart & Lung transplant program , Chief Consultant Robotic and Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery , Yashoda hospital group, Hyderabad.
In 2014, he joined as the Clinical Associate Professor, Head of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Division, Department of CVTS, at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi. He was trained in lung transplantation at the University of Vienna, Austria and subsequently he established the VATS program at AIMS in 2014, followed by the first Robotic Thoracic Surgery Program in 2016. He was in charge of the VV ECMO Program and was actively involved in the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at AIMS from 2016. He was involved in complex surgical procedures that needed multidisciplinary planning, such as Allograft Tracheal Transplantation and Costoverterbral Angle Tumour Resections. He completed 600 VATS and 150 Robotic Procedures during his five-year tenure at AIMS.
In 2019, he joined as a Senior Consultant Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, covering all four branches. He has completed 700 Thoracic Surgery Procedures at Yashoda Hospitals as of 2023, with 80% of them being done minimally invasively via 1500 VATS and 300 Robotic Surgeries. Since 2023, he has been leading the Lung Transplant Program at Yashoda Hospitals with 80 lung transplantations till date. He is also the program coordinator for the first IACTS-accredited VATS Training Program in the country, since 2022.
Robotic thoracic surgical procedures - Thymectomy, Bullectomy Mediastinal tumour excision , Lobectomy
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery - for infective and inflammatory lung diseases like empyema , aspergilloma
Chest wall trauma - Open reduction and internal fixation of rib fractures , chest wall deformity correction - pectus excavatum and carinatum.
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Experience of 2500 Thoracic surgical procedures , 1500 VATS and 300 Robotic procedures, credited with establishing VATS units at 3 major centers in India, Performed the first Robotic Thoracic procedure in the Kerala state , India
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Frequently Asked Questions
A. Surgery is performed through 8mm keyholes using sophisticated robotic instruments making it painless and scarless . Robotic technology provides 3D visualization with 10x magnification and has "endowrist " technology which allows it to perform movements more efficiently than the human hand . Better cancer clearance with robotic surgery in lung cancer surgery. Allows patient discharge by 2nd day and return to work by a week.
A. All the thoracic surgical procedures done by open surgery can be done robotically mainly removal of lobes of the lungs for lung cancer, & tuberculosis , removal of tumours from thymus gland.
Patient Testimonial
I am sharing this, because I want more people to know about some really dedicated personalities in this field. From my experience, I believe, if people reach the right hands, it is what makes all the difference. In almost 6 months, our journey transformed from being one of despair to one of peace, as it is now. We were clueless and without direction when my mother's disease was diagnosed. From the moment I met you and signed the consent for the lobectomy, the support we received from you was amazing. Again, soon after discharge, I partially made the decisions to follow alternative medicine, which would have eliminated the whole point of a good surgery. But you patiently convinced us to continue the proper regime and protocol of the treatment. Thank you Dr.Balasubramoniam for your commitment, because it is a blessing to your patients including my mother. I should also specially thank Dr Jame Abraham and Dr Sunil PK, my friend and classmate who were with us in our toughest times and for directing us to the right persons like Dr. K Pavithran and Dr Balasubramoniam.
Mrs. Sindhu Biju
- Dubai, UAEWe wanted to take a moment to thank you for the exceptional care you gave to our father. We are forever thankful for your genuine warmth and evident care. Through the issues we experienced, your patience and attentiveness is praiseworthy. We are extremely thankful that you were our father's surgeon.
Family of Abdul Gadir Moosa
- MaldivesA big thank you to Dr. Balasubramoniam who operated on me to fix a chest wall defect that had been causing severe intercostal neuralgia for 12 months, leaving me unable to work. Having been unable to find help in London, I approached Dr Balasubramoniam of who assessed my case with great care and kindness.
Devi
- Kingston upon Thames, EnglandWhile it is true that the strings of one's life are responsibly held by the almighty and if he wills no calamity or harm can befall upon the one he intends to protect, it is also true that his ways are mysterious and he often works through his angels. The man seen standing with me in his white angelic demeanour is my angel.